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Purpose Emerging Markets Dividend Fund Series A

Emerging Markets Equity

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FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG Grade E

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NAVPS
(07-25-2024)
$8.01
Change
-$0.01 (-0.18%)

As at June 30, 2024

As at June 30, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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Purpose Emerging Markets Dividend Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 05, 2010): 3.38%

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 2.89% 5.85% 9.56% 9.56% 17.66% 12.13% 0.77% 5.83% 3.41% 2.55% 2.51% 4.31% 3.09% 3.59%
Benchmark 3.25% 6.98% 11.88% 11.88% 17.66% 10.92% -0.22% 5.87% 4.71% 4.33% 5.17% 7.22% 5.36% 6.08%
Category Average 3.32% 9.81% 9.81% 9.81% 13.10% 10.13% -3.49% 4.67% 3.33% 2.87% 3.47% 5.44% 3.95% 3.85%
Category Rank 252 / 340 134 / 327 225 / 324 225 / 324 92 / 313 112 / 299 43 / 281 104 / 263 146 / 250 135 / 218 137 / 196 133 / 179 108 / 146 104 / 139
Quartile Ranking 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Fund 4.20% -3.10% -1.14% -0.70% 5.13% 3.06% -2.21% 4.40% 1.39% 1.83% 1.03% 2.89%
Benchmark 5.60% -2.72% -1.99% -1.05% 4.87% 0.67% -2.21% 5.63% 1.24% 3.23% 0.38% 3.25%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.73% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.32% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 6.56% 1.51% 1.66% 23.08% -10.61% 7.66% 7.83% -1.91% -12.18% 13.10%
Benchmark 8.76% 2.69% 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03%
Category Average 2.91% -3.92% 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68%
Quartile Ranking 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 2 1 1
Category Rank 51/ 131 75/ 144 121/ 155 156/ 185 114/ 199 233/ 243 240/ 258 122/ 266 47/ 286 57/ 307

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

23.08% (2017)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-12.18% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 94.21
Cash and Equivalents 5.68
Foreign Corporate Bonds 0.31
Income Trust Units 0.20
US Equity -0.35
Other -0.05

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 28.52
Technology 20.16
Exchange Traded Fund 18.10
Energy 8.29
Consumer Goods 7.80
Other 17.13

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 70.68
Latin America 15.56
Africa and Middle East 9.21
North America 3.88
Europe 0.13
Other 0.54

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA) 9.27
iShares India 50 ETF (INDY) 6.47
Purpose Cash Management Fund ETF - Closed 5.67
MediaTek Inc 4.22
China Construction Bank Corp Cl H 3.82
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd - ADR 3.71
iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA) 3.61
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 3.61
iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA) 3.16
Xtrackers Hvst CSI 300 China A-Shs ETF (ASHR) 3.05

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)

Purpose Emerging Markets Dividend Fund Series A

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.41% 12.42% 11.39%
Beta 0.87% 0.84% 0.78%
Alpha 0.01% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.87% 0.88% 0.83%
Sharpe -0.12% 0.16% 0.24%
Sortino -0.18% 0.13% 0.15%
Treynor -0.02% 0.02% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency - - 43.54%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 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 9.35% 12.41% 12.42% 11.39%
Beta 0.83% 0.87% 0.84% 0.78%
Alpha 0.03% 0.01% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.88% 0.87% 0.88% 0.83%
Sharpe 1.27% -0.12% 0.16% 0.24%
Sortino 3.07% -0.18% 0.13% 0.15%
Treynor 0.14% -0.02% 0.02% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 81.19% - - 43.54%

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 November 05, 2010
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PFC4100

Investment Objectives

The fund seeks to generate capital appreciation by investing in a basket of emerging market equities, while mitigating downside risk. A secondary objective of the fund is to generate a high level of dividend income from those investments.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its investment objectives, the fund incorporates a combination of long emerging market equities and options strategies. The long-term target allocation for long equities will be approximately at least 70% and the options strategy will make up the remaining portfolio exposure. Investment decision-making process Equity security selection is driven by a multi-factor model.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Neuberger Berman Breton Hill ULC 10-25-2022
Purpose Investments Inc. 10-25-2022

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Purpose Investments Inc.
Advisor Purpose Investments Inc.
Custodian CIBC Mellon Trust Company
Registrar CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company
Distributor -
Auditor Ernst & Young LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 100
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 2.47%
Management Fee 1.80%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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