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Scotia Canadian Equity Fund Series A

Canadian Focused Equity

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FundGrade C

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

Fundata ESG Grade D

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2022

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$56.16
Change
-$0.16 (-0.29%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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Scotia Canadian Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (December 31, 1986): 6.70%

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 2.18% 6.82% 13.47% 17.35% 13.62% 19.06% 13.64% 10.91% 12.99% 11.66% 11.47% 9.75% 10.26% 10.20%
Benchmark 2.40% 9.32% 19.50% 24.89% 22.25% 25.90% 18.51% 13.08% 14.56% 13.15% 13.28% 11.29% 11.41% 11.35%
Category Average 1.87% 5.90% 12.90% 16.58% 13.85% 19.75% 14.55% 10.38% 12.26% 11.16% 11.12% 9.28% 9.30% 9.09%
Category Rank 227 / 603 233 / 602 254 / 596 279 / 574 299 / 574 326 / 568 361 / 561 289 / 550 276 / 537 273 / 528 279 / 509 275 / 480 195 / 431 195 / 408
Quartile Ranking 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -3.18% 1.86% -0.12% -2.10% -0.37% 4.21% 1.67% 1.32% 3.12% 3.64% 0.87% 2.18%
Benchmark -2.12% 3.61% -0.67% -2.52% -1.16% 5.40% 3.11% 2.07% 3.86% 5.11% 1.57% 2.40%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.07% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-23.93% (October 1987)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 4.33% 14.91% 12.51% -6.96% 17.54% 6.76% 25.37% -6.03% 11.92% 16.84%
Benchmark -0.77% 14.44% 10.80% -7.14% 21.45% 7.58% 21.76% -8.87% 13.60% 22.75%
Category Average -2.47% 11.42% 8.06% -8.78% 18.54% 7.73% 22.26% -9.42% 13.34% 19.16%
Quartile Ranking 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3
Category Rank 69/ 375 183/ 408 117/ 431 225/ 481 367/ 513 300/ 529 147/ 537 168/ 550 350/ 561 376/ 568

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

25.37% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-6.96% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 85.65
US Equity 9.10
Cash and Equivalents 3.28
Income Trust Units 1.97

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 38.18
Energy 9.79
Technology 9.27
Basic Materials 8.99
Consumer Services 7.43
Other 26.34

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Power Corp of Canada 5.83
Onex Corp 5.50
Bank of Nova Scotia 5.32
Royal Bank of Canada 5.10
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.46
Manulife Financial Corp 3.61
Enbridge Inc 3.61
Open Text Corp 3.16
CANADIAN DOLLAR 2.87
Brookfield Corp Cl A 2.83

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)

Scotia Canadian Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Focused Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.04% 10.55% 11.39%
Beta 0.92% 0.89% 0.92%
Alpha -0.03% 0.00% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.90% 0.92%
Sharpe 0.94% 0.96% 0.75%
Sortino 1.88% 1.59% 1.01%
Treynor 0.10% 0.11% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 97.38% 95.02% 91.13%
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 6 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 7.71% 10.04% 10.55% 11.39%
Beta 0.78% 0.92% 0.89% 0.92%
Alpha -0.03% -0.03% 0.00% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.93% 0.95% 0.90% 0.92%
Sharpe 1.35% 0.94% 0.96% 0.75%
Sortino 2.40% 1.88% 1.59% 1.01%
Treynor 0.13% 0.10% 0.11% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 98.91% 97.38% 95.02% 91.13%

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 December 31, 1986
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $459

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BNS350

Investment Objectives

The fund’s objective is long-term capital growth. It invests primarily in a broad range of high quality equity securities of large Canadian companies.

Investment Strategy

The Fund emphasizes large, well-established companies that are leaders in their industry. The portfolio adviser invests primarily in publicly traded equity securities of businesses located in Canada. The portfolio adviser attempts to purchase investee businesses at a discount to their intrinsic value. Tax efficiency is an important part of the investment strategy and investments within the Fund tend to be held for the longer term. From time to time investments may be sold to harvest tax losses.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

1832 Asset Management L.P.

  • Don Simpson
  • Eric Mencke
  • Rory Ronan
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

1832 Asset Management L.P.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

1832 Asset Management L.P.

Distributor

Scotia Securities Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 2.07%
Management Fee 1.75%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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