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Counsel Canadian Growth Series A

Canadian Equity

FundGrade B Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade B

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Fundata ESG GradeC Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade C

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2025

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NAVPS
(02-05-2026)
$30.92
Change
-$0.55 (-1.74%)

As at December 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 14, 2009): 9.26%

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 0.84% 3.97% 13.87% 22.64% 22.64% 22.63% 18.32% 11.65% 13.66% 13.42% 14.66% 11.12% 10.70% 11.23%
Benchmark 1.32% 6.25% 19.53% 31.68% 31.68% 26.57% 21.42% 13.94% 16.09% 14.27% 15.46% 12.10% 11.76% 12.66%
Category Average 1.16% 4.43% 13.31% 23.63% 23.63% 20.72% 16.98% 11.10% 13.43% 11.70% 12.74% 9.69% 9.38% 10.07%
Category Rank 620 / 765 512 / 757 319 / 744 436 / 721 436 / 721 237 / 694 256 / 670 279 / 635 309 / 571 150 / 537 131 / 511 157 / 465 155 / 439 158 / 401
Quartile Ranking 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fund 2.56% -0.37% -2.36% 0.02% 5.62% 2.20% 1.40% 3.56% 4.30% 0.45% 2.64% 0.84%
Benchmark 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96% 5.40% 0.97% 3.86% 1.32%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.73% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.95% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund 16.09% 7.47% -10.84% 22.45% 12.20% 22.08% -6.19% 10.17% 22.61% 22.64%
Benchmark 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65% 31.68%
Category Average 16.46% 6.89% -9.47% 19.21% 3.42% 23.26% -4.82% 9.85% 17.87% 23.63%
Quartile Ranking 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 3
Category Rank 225/ 401 206/ 439 333/ 465 134/ 511 33/ 537 412/ 571 444/ 635 345/ 670 73/ 694 436/ 721

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.64% (2025)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-10.84% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 90.32
US Equity 3.59
Cash and Equivalents 2.85
Income Trust Units 2.47
International Equity 0.81

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 27.89
Basic Materials 14.67
Energy 13.09
Technology 12.75
Real Estate 6.64
Other 24.96

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.52
Latin America 1.71
Europe 0.81

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 7.73
Shopify Inc Cl A 5.97
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.73
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.28
Enbridge Inc 3.12
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 3.09
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 2.86
Canadian Dollars 2.84
Brookfield Corp Cl A 2.80
Element Fleet Management Corp 2.39

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Counsel Canadian Growth Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.89% 11.37% 13.11%
Beta 0.86% 0.92% 0.99%
Alpha 0.00% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.94% 0.93%
Sharpe 1.37% 0.95% 0.74%
Sortino 2.92% 1.52% 0.97%
Treynor 0.16% 0.12% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 97.89% 96.74% 96.85%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 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 7.63% 9.89% 11.37% 13.11%
Beta 0.91% 0.86% 0.92% 0.99%
Alpha -0.05% 0.00% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.96% 0.95% 0.94% 0.93%
Sharpe 2.39% 1.37% 0.95% 0.74%
Sortino 6.62% 2.92% 1.52% 0.97%
Treynor 0.20% 0.16% 0.12% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 99.17% 97.89% 96.74% 96.85%

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 January 14, 2009
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $207

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
CGF102
CGF112
CGF122

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of Counsel Canadian Growth is to invest primarily in Canadian equity securities to seek to achieve long-term capital growth and to provide a reasonable rate of return. Counsel Canadian Growth may also invest in Canadian fixed-income securities and equity and fixed-income securities of issuers anywhere in the world, depending upon prevailing market conditions.

Investment Strategy

The sub-advisor invests primarily in companies that are changing for the better and whose underlying fundamentals are improving more rapidly than the overall stock market. The sub-advisor seeks to be rewarded by significant upward movements in stock prices that occur over shorter time periods. Since change is the catalyst, this style tends to generate relatively high portfolio turnover.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

PICTON Investments

  • Jeff Bradacs
  • David Picton

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Distributor

IPC Investment Corporation

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 2.24%
Management Fee 1.75%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 3.50%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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