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PICTON Long Short Equity Alternative Fund Class A

Alternative Equity Focus

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NAVPS
(12-11-2025)
$20.11
Change
$0.02 (0.08%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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PICTON Long Short Equity Alternative Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 08, 2020): 13.93%

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 1.21% 4.53% 8.34% 11.86% 10.22% 16.05% 11.65% 9.39% 11.45% - - - - -
Benchmark 3.86% 10.53% 21.41% 29.96% 25.71% 28.17% 18.89% 14.43% 16.18% 14.11% 14.34% 12.08% 11.80% 12.16%
Category Average 1.04% 5.41% 13.07% 15.38% 13.34% 18.42% 11.48% 8.36% 10.24% 8.87% - - - -
Category Rank 155 / 254 125 / 239 139 / 221 89 / 199 98 / 190 69 / 141 58 / 123 47 / 106 31 / 76 - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -1.47% 1.95% -1.03% -2.80% 0.95% 4.27% 1.53% 0.65% 1.43% 2.48% 0.78% 1.21%
Benchmark -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96% 5.40% 0.97% 3.86%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.98% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-5.14% (June 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - 17.23% -0.33% 6.03% 18.76%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average - - - - - 5.11% 17.27% -5.96% 6.54% 16.58%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 3 2 3 2
Category Rank - - - - - - 49/ 83 28/ 106 81/ 123 71/ 144

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

18.76% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-0.33% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 60.98
Cash and Equivalents 19.53
US Equity 13.06
Income Trust Units 3.97
International Equity 1.48
Other 0.98

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalent 19.53
Financial Services 19.32
Technology 13.07
Basic Materials 12.01
Energy 7.69
Other 28.38

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.13
Latin America 1.53
Europe 0.61
Africa and Middle East 0.53
Multi-National 0.20

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
CAD Currency 7.84
Canada Government 25-Mar-2026 7.24
Royal Bank of Canada 5.70
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.63
Shopify Inc Cl A 4.55
Canada Government 22-Apr-2026 4.11
NVIDIA Corp 3.08
Microsoft Corp 2.88
Canada Government 28-Jan-2026 2.86
Canada Government 25-Feb-2026 2.85

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: S. Average Credit Quality: H.
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

PICTON Long Short Equity Alternative Fund Class A

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 5.88% 7.77% -
Beta 0.42% 0.53% -
Alpha 0.04% 0.03% -
Rsquared 0.72% 0.69% -
Sharpe 1.24% 1.09% -
Sortino 2.60% 1.82% -
Treynor 0.17% 0.16% -
Tax Efficiency 98.97% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 3 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 6.50% 5.88% 7.77% -
Beta 0.57% 0.42% 0.53% -
Alpha -0.03% 0.04% 0.03% -
Rsquared 0.76% 0.72% 0.69% -
Sharpe 1.12% 1.24% 1.09% -
Sortino 1.87% 2.60% 1.82% -
Treynor 0.13% 0.17% 0.16% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 98.97% - -

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 July 08, 2020
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Alternative)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $1,046

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PIC3200

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of the Picton Mahoney Long Short Equity Alternative Fund (the Fund) is to provide consistent long-term capital appreciation and to provide unitholders with an attractive risk-adjusted rate of return by actively investing in a portfolio comprised of long and short equity securities.

Investment Strategy

To achieve the investment objective, the Fund invests in an actively managed long portfolio comprised primarily of equity securities identified as attractive investment candidates by the Portfolio Advisor’s investment process. Consistent with the investment objectives of the Fund, up to 100% of the aggregate market value of the Fund may be sold short, as permitted by securities regulations.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Picton Mahoney Asset Management

Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Picton Mahoney Asset Management

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Registrar

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

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

Fees

MER 7.28%
Management Fee 1.95%
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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