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Purpose Emerging Markets Dividend Fund Series A

Emerging Markets Equity

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FundGrade C

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NAVPS
(12-04-2025)
$8.86
Change
$0.04 (0.49%)

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Purpose Emerging Markets Dividend Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 05, 2010): 4.45%

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 3.98% 10.16% 20.97% 20.26% 18.99% 20.32% 18.24% 7.93% 7.20% 6.66% 6.69% 3.83% 5.26% 5.51%
Benchmark 2.46% 11.46% 24.10% 21.44% 22.29% 24.88% 20.78% 8.55% 8.86% 8.75% 9.50% 6.85% 8.17% 8.71%
Category Average 4.54% 14.26% 28.71% 29.56% 28.91% 25.07% 20.76% 6.68% 7.64% 7.86% 8.40% 5.56% 7.04% 7.43%
Category Rank 237 / 326 305 / 326 293 / 325 292 / 322 293 / 322 262 / 302 226 / 287 117 / 270 174 / 251 183 / 248 173 / 218 144 / 187 139 / 173 122 / 144
Quartile Ranking 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund -2.21% 1.18% 3.38% -1.02% 0.86% -3.68% 3.83% 3.66% 2.02% 0.14% 5.80% 3.98%
Benchmark -2.18% 2.94% 1.05% -0.22% 0.19% -3.13% 3.89% 3.91% 3.12% 1.69% 6.98% 2.46%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.73% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.32% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 1.51% 1.66% 23.08% -10.61% 7.66% 7.83% -1.91% -12.18% 13.10% 11.12%
Benchmark 2.69% 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03% 21.65%
Category Average -3.92% 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68% 12.46%
Quartile Ranking 3 4 4 3 4 4 2 1 1 4
Category Rank 73/ 133 110/ 144 148/ 174 111/ 187 219/ 228 234/ 248 110/ 251 46/ 270 51/ 289 248/ 302

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 76.96
Cash and Equivalents 23.15
Income Trust Units 0.01
US Equity -0.10

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 27.58
Exchange Traded Fund 21.40
Technology 20.32
Basic Materials 6.66
Energy 6.08
Other 17.96

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 59.70
North America 22.36
Latin America 12.40
Africa and Middle East 5.00
Other 0.54

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Purpose Cash Management Fund ETF - Closed 20.25
iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA) 8.54
iShares India 50 ETF (INDY) 3.76
China Construction Bank Corp Cl H 3.48
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.92
MediaTek Inc 2.85
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd - Pfd 2.81
Ind and Commercial Bank of China Ltd Cl H 2.67
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 2.37
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV Cl B 2.34

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 10.91% 11.16% 11.24%
Beta 0.85% 0.83% 0.81%
Alpha 0.01% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.88% 0.84% 0.85%
Sharpe 1.24% 0.44% 0.37%
Sortino 2.93% 0.67% 0.40%
Treynor 0.16% 0.06% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 82.24% 57.57% 56.91%
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 9.79% 10.91% 11.16% 11.24%
Beta 0.91% 0.85% 0.83% 0.81%
Alpha -0.01% 0.01% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.82% 0.88% 0.84% 0.85%
Sharpe 1.55% 1.24% 0.44% 0.37%
Sortino 3.11% 2.93% 0.67% 0.40%
Treynor 0.17% 0.16% 0.06% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 83.85% 82.24% 57.57% 56.91%

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) $1

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 Management

Portfolio Manager

Purpose Investments Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Neuberger Berman Canada ULC

  • Ray Carroll
  • Simon Griffiths
  • Frank Maeba

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Purpose Investments Inc.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company

Distributor

-

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 2.51%
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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