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Sun Life Nuveen Flexible Income Fund Series A

Tactical Balanced

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NAVPS
(04-30-2024)
$6.88
Change
-$0.03 (-0.43%)

As at March 31, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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Sun Life Nuveen Flexible Income Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (February 03, 2014): 1.92%

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 1.75% 1.72% 7.35% 1.72% 6.55% -0.97% -1.09% 2.90% 0.95% 0.85% 1.09% 1.77% 1.41% 1.46%
Benchmark 1.80% 5.77% 13.57% 5.77% 12.38% 6.05% 3.87% 6.63% 5.64% 5.56% 5.88% 6.44% 5.97% 7.01%
Category Average 1.99% 11.46% 11.46% 4.38% 9.40% 2.80% 3.17% 7.29% 4.50% 4.05% 3.79% 4.45% 3.50% 3.87%
Category Rank 237 / 360 307 / 360 310 / 360 307 / 360 253 / 358 343 / 358 330 / 342 306 / 334 287 / 317 276 / 299 249 / 274 220 / 242 166 / 179 127 / 129
Quartile Ranking 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund 0.57% -1.28% 1.59% 1.08% -0.61% -2.04% -1.88% 4.90% 2.53% 0.05% -0.08% 1.75%
Benchmark 1.29% -1.31% 0.46% 1.75% 0.57% -3.70% 0.21% 5.00% 2.05% 0.78% 3.10% 1.80%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.19% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-13.11% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - -1.44% 5.48% 6.26% -6.12% 15.07% 0.04% 3.78% -14.27% 6.19%
Benchmark 12.44% 17.05% 2.39% 8.66% 2.68% 12.26% 11.12% 6.48% -11.62% 11.69%
Category Average 6.78% 0.31% 5.78% 6.18% -5.55% 12.58% 5.65% 9.53% -9.83% 8.35%
Quartile Ranking - 4 3 2 4 1 4 4 4 4
Category Rank - 158/ 166 113/ 210 129/ 274 284/ 296 69/ 312 286/ 332 305/ 336 333/ 357 272/ 358

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

15.07% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-14.27% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Foreign Corporate Bonds 72.70
US Equity 18.75
International Equity 4.45
Cash and Equivalents 3.85
Canadian Equity 0.25

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 72.70
Financial Services 7.55
Cash and Cash Equivalent 3.85
Industrial Goods 3.31
Healthcare 2.65
Other 9.94

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.54
Europe 2.55
Latin America 1.91

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
JPMorgan Chase & Co 9.35% 29-Aug-2049 2.47
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 6.35% 15-Apr-2045 2.14
Albertsons Cos Inc 7.50% 15-Mar-2026 1.94
Vistra Corp 8.00% 31-Dec-2049 1.84
Emera Inc 6.75% 15-Jun-2076 1.67
Wells Fargo & Co - Pfd Sr L 1.55
AT&T Inc 6.76% 12-Jun-2024 1.48
Sprint LLC 7.13% 15-Jun-2024 1.47
Amkor Technology Inc 6.63% 15-Sep-2027 1.37
TripAdvisor Inc 7.00% 15-Jul-2025 1.33

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Sun Life Nuveen Flexible Income Fund Series A

Median

Other - Tactical Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.63% 9.80% 7.82%
Beta 0.82% 0.96% 0.60%
Alpha -0.04% -0.04% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.75% 0.63% 0.35%
Sharpe -0.39% -0.05% 0.05%
Sortino -0.56% -0.19% -0.20%
Treynor -0.04% -0.01% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency - - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 6.90% 8.63% 9.80% 7.82%
Beta 0.74% 0.82% 0.96% 0.60%
Alpha -0.02% -0.04% -0.04% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.64% 0.75% 0.63% 0.35%
Sharpe 0.27% -0.39% -0.05% 0.05%
Sortino 0.99% -0.56% -0.19% -0.20%
Treynor 0.02% -0.04% -0.01% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency 67.91% - - -

Fund Details

Start Date February 03, 2014
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
SUN180
SUN280
SUN380

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks to achieve income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of income producing securities. The investment objective of the Fund can only be changed with the approval of a majority of the unitholders at a meeting called for such purpose.

Investment Strategy

In pursuing the Fund’s investment objectives, the sub-advisor: invests in a wide range of income producing securities of issuers, including but not limited to: preferred securities, corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities, taxable municipals and government and agency debt securities; given the investment process, may invest anywhere in the world but may have a tendency to have a high geographic concentration to the U.S..

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
SLGI Asset Management Inc. 02-03-2014
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 06-21-2022

Management and Organization

Fund Manager SLGI Asset Management Inc.
Advisor SLGI Asset Management Inc.
Custodian RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)
Registrar International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd
Distributor -
Auditor Ernst & Young LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 1.64%
Management Fee 1.30%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 5.50%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 0.25%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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