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Desjardins Global Infrastructure Fund A Class

Global Infrastruct Equity

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Fundata ESG Grade D

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2017, 2016

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NAVPS
(05-01-2024)
$12.21
Change
$0.11 (0.88%)

As at March 31, 2024

As at March 31, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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Desjardins Global Infrastructure Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 18, 2013): 6.48%

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 2.51% 1.63% 9.83% 1.63% -1.10% -0.15% 3.16% 5.24% 2.22% 4.08% 3.18% 4.27% 4.25% 5.57%
Benchmark 2.94% 10.27% 20.07% 10.27% 23.05% 11.13% 9.29% 15.98% 11.08% 10.21% 10.43% 11.39% 9.83% 10.93%
Category Average 3.15% 10.75% 10.75% 1.71% 1.20% 0.70% 4.77% 7.62% 3.21% 4.42% 3.90% - - -
Category Rank 101 / 141 90 / 141 103 / 141 90 / 141 112 / 137 88 / 129 94 / 105 94 / 98 79 / 93 63 / 77 57 / 74 56 / 66 36 / 48 30 / 45
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund 2.28% -5.55% 0.18% 1.35% -4.30% -4.07% 0.78% 6.05% 1.12% -2.52% 1.71% 2.51%
Benchmark 1.71% -0.97% 2.98% 3.28% -0.19% -4.15% -0.71% 6.95% 2.53% 1.41% 5.64% 2.94%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.61% (January 2015)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.89% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 19.09% 11.54% 7.63% 8.56% -1.00% 18.46% -6.71% 10.12% 1.12% -0.97%
Benchmark 13.97% 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37%
Category Average - - - 10.97% -3.31% 19.09% -6.43% 11.71% 0.47% 2.25%
Quartile Ranking 2 1 2 3 2 4 3 3 2 4
Category Rank 19/ 44 7/ 47 24/ 56 47/ 74 30/ 75 67/ 89 55/ 93 75/ 105 54/ 115 117/ 137

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.09% (2014)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-6.71% (2020)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 62.29
International Equity 26.06
Income Trust Units 9.50
Canadian Equity 1.45
Cash and Equivalents 0.70

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Utilities 48.17
Industrial Services 32.88
Energy 8.85
Real Estate 8.66
Telecommunications 0.75
Other 0.69

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 64.44
Asia 15.14
Europe 11.89
Latin America 8.53

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Transurban Group - Units 6.55
Nextera Energy Inc 6.31
Duke Energy Corp 4.56
American Tower Corp 4.28
Southern Co 4.09
Cheniere Energy Inc 4.00
Union Pacific Corp 3.56
Entergy Corp 3.39
Eversource Energy 3.39
Xcel Energy Inc 3.14

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)

Desjardins Global Infrastructure Fund A Class

Median

Other - Global Infrastruct Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.85% 12.24% 11.17%
Beta 0.70% 0.68% 0.68%
Alpha -0.03% -0.05% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.59% 0.56% 0.51%
Sharpe 0.10% 0.08% 0.42%
Sortino 0.10% -0.01% 0.40%
Treynor 0.02% 0.01% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 80.79% 63.26% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 11.76% 11.85% 12.24% 11.17%
Beta 0.90% 0.70% 0.68% 0.68%
Alpha -0.20% -0.03% -0.05% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.65% 0.59% 0.56% 0.51%
Sharpe -0.44% 0.10% 0.08% 0.42%
Sortino -0.39% 0.10% -0.01% 0.40%
Treynor -0.06% 0.02% 0.01% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency - 80.79% 63.26% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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Fundata E Score

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Fundata S Score

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Fundata G Score

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Fund Details

Start Date October 18, 2013
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $203

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00148

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide an income return and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of corporations throughout the world that operate in the infrastructure sector.

Investment Strategy

The management of the Fund's assets is assigned to a sub-manager who, by means of quality and valuation based criteria, uses a bottom-up fundamental analysis in its securities selection and the portfolio construction. The Fund's portfolio consists primarily of equity securities of infrastructure corporations. These corporations are active in industries that are involved in the operation and maintenance of a wide range of public utilities and infrastructure needed to run a city, region or country

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. 07-23-2019
First Sentier Investors IM Limited 03-31-2023

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Desjardins Investments Inc.
Advisor Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.
Custodian Desjardins Trust Inc.
Registrar Desjardins Investments Inc.
Distributor -
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 25

Fees

MER 2.41%
Management Fee 1.90%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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