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Empire Life Small Cap Equity GIF - 100/100 - Class W

Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

FundGrade D Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade D

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NAVPS
(12-11-2025)
$16.72
Change
$0.16 (0.95%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at September 30, 2025

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Empire Life Small Cap Equity GIF - 100/100 - Class W

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 28, 2018): 6.74%

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 -1.45% 8.70% 19.93% 20.49% 16.45% 18.75% 11.33% 7.51% 11.39% 10.67% 9.44% - - -
Benchmark 5.23% 17.24% 38.15% 46.68% 41.85% 34.48% 21.49% 13.80% 16.09% 15.47% 14.07% 10.28% 9.57% 11.56%
Category Average 2.20% 7.45% 18.13% 21.37% 17.92% 21.66% 13.92% 8.43% 11.45% 11.00% 10.70% 7.94% 7.49% 8.07%
Category Rank 136 / 140 25 / 140 39 / 140 45 / 139 45 / 139 48 / 126 68 / 122 47 / 122 41 / 122 33 / 122 48 / 118 - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -3.35% -1.64% -0.53% -1.86% -3.43% 8.34% 3.13% 1.10% 5.83% 8.97% 1.22% -1.45%
Benchmark -3.30% 0.65% -2.27% 2.56% -1.83% 7.20% 6.19% 1.50% 9.34% 8.91% 2.30% 5.23%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

14.97% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-28.52% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 12.34% 13.51% 19.70% -8.03% 3.52% 12.70%
Benchmark -13.31% 38.48% 2.75% -18.17% 15.84% 12.87% 20.27% -9.29% 4.79% 18.83%
Category Average -6.13% 18.01% 3.43% -15.15% 16.59% 11.91% 22.35% -11.32% 6.49% 16.84%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 4 3 2 2 3 4
Category Rank - - - - 89/ 118 78/ 122 42/ 122 33/ 122 89/ 122 101/ 126

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.70% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-8.03% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 87.84
US Equity 7.81
International Equity 1.90
Income Trust Units 1.47
Cash and Equivalents 0.97
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Basic Materials 37.01
Energy 12.81
Technology 10.84
Financial Services 8.85
Consumer Goods 8.31
Other 22.18

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 98.10
Europe 1.89
Asia 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Coeur Mining Inc 4.34
Premium Brands Holdings Corp 3.89
Hudbay Minerals Inc 3.77
G Mining Ventures Corp 3.15
Dundee Precious Metals Inc 2.78
Kinross Gold Corp 2.76
Stack Capital Group Inc 2.66
CES Energy Solutions Corp 2.64
Descartes Systems Group Inc 2.61
Artemis Gold Inc 2.48

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Empire Life Small Cap Equity GIF - 100/100 - Class W

Median

Other - Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.74% 12.92% -
Beta 0.71% 0.68% -
Alpha -0.03% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.72% 0.69% -
Sharpe 0.64% 0.69% -
Sortino 1.39% 1.15% -
Treynor 0.11% 0.13% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 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 14.98% 11.74% 12.92% -
Beta 0.84% 0.71% 0.68% -
Alpha -0.14% -0.03% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.71% 0.72% 0.69% -
Sharpe 0.91% 0.64% 0.69% -
Sortino 2.16% 1.39% 1.15% -
Treynor 0.16% 0.11% 0.13% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% -

Fund Details

Start Date May 28, 2018
Instrument Type Segregated Fund
Share Class Fee Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency No Distribution
Assets ($mil) $0

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
ECF13755

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of the Small Cap Equity Fund is long-term growth through capital appreciation of equity investments in stocks of mostly Canadian companies with mainly a small to mid market capitalization.

Investment Strategy

In order to achieve its objective, the Fund will utilize a bottom-up, value oriented stock selection process investing primarily in Canadian small to mid market capitalization stocks.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Empire Life

  • Jennifer Law
  • Empire Life Investments Team
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Empire Life

Custodian

-

Registrar

-

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 2.76%
Management Fee 1.35%
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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