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iShares Equal Weight Banc & Lifeco ETF (CEW : TSX)

Financial Services Equity

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Fundata ESG Grade A

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2023

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(04-25-2024)
$16.69
Change
-$0.07 (-0.42%)
Open $16.67
Day Range $16.60 - $16.70
Volume 7,752

As at March 31, 2024

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (February 06, 2008): 8.86%

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 4.58% 5.33% 18.34% 5.33% 18.22% 5.43% 9.81% 19.22% 11.62% 9.71% 8.95% 11.19% 10.17% 9.73%
Benchmark 3.76% 9.87% 21.36% 9.87% 25.68% 9.80% 9.79% 15.54% 8.54% 7.15% 7.88% 9.74% 7.73% 8.93%
Category Average 5.09% 20.74% 20.74% 8.28% 21.50% 4.12% 6.40% 16.72% 8.69% 6.85% 7.60% 9.48% 7.82% 8.14%
Category Rank 41 / 77 57 / 76 48 / 76 57 / 76 38 / 71 22 / 60 11 / 57 9 / 52 9 / 52 9 / 47 14 / 42 12 / 34 8 / 34 14 / 32
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund 4.10% -3.93% 3.14% 3.41% -5.25% -1.16% -4.95% 9.88% 7.57% -0.46% 1.19% 4.58%
Benchmark 3.42% -3.87% 2.93% 4.62% -0.85% -2.45% -0.85% 7.51% 3.63% 1.30% 4.53% 3.76%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

17.76% (April 2009)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-19.75% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 10.77% -2.51% 26.09% 12.21% -12.68% 25.61% -0.56% 33.74% -6.50% 16.86%
Benchmark 14.35% 14.20% 6.34% 15.24% -4.99% 19.43% -5.24% 22.05% -5.68% 13.41%
Category Average 10.01% 6.19% 11.10% 15.65% -8.72% 20.37% 0.17% 28.60% -10.67% 9.26%
Quartile Ranking 4 3 1 3 4 2 3 2 1 1
Category Rank 24/ 31 25/ 34 4/ 34 24/ 42 40/ 46 15/ 50 34/ 52 15/ 57 9/ 57 5/ 66

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

33.74% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-12.68% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 100.00

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 99.99
Other 0.01

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Bank of Nova Scotia 10.48
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 10.42
National Bank of Canada 10.14
Manulife Financial Corp 10.02
Bank of Montreal 9.98
Royal Bank of Canada 9.97
Great-West Lifeco Inc 9.84
Toronto-Dominion Bank 9.78
Sun Life Financial Inc 9.74
iA Financial Corp Inc 9.62

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)

iShares Equal Weight Banc & Lifeco ETF

Median

Other - Financial Services Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.26% 18.70% 15.76%
Beta 0.99% 1.07% 0.90%
Alpha 0.00% 0.03% 0.02%
Rsquared 0.75% 0.81% 0.60%
Sharpe 0.52% 0.58% 0.58%
Sortino 0.79% 0.78% 0.72%
Treynor 0.08% 0.10% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 84.12% 86.25% 85.80%
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 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 16.76% 15.26% 18.70% 15.76%
Beta 1.25% 0.99% 1.07% 0.90%
Alpha -0.11% 0.00% 0.03% 0.02%
Rsquared 0.74% 0.75% 0.81% 0.60%
Sharpe 0.80% 0.52% 0.58% 0.58%
Sortino 1.72% 0.79% 0.78% 0.72%
Treynor 0.11% 0.08% 0.10% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 90.15% 84.12% 86.25% 85.80%

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 February 06, 2008
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status -
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $199
52 Week High $17.52
52 Week Low $13.98
Annual Dividend $0.69
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

CEW's investment objective is to provide unitholders with a diversified equal weighted investment in a portfolio of common shares of the largest Canadian banks and Canadian life insurance companies. Cash distributions on the Common units and Advisor Class Units of CEW are expected to be made monthly and will be derived from dividends received by CEW on the CEW Portfolio. Such distributions may also include capital gains and returns of capital.

Investment Strategy

The passive equal weighting approach is intended to reduce the risks to investors of increasing exposure to any single investment. Constituent Issuers are selected for inclusion in the CEW Portfolio based on the following criteria: (i) the minimum market capitalization of such an issuer is $5 billion for banks and $1.5 billion for life insurance companies and (ii) the issuer must be a Canadian bank or a Canadian life insurance company.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
BlackRock Canada 02-06-2008
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. 02-06-2008

Management and Organization

Fund Manager BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
Advisor BlackRock Canada
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar State Street Trust Company Canada
Distributor -
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Fees

MER 0.61%
Management Fee 0.55%

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