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Desjardins Sustainable Cleantech Fund A Class

Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

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2022, 2021, 2020

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NAVPS
(05-03-2024)
$15.51
Change
$0.17 (1.08%)

As at March 31, 2024

As at March 31, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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Desjardins Sustainable Cleantech Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 14, 2016): 8.79%

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 3.36% 4.21% 13.89% 4.21% 3.44% 0.96% -0.01% 12.79% 8.05% 7.23% 7.75% - - -
Benchmark 3.87% 7.66% 17.91% 7.66% 17.86% 7.94% 5.21% 15.70% 8.17% 6.98% 7.65% 9.04% 7.63% 8.48%
Category Average 2.99% 15.38% 15.38% 6.16% 13.01% 5.24% 2.24% 13.64% 6.38% 4.82% 5.24% 6.22% 4.97% 5.54%
Category Rank 123 / 281 190 / 278 202 / 278 190 / 278 226 / 269 214 / 246 160 / 223 143 / 205 95 / 182 52 / 155 37 / 144 - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -0.25% -2.80% 2.09% 2.18% -3.12% -7.31% -6.69% 9.08% 7.37% -3.55% 4.54% 3.36%
Benchmark 0.39% -2.87% 4.01% 4.07% -0.53% -4.79% -3.18% 7.14% 5.59% -1.54% 5.26% 3.87%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.19% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-13.56% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - - 14.93% -8.80% 26.70% 27.61% 15.80% -19.04% 5.88%
Benchmark 9.59% 16.61% 7.47% 15.40% -7.34% 20.09% 11.07% 15.50% -13.14% 14.59%
Category Average 6.30% 9.56% 3.48% 12.62% -10.42% 13.76% 14.53% 12.37% -15.59% 12.82%
Quartile Ranking - - - 2 3 1 2 2 4 4
Category Rank - - - 55/ 144 81/ 154 25/ 180 61/ 186 92/ 221 192/ 246 223/ 262

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

27.61% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-19.04% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 53.31
US Equity 41.65
Canadian Equity 3.65
Cash and Equivalents 1.38
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Industrial Goods 26.78
Technology 14.64
Basic Materials 11.70
Industrial Services 10.52
Utilities 10.10
Other 26.26

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 46.69
Europe 39.45
Asia 11.50
Latin America 1.66
Africa and Middle East 0.71
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Pentair PLC 2.97
Aalberts NV 2.84
PTC Inc 2.79
Stericycle Inc 2.76
Clean Harbors Inc 2.61
DSM-Firmenich AG 2.47
Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC 2.11
Brambles Ltd 2.10
Graphic Packaging Holding Co 2.04
Littelfuse Inc 2.03

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Desjardins Sustainable Cleantech Fund A Class

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 17.74% 17.57% -
Beta 1.14% 0.99% -
Alpha -0.05% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.90% 0.88% -
Sharpe -0.06% 0.42% -
Sortino -0.11% 0.51% -
Treynor -0.01% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency - 88.96% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 18.21% 17.74% 17.57% -
Beta 1.27% 1.14% 0.99% -
Alpha -0.17% -0.05% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.94% 0.90% 0.88% -
Sharpe 0.01% -0.06% 0.42% -
Sortino 0.16% -0.11% 0.51% -
Treynor 0.00% -0.01% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 66.35% - 88.96% -

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 June 14, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00168

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity and equity-related securities of corporations that operate in the cleantech sector throughout the world, including emerging markets.

Investment Strategy

The sub-manager looks to invest globally in companies active in the growing resource efficiency and environmental markets. These markets address a number of long-term macro-economic themes: growing populations, rising living standards, increasing urbanization, rising consumption, and depletion of limited natural resources.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Impax Asset Management Ltd. 06-14-2016
Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. 07-23-2019

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 100

Fees

MER 2.62%
Management Fee 2.05%
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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