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Desjardins Low Volatility Global Equity Fund F Class

Global Equity

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Fundata ESG Grade C

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NAVPS
(02-02-2026)
$16.19
Change
$0.10 (0.63%)

As at December 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2025

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Desjardins Low Volatility Global Equity Fund F Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 26, 2015): 6.95%

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 -2.42% -1.09% 3.59% 8.28% 8.28% 13.86% 12.14% 7.24% 8.06% 6.28% 7.60% 5.78% 6.51% 6.40%
Benchmark -0.91% 1.63% 11.64% 16.60% 16.60% 21.61% 20.86% 11.44% 12.65% 12.73% 13.93% 11.84% 12.32% 11.59%
Category Average -0.81% 0.94% 7.84% 12.89% 12.89% 16.45% 15.99% 7.68% 9.33% 9.73% 11.13% 8.92% 9.50% 8.92%
Category Rank 1,936 / 2,168 1,771 / 2,140 1,751 / 2,129 1,584 / 2,074 1,584 / 2,074 1,423 / 1,962 1,516 / 1,849 1,042 / 1,714 1,084 / 1,562 1,342 / 1,447 1,293 / 1,365 1,094 / 1,170 929 / 1,023 798 / 870
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fund 4.37% 1.36% -0.92% -3.78% 2.45% 1.17% 1.21% 1.12% 2.33% -0.37% 1.74% -2.42%
Benchmark 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97% 5.37% 3.64% 2.87% 1.95% 4.75% 2.78% -0.21% -0.91%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

7.49% (July 2015)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.75% (February 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund 5.48% 12.51% -6.12% 15.89% -2.20% 11.39% -6.22% 8.77% 19.73% 8.28%
Benchmark 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37% 26.84% 16.60%
Category Average 3.86% 14.23% -5.38% 19.94% 11.73% 16.21% -13.86% 15.08% 20.13% 12.89%
Quartile Ranking 2 3 3 4 4 4 1 4 3 4
Category Rank 347/ 870 647/ 1,023 719/ 1,170 1,093/ 1,365 1,345/ 1,447 1,362/ 1,562 180/ 1,714 1,663/ 1,849 1,168/ 1,962 1,584/ 2,074

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.73% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-6.22% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 65.15
International Equity 28.68
Canadian Equity 5.72
Income Trust Units 0.51
Cash and Equivalents -0.06

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 26.06
Financial Services 13.52
Healthcare 12.06
Consumer Goods 9.86
Consumer Services 7.03
Other 31.47

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 70.81
Europe 17.50
Asia 10.97
Latin America 0.73

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 4.58
NVIDIA Corp 3.93
Apple Inc 3.58
Alphabet Inc Cl A 2.18
Eli Lilly and Co 1.03
Walmart Inc 1.02
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 0.97
Visa Inc Cl A 0.96
argenx SE 0.93
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 0.88

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Desjardins Low Volatility Global Equity Fund F Class

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 7.34% 8.76% 8.93%
Beta 0.59% 0.66% 0.67%
Alpha 0.00% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.58% 0.72% 0.75%
Sharpe 1.08% 0.62% 0.54%
Sortino 2.04% 0.91% 0.58%
Treynor 0.13% 0.08% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 93.17% 86.68% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 7.74% 7.34% 8.76% 8.93%
Beta 0.51% 0.59% 0.66% 0.67%
Alpha 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.51% 0.58% 0.72% 0.75%
Sharpe 0.73% 1.08% 0.62% 0.54%
Sortino 1.05% 2.04% 0.91% 0.58%
Treynor 0.11% 0.13% 0.08% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 82.83% 93.17% 86.68% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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Fundata E Score

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Fundata S Score

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Fundata G Score

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Fund Details

Start Date January 26, 2015
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Fee Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $406

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT03934

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation, while minimizing the portfolio's volatility. To achieve this, the Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of 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 who combines bottom-up fundamental research and quantitative analysis to select securities for the Fund. In addition, quantitative modeling is used at the portfolio level to aim to reduce the Fund’s overall volatility. The portfolio construction process is comprised of the four following main steps.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Fidelity Investments Canada ULC

  • Zach Dewhirst

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Distributor

-

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 1.03%
Management Fee 0.67%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 0.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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