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Canada Life US Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund A

U.S. Small/Mid Cap Equity

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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NAVPS
(12-05-2025)
$53.46
Change
-$0.92 (-1.70%)

As at October 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

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Canada Life US Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 08, 2002): 9.15%

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 -0.04% 8.45% 20.23% 3.28% 5.98% 13.48% 5.66% 1.54% 6.85% 5.33% 6.07% 7.46% 7.96% 8.36%
Benchmark 0.93% 5.62% 19.38% 6.20% 11.37% 22.43% 14.03% 7.70% 13.14% 10.96% 10.70% 9.85% 10.82% 10.24%
Category Average -0.64% 3.67% 13.71% 1.15% 3.98% 14.92% 8.23% 2.17% 8.74% 6.08% 5.58% 5.04% 6.40% 5.96%
Category Rank 119 / 310 65 / 305 66 / 304 94 / 302 95 / 297 139 / 273 173 / 263 137 / 247 153 / 245 123 / 200 118 / 193 69 / 180 66 / 163 54 / 159
Quartile Ranking 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 7.08% -4.17% 5.67% -7.18% -6.07% -6.76% 5.56% 3.02% 1.94% 6.42% 1.96% -0.04%
Benchmark 10.22% -4.86% 5.64% -5.13% -6.25% -5.32% 5.58% 3.68% 3.25% 2.29% 2.31% 0.93%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.90% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-17.03% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 8.55% 11.05% 9.64% 10.64% 19.95% 11.35% 17.80% -17.75% 6.24% 11.34%
Benchmark 11.76% 14.08% 8.66% -2.87% 21.65% 11.78% 20.00% -11.77% 13.76% 24.39%
Category Average 6.25% 9.80% 10.84% -7.63% 15.90% 4.61% 23.16% -17.30% 11.64% 13.19%
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 1 2 2 4 3 4 3
Category Rank 86/ 139 101/ 159 87/ 163 26/ 183 96/ 194 96/ 201 201/ 245 143/ 251 249/ 269 175/ 273

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.95% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-17.75% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 93.13
International Equity 4.24
Cash and Equivalents 2.63

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 24.34
Healthcare 19.18
Industrial Goods 9.99
Consumer Services 8.97
Industrial Services 8.92
Other 28.60

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.76
Europe 2.98
Latin America 1.26

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Maximus Inc 2.66
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.58
Verra Mobility Corp Cl A 2.50
iRhythm Technologies Inc 2.47
Akamai Technologies Inc 2.24
Cirrus Logic Inc 2.18
Charles River Laboratories Intl Inc 2.07
Cognex Corp 2.02
DoubleVerify Holdings Inc 1.93
Keysight Technologies Inc 1.90

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

Canada Life US Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund A

Median

Other - U.S. Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.44% 14.75% 14.67%
Beta 0.81% 0.80% 0.82%
Alpha -0.05% -0.03% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.81% 0.81% 0.84%
Sharpe 0.18% 0.34% 0.50%
Sortino 0.36% 0.49% 0.61%
Treynor 0.03% 0.06% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 87.73% 88.39% 84.48%
Volatility Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 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 18.62% 14.44% 14.75% 14.67%
Beta 0.96% 0.81% 0.80% 0.82%
Alpha -0.04% -0.05% -0.03% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.89% 0.81% 0.81% 0.84%
Sharpe 0.25% 0.18% 0.34% 0.50%
Sortino 0.35% 0.36% 0.49% 0.61%
Treynor 0.05% 0.03% 0.06% 0.09%
Tax Efficiency 73.13% 87.73% 88.39% 84.48%

Fund Details

Start Date November 08, 2002
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status -
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $190

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MAX7829
MAX7929
MAX8029

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital and a reasonable rate of return by investing primarily in U.S. equity securities. The Fund may also invest from time to time in equity securities of companies based outside of North America and in fixed income securities of U.S. and Canadian corporations and government bodies. Any proposed change to

Investment Strategy

The investment approach follows a company-focused investment style, seeking companies with strong management, good growth prospects and a solid financial position. Emphasis is also placed on paying reasonable prices for the growth that companies in the portfolio are expected to achieve. Most of the companies in the Fund will be small- to mid-capitalization companies.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Sub-Advisor

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

  • John Lumbers
  • Philip Taller

Mackenzie Investments Corporation(Boston, Massach)

  • Haijie Chen
  • Arup Datta
  • Denis Surorov
  • Nicholas Tham

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

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 2.52%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
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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