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NEI U.S. Dividend Fund Series A

U.S. Div & Inc Equity

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NAVPS
(10-08-2024)
$12.74
Change
$0.06 (0.45%)

As at September 30, 2024

As at August 31, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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NEI U.S. Dividend Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 11, 2000): 2.78%

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 3.88% 10.28% 10.87% 22.26% 29.88% 13.70% 9.23% 11.68% 6.99% 6.61% 7.05% 6.71% 7.41% 7.78%
Benchmark 2.23% 4.47% 10.05% 24.64% 36.19% 27.82% 14.37% 16.54% 16.43% 14.74% 15.79% 15.41% 15.20% 15.52%
Category Average 1.69% 8.59% 8.59% - - - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank 6 / 216 11 / 216 22 / 214 55 / 213 91 / 213 186 / 200 154 / 198 161 / 194 178 / 190 180 / 184 163 / 172 140 / 142 114 / 114 79 / 87
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Fund -0.66% 4.70% 2.13% 1.52% 2.80% 5.67% -2.25% 3.42% -0.55% 6.39% -0.22% 3.88%
Benchmark 0.44% 6.86% 1.80% 3.00% 6.70% 3.07% -2.70% 4.13% 3.97% 2.12% 0.07% 2.23%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.95% (April 2009)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.20% (October 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 17.43% 10.92% 14.53% 0.11% -1.47% 14.90% -5.02% 18.68% 0.53% -1.45%
Benchmark 24.19% 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 4
Category Rank 53/ 70 84/ 102 41/ 121 144/ 144 92/ 172 177/ 188 185/ 194 170/ 196 41/ 199 198/ 200

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

18.68% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-5.02% (2020)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 90.54
International Equity 9.25
Cash and Equivalents 0.21

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 18.10
Technology 14.05
Utilities 10.48
Consumer Goods 10.09
Healthcare 10.08
Other 37.20

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 90.75
Europe 7.18
Latin America 2.07

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Oracle Corp 4.64
Progressive Corp 4.45
Williams Cos Inc 4.13
Unilever PLC - ADR 3.67
Kinder Morgan Inc 3.64
PNC Financial Services Group Inc 3.51
Corning Inc 3.23
Comcast Corp Cl A 3.09
American Tower Corp 3.06
Cogent Communications Holdings Inc 2.94

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)

NEI U.S. Dividend Fund Series A

Median

Other - U.S. Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.36% 13.51% 11.93%
Beta 0.60% 0.77% 0.79%
Alpha 0.01% -0.05% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.56% 0.65% 0.72%
Sharpe 0.54% 0.40% 0.56%
Sortino 0.93% 0.49% 0.63%
Treynor 0.10% 0.07% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 73.47% 64.29% 77.97%
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 9.48% 11.36% 13.51% 11.93%
Beta 0.58% 0.60% 0.77% 0.79%
Alpha 0.09% 0.01% -0.05% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.32% 0.56% 0.65% 0.72%
Sharpe 2.33% 0.54% 0.40% 0.56%
Sortino 8.46% 0.93% 0.49% 0.63%
Treynor 0.38% 0.10% 0.07% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 91.32% 73.47% 64.29% 77.97%

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 October 11, 2000
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $57

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
NWT132
NWT233
NWT333
NWT632
NWT832

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide investors with long-term capital growth. The Fund invests primarily in common shares of large-capitalization American corporations. Unitholder approval (by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of unitholders) is required prior to a fundamental change of investment objectives.

Investment Strategy

The Portfolio Sub-Advisor employs a value-driven, bottom-up approach to security selection that seeks to identify stocks with a high and growing dividend yield, financial strength, and attractive business models among other key characteristics.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. 07-20-2004
Henry W. Sanders 03-15-2013
Thomas S Forsha 03-18-2013
Andrew R McIntosh 04-30-2018

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.
Advisor Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.
Custodian Desjardins Trust Inc.
Registrar Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.
Distributor Credential Asset Management Inc.
Auditor Ernst & Young LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.33%
Management Fee 1.75%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 6.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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