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Brandes International Equity Fund Series A

International Equity

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NAVPS
(12-06-2024)
$19.25
Change
$0.21 (1.13%)

As at October 31, 2024

As at October 31, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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Brandes International Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 02, 2002): 4.62%

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 -2.27% 1.72% 7.86% 15.13% 25.57% 27.23% 12.56% 17.09% 9.01% 7.50% 6.24% 6.51% 5.94% 6.55%
Benchmark -2.68% -1.26% 4.43% 10.97% 22.70% 19.06% 5.43% 9.83% 7.00% 7.62% 5.61% 7.24% 6.45% 7.46%
Category Average -2.66% -0.28% 5.27% 10.90% 21.58% 17.51% 3.74% 8.18% 6.14% 6.78% 4.73% 6.30% 5.50% 6.12%
Category Rank 413 / 802 128 / 793 118 / 779 86 / 769 97 / 767 4 / 725 4 / 700 5 / 674 56 / 649 266 / 597 147 / 527 255 / 469 209 / 408 188 / 358
Quartile Ranking 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 7.02% 1.91% 0.10% 2.23% 4.45% -0.15% 4.27% -3.88% 5.79% 1.62% 2.43% -2.27%
Benchmark 7.38% 2.98% 0.90% 3.40% 3.12% -1.23% 2.60% -0.96% 4.08% 0.37% 1.09% -2.68%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

17.06% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.45% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 0.97% 14.10% 2.45% 6.76% -3.54% 7.29% -4.71% 10.28% -3.04% 26.17%
Benchmark 4.12% 19.41% -1.70% 18.37% -6.81% 16.27% 8.01% 8.97% -10.67% 15.74%
Category Average 1.55% 13.82% -2.56% 17.84% -8.91% 17.54% 7.87% 8.64% -12.60% 13.75%
Quartile Ranking 4 3 1 4 1 4 4 2 1 1
Category Rank 247/ 328 252/ 367 91/ 411 466/ 470 123/ 531 589/ 599 612/ 649 249/ 679 101/ 702 3/ 732

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

26.17% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-4.71% (2020)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 97.09
Cash and Equivalents 2.39
Foreign Corporate Bonds 0.52

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Consumer Goods 20.03
Healthcare 16.54
Financial Services 12.55
Consumer Services 11.75
Technology 10.33
Other 28.80

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Europe 61.41
Asia 25.81
Latin America 9.88
North America 2.91
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.10
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 3.01
Sanofi SA 2.55
CASH 2.39
Heineken Holding NV 2.38
UBS Group AG 2.26
Swatch Group AG Cl N 2.21
BNP Paribas SA 2.06
Carrefour SA 2.06
WPP PLC 2.02

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Brandes International Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - International Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.32% 16.44% 14.08%
Beta 0.90% 1.07% 0.99%
Alpha 0.07% 0.02% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.72% 0.78% 0.78%
Sharpe 0.66% 0.47% 0.41%
Sortino 1.21% 0.66% 0.47%
Treynor 0.10% 0.07% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 93.66% 91.90% 92.48%
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 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 11.06% 14.32% 16.44% 14.08%
Beta 1.03% 0.90% 1.07% 0.99%
Alpha 0.02% 0.07% 0.02% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.79% 0.72% 0.78% 0.78%
Sharpe 1.71% 0.66% 0.47% 0.41%
Sortino 4.23% 1.21% 0.66% 0.47%
Treynor 0.18% 0.10% 0.07% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 97.80% 93.66% 91.90% 92.48%

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 July 02, 2002
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $247

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BIP161
BIP209
BIP261

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of Brandes International Equity Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in the equity securities of non-Canadian and non-U.S. issuers whose equity market capitalizations exceed $1 billion at the time of purchase. The Fund is not subject to any specific geographic diversification requirements.

Investment Strategy

Brandes LP is a Graham & Dodd value-oriented, global investment adviser that applies fundamental analysis to bottom-up security selection. Brandes LP believes that consistently buying businesses at discounts to conservative estimates of their intrinsic value has the potential to produce competitive long-term results.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Luiz G. Sauerbronn 07-02-2002
Jeffrey Germain 07-02-2002
Bridgehouse Asset Managers 07-02-2002
Brent V. Woods 07-02-2002
Amelia Maccoun Morris 07-02-2002
Shingo Omura 07-02-2002

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Bridgehouse Asset Managers
Advisor Bridgehouse Asset Managers
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd
Distributor -
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 1,000
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.34%
Management Fee 1.85%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 5.50%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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