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Canada Life Global Core Plus Bond Fund A

Global Core Plus Fixd Inc

FundGrade D Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade D

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Fundata ESG GradeC Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade C

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$8.91
Change
-$0.03 (-0.28%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at September 30, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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Canada Life Global Core Plus Bond Fund A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 22, 2018): 0.83%

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 0.44% 2.27% 3.74% 3.94% 2.46% 4.07% 2.94% 0.15% -0.44% 0.49% 0.88% - - -
Benchmark -0.23% 2.32% 4.13% 4.79% 5.01% 6.56% 4.82% 0.16% -0.86% 0.22% 1.33% 1.20% 1.26% 1.54%
Category Average 0.24% 1.96% - - - - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank 74 / 374 123 / 370 164 / 366 257 / 363 310 / 363 325 / 350 300 / 323 175 / 290 161 / 265 145 / 222 161 / 206 - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -1.43% 0.37% 1.31% -0.77% 0.00% -0.71% 0.93% -0.14% 0.63% 1.04% 0.78% 0.44%
Benchmark 0.21% 1.24% 1.20% 0.53% -1.24% -1.07% 1.17% -0.22% 0.81% 2.14% 0.41% -0.23%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

3.23% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-3.67% (September 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 2.81% 5.08% -2.10% -9.31% 4.36% 1.26%
Benchmark 16.63% -1.36% -0.08% 7.82% 1.45% 7.03% -6.05% -10.83% 2.72% 6.80%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking - - - - 3 4 3 2 3 4
Category Rank - - - - 144/ 206 181/ 222 160/ 265 95/ 290 238/ 324 316/ 350

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

5.08% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-9.31% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Foreign Government Bonds 80.73
Canadian Corporate Bonds 7.45
Canadian Government Bonds 4.66
Foreign Corporate Bonds 4.57
Cash and Equivalents 2.53
Other 0.06

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 97.44
Cash and Cash Equivalent 2.53
Utilities 0.03
Telecommunications 0.00

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 71.26
Europe 16.27
Latin America 8.40
Africa and Middle East 2.11
Asia 1.97

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
United States Treasury 4.25% 15-May-2035 15.99
Germany Government 2.30% 15-Feb-2033 6.16
United States Treasury 3.88% 15-Aug-2034 5.77
United States Treasury 3.50% 15-Feb-2033 5.26
United States Treasury 4.63% 15-Feb-2035 4.92
United States Treasury 4.25% 15-Nov-2034 4.18
Cash and Cash Equivalents 3.87
United States Treasury 3.88% 15-Aug-2033 3.43
Brazil Government 10.00% 01-Jan-2027 3.35
United States Treasury 4.63% 15-Feb-2055 3.17

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Canada Life Global Core Plus Bond Fund A

Median

Other - Global Core Plus Fixd Inc

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 4.50% 4.98% -
Beta 0.63% 0.54% -
Alpha 0.00% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.50% 0.47% -
Sharpe -0.20% -0.61% -
Sortino 0.00% -0.82% -
Treynor -0.01% -0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 64.15% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 2 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 2.89% 4.50% 4.98% -
Beta 0.48% 0.63% 0.54% -
Alpha 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.32% 0.50% 0.47% -
Sharpe -0.08% -0.20% -0.61% -
Sortino -0.24% 0.00% -0.82% -
Treynor 0.00% -0.01% -0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 50.79% 64.15% - -

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 October 22, 2018
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Partially Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $20

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MAX1261

Investment Objectives

The Fund aims to generate income by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities issued by companies or governments of any size, anywhere in the world. The Fund also seeks to achieve long-term capital growth by investing in fixed income securities and other investments. The Fund will employ a flexible approach, allocating assets across credit quality, structures, sectors, currencies and countries. Any proposed change to

Investment Strategy

The investment approach follows a value investment style maximizing the relative value for risk around the world. The Fund has the flexibility to invest across all fixed-income credit qualities and can invest in a wide variety of assets from anywhere in the world including government bonds, high yield bonds and loans. The Fund can allocate to assets across structures, sectors, currencies and countries. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its net assets in any one sector.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

  • Konstantin Boehmer
  • Dan Cooper
  • Hadiza Djataou
  • Mark Hamlin
  • Movin Mokbel
  • Jenny Wan
  • Felix Wong
  • Ken Yip

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Custodian

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Registrar

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

Distributor

Quadrus Investment Services Limited

IPC Investment Corporation

IPC Securities Corporation

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 1.44%
Management Fee 1.10%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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