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MD Dividend Growth Fund Series A

Canadian Div & Inc Equity

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FundGrade E

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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NAVPS
(04-21-2025)
$14.38
Change
-$0.09 (-0.62%)

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

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MD Dividend Growth Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 22, 2007): 5.06%

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 -1.02% 1.15% 2.08% 1.15% 10.90% 9.25% 3.55% 7.56% 11.32% 7.13% 7.03% 6.37% 7.33% 5.62%
Benchmark -1.51% 1.51% 5.33% 1.51% 15.81% 14.88% 7.77% 10.75% 16.76% 10.91% 10.51% 9.37% 10.36% 8.54%
Category Average -1.05% 1.67% 2.63% 1.67% 11.49% 10.69% 4.89% 8.76% 13.43% 8.37% 8.14% 7.14% 7.98% 6.80%
Category Rank 239 / 469 280 / 468 323 / 466 280 / 468 335 / 464 397 / 452 396 / 441 356 / 413 356 / 403 336 / 394 318 / 368 278 / 344 254 / 316 233 / 276
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -2.37% 2.79% -1.94% 5.60% 1.19% 3.31% 0.29% 3.64% -2.90% 1.74% 0.45% -1.02%
Benchmark -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.42% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-16.21% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -18.09% 18.45% 9.35% -6.82% 19.93% -1.79% 23.95% -7.41% 5.80% 15.99%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average -6.21% 17.48% 7.25% -7.75% 18.42% -1.18% 26.41% -3.72% 7.17% 15.51%
Quartile Ranking 4 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 3
Category Rank 275/ 275 134/ 311 83/ 342 157/ 367 142/ 389 251/ 403 329/ 411 376/ 434 362/ 446 268/ 456

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

23.95% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-18.09% (2015)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 86.12
Income Trust Units 7.44
Cash and Equivalents 3.05
US Equity 2.96
International Equity 0.44
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 36.61
Energy 14.71
Industrial Services 8.30
Basic Materials 7.93
Real Estate 7.37
Other 25.08

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.77
Latin America 1.89
Europe 0.35
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 5.33
Enbridge Inc 4.25
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.13
Bank of Montreal 3.47
Intact Financial Corp 3.38
CANADIAN DOLLAR 3.03
Power Corp of Canada 2.91
Manulife Financial Corp 2.57
Toromont Industries Ltd 2.30
Fortis Inc 2.23

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

MD Dividend Growth Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.15% 11.59% 11.73%
Beta 0.85% 0.82% 0.85%
Alpha -0.03% -0.02% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.88% 0.88%
Sharpe 0.03% 0.78% 0.38%
Sortino 0.14% 1.21% 0.37%
Treynor 0.00% 0.11% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 79.80% 94.12% 87.40%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 9.18% 12.15% 11.59% 11.73%
Beta 0.81% 0.85% 0.82% 0.85%
Alpha -0.02% -0.03% -0.02% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.91% 0.95% 0.88% 0.88%
Sharpe 0.75% 0.03% 0.78% 0.38%
Sortino 1.61% 0.14% 1.21% 0.37%
Treynor 0.08% 0.00% 0.11% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 92.83% 79.80% 94.12% 87.40%

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 January 22, 2007
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Restricted
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MDM400

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s investment objectives are to produce a high level of consistent income while providing long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in high quality dividend producing common shares, preferred shares, income trusts, and other income producing securities.

Investment Strategy

The Fund employs an active multiple sub-adviser approach to leverage the individual strengths of each sub-adviser. Fund assets are allocated to a combination of the sub-advisers for the Fund, based on the Portfolio Manager’s assessment of the sub-adviser’ skills, the expected capital market environment, and the anticipated risk inherent in each sub-adviser’s strategy.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

1832 Asset Management L.P.

Sub-Advisor

Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.

1832 Asset Management L.P.

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

MD Financial Management Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

MD Financial Management Inc.

Distributor

MD Management Limited

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 3,000
PAC Subsequent 1,000
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 1.53%
Management Fee 1.24%
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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