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Accelerate Absolute Return Fund (HDGE : TSX)

Alternative Equity Focus

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(12-04-2025)
$27.55
Change
$0.17 (0.62%)
Open $27.56
Day Range $27.56 - $27.56
Volume 100

As at October 31, 2025

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Accelerate Absolute Return Fund

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 03, 2019): 6.57%

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 -2.55% 1.12% 3.72% 0.40% 0.18% 7.63% 8.65% 14.13% 12.37% 6.93% - - - -
Benchmark 0.97% 11.70% 23.39% 25.13% 28.75% 30.39% 19.52% 12.89% 17.64% 14.06% 13.94% 11.61% 11.60% 11.71%
Category Average 1.50% 16.30% 16.30% 14.19% 15.34% 19.51% 11.63% 7.98% 11.08% 9.05% - - - -
Category Rank 234 / 247 198 / 234 193 / 223 179 / 203 164 / 190 116 / 144 77 / 127 15 / 108 34 / 79 29 / 41 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 2 3 - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 3.99% -4.05% 2.45% -1.51% -3.29% -0.81% 3.25% -0.37% -0.29% -0.43% 4.21% -2.55%
Benchmark 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96% 5.40% 0.97%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.45% (October 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.90% (November 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - -11.62% 30.43% 15.44% 4.13% 21.83%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average - - - - - 5.11% 17.27% -5.96% 6.54% 16.58%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - 4 1 1 4 2
Category Rank - - - - - 41/ 41 11/ 86 8/ 109 96/ 127 51/ 148

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

30.43% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.62% (2020)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 41.36
Canadian Equity 37.26
International Equity 21.38

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Consumer Services 36.13
Technology 23.02
Financial Services 11.11
Basic Materials 10.90
Consumer Goods 7.32
Other 11.52

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 78.62
Europe 7.41
Latin America 6.74
Asia 3.65
Africa and Middle East 3.58

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Adtalem Global Education Inc 3.86
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd 3.80
Finning International Inc 3.79
McKesson Corp 3.78
Kinross Gold Corp 3.76
Endeavour Mining PLC 3.75
NRG Energy Inc 3.74
Dundee Precious Metals Inc 3.70
OceanaGold Corp 3.65
Trican Well Service Ltd 3.61

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Accelerate Absolute Return Fund

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.58% 13.15% -
Beta 0.19% 0.12% -
Alpha 0.05% 0.11% -
Rsquared 0.05% 0.01% -
Sharpe 0.46% 0.75% -
Sortino 0.90% 1.24% -
Treynor 0.25% 0.85% -
Tax Efficiency 92.21% 93.63% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 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 9.76% 10.58% 13.15% -
Beta 0.81% 0.19% 0.12% -
Alpha -0.21% 0.05% 0.11% -
Rsquared 0.80% 0.05% 0.01% -
Sharpe -0.23% 0.46% 0.75% -
Sortino -0.36% 0.90% 1.24% -
Treynor -0.03% 0.25% 0.85% -
Tax Efficiency - 92.21% 93.63% -

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 Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $40
52 Week High $28.13
52 Week Low $24.85
Annual Dividend $0.40
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 Management

Portfolio Manager

Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc.

  • Julian Klymochko
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc.

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust

Registrar

TMX Trust Company

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.35%
Management Fee 0.00%

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