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Desjardins Global Equity Growth Fund A Class

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021, 2020

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NAVPS
(05-03-2024) 		$17.24
Change
$0.16 (0.91%)

As at March 31, 2024

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Desjardins Global Equity Growth Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 26, 2015): 8.41%

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 1.80% 9.89% 21.30% 9.89% 18.32% 6.61% -0.31% 10.57% 7.87% 7.06% 8.75% 9.83% 8.21% -
Benchmark 2.94% 10.27% 20.07% 10.27% 23.05% 11.13% 9.29% 15.98% 11.08% 10.21% 10.43% 11.39% 9.83% 10.93%
Category Average 2.78% 18.53% 18.53% 9.49% 18.77% 8.26% 6.74% 13.89% 8.87% 8.06% 8.20% 8.89% 7.44% 8.02%
Category Rank 1,639 / 2,078 835 / 2,054 510 / 2,008 835 / 2,054 999 / 1,936 1,428 / 1,805 1,608 / 1,645 1,320 / 1,508 1,039 / 1,448 883 / 1,231 460 / 1,069 347 / 923 354 / 786 -
Quartile Ranking 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund 0.04% 0.16% 3.86% 2.70% -3.27% -5.64% -2.60% 9.23% 3.75% 0.28% 7.65% 1.80%
Benchmark 1.71% -0.97% 2.98% 3.28% -0.19% -4.15% -0.71% 6.95% 2.53% 1.41% 5.64% 2.94%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.04% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.04% (January 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - -0.01% 22.48% -3.42% 23.90% 31.38% 5.19% -24.45% 14.94%
Benchmark 13.97% 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37%
Category Average 8.33% 8.98% 3.86% 14.23% -5.38% 19.94% 11.73% 16.21% -13.86% 15.08%
Quartile Ranking - - 4 1 2 1 1 4 4 3
Category Rank - - 690/ 892 70/ 1,062 451/ 1,212 294/ 1,417 93/ 1,500 1,557/ 1,620 1,628/ 1,774 995/ 1,933

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

31.38% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-24.45% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 57.51
International Equity 38.37
Cash and Equivalents 2.83
Canadian Equity 1.29

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 30.53
Consumer Services 12.68
Industrial Goods 11.97
Financial Services 11.53
Healthcare 10.88
Other 22.41

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 61.63
Europe 18.92
Asia 17.07
Latin America 1.80
Africa and Middle East 0.57
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 3.97
Microsoft Corp 3.79
Amazon.com Inc 3.72
Martin Marietta Materials Inc 3.68
Anthem Inc 3.36
Ryanair Holdings PLC - ADR 3.08
Crh PLC 2.88
Moody's Corp 2.86
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.83
Reliance Industries Ltd - GDR 2.48

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Desjardins Global Equity Growth Fund A Class

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 16.88% 16.59% -
Beta 1.20% 1.13% -
Alpha -0.11% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.85% 0.83% -
Sharpe -0.09% 0.42% -
Sortino -0.17% 0.56% -
Treynor -0.01% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency - 96.34% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 9 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 14.98% 16.88% 16.59% -
Beta 1.36% 1.20% 1.13% -
Alpha -0.11% -0.11% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.91% 0.85% 0.83% -
Sharpe 0.88% -0.09% 0.42% -
Sortino 2.01% -0.17% 0.56% -
Treynor 0.10% -0.01% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% - 96.34% -

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

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Fund Details

Start Date January 26, 2015
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Wrap Program)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00133

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity and equity-related securities of companies located anywhere in the world, including emerging markets.

Investment Strategy

The management of the Fund’s assets is assigned to a sub-manager whose investment approach involves a bottom-up, stock-driven approach to country and sector allocation. The sub-manager favours a growth management style with a focus on companies that can sustain above-average, long-term growth in sales and profits.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. 01-23-2015
Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited 07-23-2019

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Desjardins Investments Inc.
Advisor Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.
Custodian Desjardins Trust Inc.
Registrar Desjardins Investments Inc.
Distributor -
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.24%
Management Fee 1.72%
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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