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CI Forge First Conservative Alternative Fund Series A

Alternative Multi-Stratgy

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FundGrade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2022

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NAVPS
(05-19-2026)
$17.40
Change
-$0.14 (-0.78%)

As at April 30, 2026

As at April 30, 2026

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CI Forge First Conservative Alternative Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 24, 2019): 6.93%

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 3.02% 3.25% 4.67% 3.72% 8.85% 6.24% 7.38% 5.25% 4.86% 8.33% 6.94% - - -
Benchmark 3.81% 7.00% 13.54% 7.89% 40.10% 28.50% 21.54% 16.52% 15.51% 18.30% 14.14% 13.56% 12.35% 12.61%
Category Average 2.85% 2.01% 5.47% 4.13% 14.95% 7.86% 6.98% 5.01% 3.94% 5.44% 4.28% - - -
Category Rank 49 / 139 32 / 136 63 / 131 61 / 134 77 / 115 52 / 92 33 / 72 32 / 50 23 / 44 9 / 40 10 / 34 - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 1 2 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 2.54% 1.58% 1.08% -0.90% -0.24% -0.07% 0.84% 0.08% 0.46% 2.20% -1.93% 3.02%
Benchmark 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96% 5.40% 0.97% 3.86% 1.32% 0.84% 7.72% -4.32% 3.81%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.33% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.84% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund - - - - 16.52% 8.10% 1.04% 5.69% 11.31% 1.93%
Benchmark 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65% 31.68%
Category Average - - - - 4.04% 6.86% -5.49% 4.47% 5.04% 9.01%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 2 3 2 2 2 4
Category Rank - - - - 10/ 36 22/ 41 19/ 48 29/ 71 33/ 86 96/ 104

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

16.52% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

1.04% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Equivalents 44.88
Canadian Equity 18.53
Canadian Corporate Bonds 14.48
Foreign Corporate Bonds 10.49
US Equity 7.81
Other 3.81

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalent 44.88
Fixed Income 24.97
Technology 11.85
Energy 8.21
Industrial Goods 3.93
Other 6.16

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 90.61
Europe 3.76
Asia 3.27
Africa and Middle East 0.32
Other 2.04

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
BMO BANK LOAN 11/02/2026 0.00% 02-Nov-2026 9.82
BANK OF MONTREAL DEP DISCOUNT NOTE 10/14/2026 0.00% 14-Oct-2026 8.89
BMO BANK LOAN 5/25/2026 0.00% 25-May-2026 8.11
BANK of MONTREAL DISCOUNT NOTE 07/07/2026 0.00% 07-Jul-2026 6.22
BANK OF MONTREAL DEP DISCOUNT NOTE 08/11/2026 0.00% 11-Aug-2026 6.20
BMO BANK LOAN 08/10/2026 0.00% 10-Aug-2026 5.65
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA/THE 6.88% 27-Oct-2085 4.91
BMO BANK LOAN 5/05/2026 0.00% 05-May-2026 4.82
BMO BANK LOAN 06/25/2026 0.00% 25-Jun-2026 4.36
Enbridge Inc 5.38% 27-Sep-2027 3.67

Equity Style

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Fixed Income Style

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

CI Forge First Conservative Alternative Fund Series A

Median

Other - Alternative Multi-Stratgy

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 4.45% 3.96% -
Beta 0.16 0.10 -
Alpha 0.04 0.03 -
Rsquared 0.17% 0.11% -
Sharpe 0.81 0.50 -
Sortino 1.66 0.76 -
Treynor 0.22 0.19 -
Tax Efficiency 95.27% 95.53% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 1 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 5.05% 4.45% 3.96% -
Beta 0.28 0.16 0.10 -
Alpha -0.01 0.04 0.03 -
Rsquared 0.37% 0.17% 0.11% -
Sharpe 1.24 0.81 0.50 -
Sortino 2.22 1.66 0.76 -
Treynor 0.22 0.22 0.19 -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 95.27% 95.53% -

Fund Details

Start Date April 24, 2019
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Alternative)
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
CIGF200

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of the Fund is to generate consistent risk-adjusted net returns over the long term with low correlation to North American equity and credit markets. The Fund uses alternative investment strategies, such as equity long/short, pairs trading, arbitrage trading, thematic trading, the use of derivatives for leverage and/or borrowing for investment purposes, and seeks to achieve its objectives by investing primarily in equities, ETFs, fixed income and listed options in North A

Investment Strategy

To achieve its investment objective, the Fund utilizes equity and fixed-income security selection, an active shorting capital arbitrage, convertible arbitrage, merger arbitrage, fixed-income investing, preferred equity investing, pairs trading, arbitrage trading, thematic trading, and the use of derivatives for investment purposes. for leverage and/or borrowing The Fund invests long and short in a diversified portfolio of primarily North American securities of issuers of varying sizes of market

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Forge First Asset Management Inc.

  • Keenan Murray
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Forge First Asset Management Inc.

Custodian

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc

Registrar

Pinnacle Fund Services Ltd.

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 100
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 2.47%
Management Fee 2.00%
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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