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Brandes Global Equity Fund Series A

Global Equity

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FundGrade B

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NAVPS
(07-08-2025)
$24.91
Change
$0.17 (0.68%)

As at May 31, 2025

As at May 31, 2025

As at May 31, 2025

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Brandes Global Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 02, 2002): 4.98%

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 3.03% -3.49% 4.03% 5.37% 13.12% 20.55% 15.78% 11.61% 15.90% 11.35% 8.83% 7.88% 9.14% 7.33%
Benchmark 5.37% -2.04% 0.91% 0.76% 14.46% 18.99% 15.33% 10.43% 13.24% 12.16% 10.74% 10.38% 11.55% 10.33%
Category Average 5.09% -1.64% 0.15% 1.47% 10.87% 14.99% 11.56% 7.12% 10.59% 9.58% 8.35% 7.99% 8.85% 7.69%
Category Rank 1,860 / 2,125 1,493 / 2,107 129 / 2,097 148 / 2,099 639 / 2,037 167 / 1,911 206 / 1,801 118 / 1,638 41 / 1,487 338 / 1,426 557 / 1,238 633 / 1,103 490 / 971 511 / 797
Quartile Ranking 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Fund -1.48% 5.25% -0.60% 1.68% 0.08% 3.68% -1.28% 5.87% 3.13% -1.38% -5.02% 3.03%
Benchmark 2.29% 2.79% 0.04% 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97% 5.37%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

16.46% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.27% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 13.09% 2.60% 7.57% -4.23% 11.26% -1.90% 19.11% -0.41% 17.34% 20.58%
Benchmark 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37% 26.84%
Category Average 8.98% 3.86% 14.23% -5.38% 19.94% 11.73% 16.21% -13.86% 15.08% 20.13%
Quartile Ranking 3 3 4 2 4 4 2 1 2 3
Category Rank 447/ 762 534/ 887 935/ 1,040 497/ 1,187 1,291/ 1,382 1,353/ 1,464 471/ 1,581 37/ 1,733 663/ 1,881 1,070/ 1,995

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

20.58% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-4.23% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 55.81
US Equity 39.76
Cash and Equivalents 3.00
Canadian Equity 1.43

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 19.23
Healthcare 17.16
Technology 13.73
Consumer Goods 13.12
Industrial Goods 10.09
Other 26.67

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 44.19
Europe 35.07
Asia 13.50
Latin America 7.24

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Erste Group Bank AG 3.04
CASH 3.00
GlaxoSmithKline PLC 2.78
Embraer SA 2.52
Sanofi SA 2.43
Shell PLC - ADR 2.40
UBS Group AG 2.14
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.11
TotalEnergies SE 2.09
Citigroup Inc 2.01

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)

Brandes Global Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.39% 13.61% 13.69%
Beta 0.91% 0.90% 0.98%
Alpha 0.02% 0.04% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.72% 0.63% 0.72%
Sharpe 0.87% 0.97% 0.46%
Sortino 1.75% 1.94% 0.55%
Treynor 0.13% 0.15% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 97.70% 97.61% 96.01%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 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 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 11.18% 13.39% 13.61% 13.69%
Beta 0.77% 0.91% 0.90% 0.98%
Alpha 0.02% 0.02% 0.04% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.49% 0.72% 0.63% 0.72%
Sharpe 0.84% 0.87% 0.97% 0.46%
Sortino 1.65% 1.75% 1.94% 0.55%
Treynor 0.12% 0.13% 0.15% 0.06%
Tax Efficiency 98.44% 97.70% 97.61% 96.01%

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) $638

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BIP151
BIP205
BIP251

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of Brandes Global Equity Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in the equity securities of both Canadian and non-Canadian 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 Management

Portfolio Manager

Brandes Investment Partners & Co.

Sub-Advisor

Brandes Investment Partners L.P.

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Brandes Investment Partners & Co.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd

Distributor

-

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 2.14%
Management Fee 1.75%
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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