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Educators Dividend Fund Class A

Canadian Div & Inc Equity

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NAVPS
(11-01-2024)
$37.81
Change
$0.15 (0.40%)

As at September 30, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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Educators Dividend Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (February 24, 2000): 7.57%

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 3.44% 9.98% 7.05% 13.14% 21.49% 12.03% 5.84% 10.57% 7.05% 7.36% 7.41% 7.76% 7.92% 6.77%
Benchmark 3.15% 10.54% 9.96% 17.24% 26.74% 17.83% 9.52% 13.87% 10.95% 10.29% 9.65% 9.59% 10.09% 8.09%
Category Average 3.04% 10.13% 8.63% 14.44% 23.02% 13.38% 8.11% 12.92% 8.57% 8.14% 7.58% 7.66% 8.21% 6.57%
Category Rank 113 / 473 232 / 471 424 / 470 380 / 462 389 / 461 383 / 452 417 / 436 380 / 411 363 / 407 310 / 390 259 / 370 223 / 346 208 / 290 167 / 271
Quartile Ranking 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Fund -2.73% 6.26% 3.89% 1.02% 1.87% 2.70% -3.63% 2.66% -1.60% 5.23% 1.04% 3.44%
Benchmark -3.21% 7.48% 3.91% 0.55% 1.82% 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.93% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.90% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 11.70% -4.20% 12.21% 11.44% -7.76% 24.64% 1.18% 23.55% -10.05% 8.34%
Benchmark 10.55% -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75%
Category Average 8.23% -6.21% 17.48% 7.25% -7.75% 18.42% -1.18% 26.41% -3.72% 7.17%
Quartile Ranking 2 3 4 1 3 1 2 4 4 2
Category Rank 71/ 256 151/ 280 253/ 316 20/ 347 201/ 372 12/ 394 120/ 408 352/ 416 431/ 440 156/ 452

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

24.64% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-10.05% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 83.90
US Equity 6.52
International Equity 3.99
Income Trust Units 3.95
Cash and Equivalents 1.64

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 36.28
Energy 13.00
Basic Materials 9.04
Industrial Services 7.20
Telecommunications 5.29
Other 29.19

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 94.26
Europe 3.99
Latin America 1.76
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 5.50
Enbridge Inc 5.37
Power Corp of Canada 5.31
Bank of Nova Scotia 4.23
CAD - London 4.13
Manulife Financial Corp 3.66
Onex Corp 3.29
Toronto-Dominion Bank 3.25
Brookfield Corp Cl A 3.19
Johnson & Johnson 2.85

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)

Educators Dividend Fund Class A

Median

Other - Canadian Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.89% 14.52% 11.98%
Beta 0.91% 0.89% 0.88%
Alpha -0.03% -0.02% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.93% 0.92% 0.88%
Sharpe 0.24% 0.39% 0.48%
Sortino 0.40% 0.47% 0.51%
Treynor 0.03% 0.06% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 72.42% 84.42% 89.52%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 10.59% 12.89% 14.52% 11.98%
Beta 0.93% 0.91% 0.89% 0.88%
Alpha -0.03% -0.03% -0.02% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.94% 0.93% 0.92% 0.88%
Sharpe 1.46% 0.24% 0.39% 0.48%
Sortino 3.27% 0.40% 0.47% 0.51%
Treynor 0.17% 0.03% 0.06% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 78.72% 72.42% 84.42% 89.52%

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 24, 2000
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Restricted
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Semi Annual
Assets ($mil) $176

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
OTG0226

Investment Objectives

The Fund's investment objective is to provide investors with a stable and growing stream of after-tax income with long-term capital growth.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its investment objective, the Fund invests primarily in dividend producing preferred and common shares of Canadian corporations to take advantage of the favourable tax treatment generally available to individual Canadians who receive dividend income from Canadian corporations.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
BMO Asset Management Inc. 07-01-2004

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Educators Financial Group Inc.
Advisor BMO Asset Management Inc.
Custodian RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)
Registrar Educators Financial Group Inc.
Distributor Educators Financial Group Inc.
Auditor Grant Thornton LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 0
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 1.81%
Management Fee 1.60%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 0.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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