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NEI Global Growth Fund Series A

Global Equity

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NAVPS
(06-16-2025)
$11.69
Change
$0.11 (0.92%)

As at May 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at May 31, 2025

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NEI Global Growth Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 30, 1995): 4.13%

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 4.76% -2.71% -4.78% -3.65% 5.90% 9.77% 7.45% -4.14% 1.12% 1.37% 0.73% 1.17% 2.79% 2.26%
Benchmark 5.37% -2.04% 0.91% 0.76% 14.46% 18.99% 15.33% 10.43% 13.24% 12.16% 10.74% 10.38% 11.55% 10.33%
Category Average 5.09% -1.64% 0.15% 1.47% 10.88% 14.99% 11.56% 7.12% 10.59% 9.58% 8.35% 7.99% 8.85% 7.69%
Category Rank 1,226 / 2,125 1,143 / 2,107 2,026 / 2,097 1,981 / 2,099 1,796 / 2,037 1,755 / 1,911 1,733 / 1,801 1,635 / 1,638 1,487 / 1,487 1,421 / 1,426 1,233 / 1,238 1,098 / 1,103 961 / 971 792 / 797
Quartile Ranking 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Fund -0.62% 3.93% 0.28% 3.93% -0.09% 3.42% -1.17% 5.90% -6.48% -5.75% -1.46% 4.76%
Benchmark 2.29% 2.79% 0.04% 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97% 5.37%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.60% (January 2023)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-14.22% (April 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 12.10% 3.97% 12.56% -5.73% 11.37% 16.88% 7.31% -38.57% 17.95% 17.11%
Benchmark 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37% 26.84%
Category Average 8.98% 3.86% 14.23% -5.38% 19.94% 11.73% 16.21% -13.86% 15.08% 20.13%
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 4 1 4 4 2 3
Category Rank 470/ 762 446/ 887 647/ 1,040 695/ 1,187 1,286/ 1,382 343/ 1,464 1,512/ 1,581 1,722/ 1,733 608/ 1,881 1,459/ 1,995

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

17.95% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-38.57% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 47.68
International Equity 47.13
Cash and Equivalents 2.80
Canadian Equity 2.40
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 29.92
Industrial Services 16.09
Healthcare 12.99
Industrial Goods 12.55
Financial Services 10.04
Other 18.41

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 52.86
Europe 29.38
Asia 12.61
Latin America 5.16
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 4.74
Alphabet Inc Cl A 4.06
Mercadolibre Inc 3.95
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 3.84
DSV A/S 3.31
Mastercard Inc Cl A 3.19
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 2.83
Edwards Lifesciences Corp 2.65
Intuit Inc 2.55
Canadian Dollar 2.51

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

NEI Global Growth Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 17.05% 17.56% 15.12%
Beta 1.23% 1.30% 1.14%
Alpha -0.10% -0.14% -0.09%
Rsquared 0.80% 0.77% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.27% 0.01% 0.11%
Sortino 0.53% -0.03% 0.03%
Treynor 0.04% 0.00% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% - 33.33%
Volatility Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 9 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 13.84% 17.05% 17.56% 15.12%
Beta 1.17% 1.23% 1.30% 1.14%
Alpha -0.10% -0.10% -0.14% -0.09%
Rsquared 0.73% 0.80% 0.77% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.22% 0.27% 0.01% 0.11%
Sortino 0.39% 0.53% -0.03% 0.03%
Treynor 0.03% 0.04% 0.00% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% - 33.33%

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 May 30, 1995
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $166

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
NWT110

Investment Objectives

The NEI Global Growth Fund seeks to achieve long-term growth by investing in a global portfolio of equities, which include common stock and other equity securities of issuers located in countries throughout developed and emerging markets. The NEI Global Growth Fund follows a responsible approach to investing, as described on pages 74 to 79 of this prospectus.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its objectives, the Fund invests primarily in equity securities either directly or indirectly, from issuers around the world, across a range of industries. The portfolio sub-advisor employs a bottom-up, benchmark unconstrained approach to security selection and selects companies that demonstrate sustainable growth prospects and good stewardship that it believes will deliver above average returns over the long term.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

Sub-Advisor

Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited

  • Toby Ross
  • Gary Robinson
  • Katherine Davidson
  • Zaki Sabir
  • Craig Noble

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.

Distributor

Aviso Financial Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.17%
Management Fee 1.75%
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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