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Guardian Canadian Focused Equity Fund Series A

Canadian Equity

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FundGrade A

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2019

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NAVPS
(02-13-2025)
$19.73
Change
$0.07 (0.36%)

As at January 31, 2025

As at January 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Guardian Canadian Focused Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 20, 2016): 11.07%

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 -1.72% 4.09% 10.94% -1.72% 31.68% 24.57% 16.39% 18.05% 13.18% 11.90% 11.04% 10.20% - -
Benchmark 3.48% 6.47% 12.11% 3.48% 25.19% 14.44% 9.97% 13.55% 11.45% 12.03% 10.30% 9.84% 11.29% 8.96%
Category Average 2.79% 5.04% 8.75% 2.79% 20.16% 11.99% 8.17% 12.06% 9.76% 10.28% 8.44% 8.09% 9.20% 7.40%
Category Rank 750 / 750 622 / 750 222 / 734 750 / 750 5 / 724 3 / 702 9 / 669 10 / 598 39 / 557 154 / 540 45 / 487 59 / 458 - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Fund 3.96% 6.50% 0.61% -0.96% 1.03% 6.50% 0.78% 2.61% 3.07% 7.46% -1.45% -1.72%
Benchmark 1.82% 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.90% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-22.69% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 8.53% -3.73% 14.57% -2.20% 18.52% -6.32% 26.41% 36.71%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average -6.15% 16.46% 6.89% -9.47% 19.21% 3.42% 23.26% -4.82% 9.85% 17.87%
Quartile Ranking - - 2 1 4 4 4 3 1 1
Category Rank - - 139/ 458 28/ 484 510/ 530 464/ 556 544/ 591 463/ 659 3/ 698 4/ 724

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

36.71% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-6.32% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 98.03
Cash and Equivalents 1.97

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 25.87
Consumer Goods 14.89
Consumer Services 14.54
Basic Materials 12.13
Energy 7.64
Other 24.93

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Open Text Corp 7.43
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 7.15
Brookfield Corp Cl A 6.87
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 6.56
MDA SPACE LIMITED 6.12
Spin Master Corp 5.68
CCL Industries Inc Cl B 5.57
Maple Leaf Foods Inc 5.38
Element Fleet Management Corp 5.30
Boyd Group Services Inc 5.05

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)

Guardian Canadian Focused Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.89% 18.71% -
Beta 0.86% 1.07% -
Alpha 0.07% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.74% 0.84% -
Sharpe 0.90% 0.64% -
Sortino 1.83% 0.89% -
Treynor 0.15% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 92.88% 94.28% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 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 11.10% 13.89% 18.71% -
Beta 0.71% 0.86% 1.07% -
Alpha 0.12% 0.07% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.44% 0.74% 0.84% -
Sharpe 2.18% 0.90% 0.64% -
Sortino 8.85% 1.83% 0.89% -
Treynor 0.34% 0.15% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 94.21% 92.88% 94.28% -

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 April 20, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $2

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
GCG592

Investment Objectives

The primary objective of the Fund is the achievement of long-term growth of capital, primarily through the investment in a concentrated portfolio of common shares or other equity-related investments issued by Canadian companies.

Investment Strategy

We primarily use a fundamental, bottom up approach to security analysis. We identify companies that we believe have the potential for significant long-term capital growth based on specific quality drivers, and invest in the securities of those which can be obtained at a reasonable price. In conducting our analysis, we evaluate the financial condition and management of the company, its industry and relevant economic factors.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Sam Baldwin 02-20-2020
Ted Macklin 02-20-2020

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Guardian Capital LP
Advisor Guardian Capital LP
Custodian CIBC Mellon Trust Company
Registrar CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company
Distributor Worldsource Securities Inc
Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

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

Fees

MER 1.85%
Management Fee 1.50%
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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