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Accelerate Absolute Return Fund (HDGE : TSX)

Alternative Equity Focus

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(05-15-2024)
$26.33
Change
$0.33 (1.27%)
Open $26.26
Day Range $26.25 - $26.33
Volume 759

As at April 30, 2024

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Accelerate Absolute Return Fund

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 03, 2019): 7.19%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -1.35% 7.35% 9.02% 15.10% 17.12% 11.37% 18.03% 14.19% - - - - - -
Benchmark -1.82% 4.10% 16.91% 4.68% 8.73% 5.66% 7.59% 13.51% 8.86% 8.98% 8.12% 8.95% 7.25% 7.22%
Category Average -1.22% 14.76% 14.76% 6.98% 12.25% 5.95% 4.33% 9.26% 5.97% - - - - -
Category Rank 110 / 190 33 / 178 112 / 164 14 / 164 51 / 153 37 / 131 3 / 101 12 / 64 - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund -5.37% 4.63% 1.57% 2.76% 1.62% 2.30% -0.94% -4.39% 7.22% 6.54% 2.14% -1.35%
Benchmark -4.95% 3.36% 2.58% -1.37% -3.33% -3.21% 7.48% 3.91% 0.55% 1.82% 4.14% -1.82%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.45% (October 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.90% (November 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - - - - - -11.62% 29.66% 15.44% 4.13%
Benchmark 10.55% -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75%
Category Average - - - - - - 5.11% 17.27% -5.96% 6.54%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 4 1 1 3
Category Rank - - - - - - 60/ 60 7/ 95 8/ 120 102/ 147

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

29.66% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.62% (2020)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 76.40
International Equity 11.88
Canadian Equity 11.72

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 30.02
Real Estate 24.38
Consumer Services 18.77
Energy 18.77
Industrial Goods 17.84
Other -9.78

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 88.12
Europe 9.50
Latin America 3.95
Africa and Middle East -1.56
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Victory Capital Holdings Inc Cl A 4.62
Definity Financial Corp 4.15
DaVita Inc 4.14
Powell Industries Inc 4.14
Encore Wire Corp 4.13
Mercury General Corp 4.04
CES Energy Solutions Corp 4.01
Loblaw Cos Ltd 3.97
Scorpio Tankers Inc 3.95
Liberty Oilfield Services Inc Cl A 3.95

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Accelerate Absolute Return Fund

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.51% - -
Beta 0.20% - -
Alpha 0.16% - -
Rsquared 0.03% - -
Sharpe 1.03% - -
Sortino 1.91% - -
Treynor 0.74% - -
Tax Efficiency 95.82% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 - -

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 13.48% 14.51% - -
Beta 0.13% 0.20% - -
Alpha 0.16% 0.16% - -
Rsquared 0.02% 0.03% - -
Sharpe 0.89% 1.03% - -
Sortino 1.82% 1.91% - -
Treynor 0.93% 0.74% - -
Tax Efficiency 95.84% 95.82% - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date May 03, 2019
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund (Alternative)
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status -
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $25
52 Week High $26.79
52 Week Low $20.85
Annual Dividend $0.30
Annual Yield -
Index -
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

Accelerate Absolute Return Hedge Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation and a superior risk-adjusted return relative to the broader Canadian equity market. HDGE seeks to outperform the Canadian equity market over the long term with lower volatility by investing primarily in listed equity securities that are expected to outperform this market, while selling short certain listed equity securities that are expected to underperform this market.

Investment Strategy

In order to achieve its investment objective, HDGE engages in a systematic, long-short equity investment strategy by investing primarily in long and short positions of equity securities that are listed on an exchange or marketplace in Canada or the U.S. Security selection of the long and short portfolios is driven by an integrated multi-factor approach, consistent with empirical data and financial theory, based on factors that include value, quality, price momentum, operational momentum and tren

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Julian Klymochko 02-21-2020

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc.
Advisor Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc.
Custodian RBC Investor Services Trust
Registrar TMX Trust Company
Distributor -
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Fees

MER 0.35%
Management Fee 0.00%

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