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Desjardins Sustainable American Small Cap Equity Fund A

U.S. Small/Mid Cap Equity

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NAVPS
(01-10-2025)
$11.24
Change
-$0.15 (-1.34%)

As at December 31, 2024

As at December 31, 2024

As at December 31, 2024

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Desjardins Sustainable American Small Cap Equity Fund A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 30, 2022): 6.33%

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 -5.88% 6.33% 14.61% 11.50% 11.50% 12.13% - - - - - - - -
Benchmark -4.86% 7.75% 15.30% 24.39% 24.39% 18.96% 7.68% 10.64% 10.87% 12.59% 10.24% 10.04% 10.49% 10.61%
Category Average -5.11% 2.55% 8.22% 13.18% 13.18% 12.41% 1.47% 6.51% 6.13% 7.70% 5.36% 6.03% 6.44% 6.42%
Category Rank 231 / 294 55 / 273 66 / 270 162 / 268 162 / 268 139 / 264 - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 1 1 3 3 3 - - - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fund -3.39% 2.72% 2.41% -5.22% 2.35% -1.32% 11.32% -3.39% 0.23% 2.53% 10.19% -5.88%
Benchmark -0.78% 7.29% 4.69% -5.36% 3.32% -1.00% 6.13% -1.81% 2.68% 2.75% 10.22% -4.86%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.32% (July 2024)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.83% (June 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - - - 12.77% 11.50%
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% 13.18%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - - 2 3
Category Rank - - - - - - - - 93/ 264 162/ 268

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

12.77% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

11.50% (2024)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 90.07
International Equity 6.91
Cash and Equivalents 2.59
Income Trust Units 0.43

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 20.94
Real Estate 14.34
Healthcare 13.23
Technology 12.04
Consumer Services 7.85
Other 31.60

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 92.66
Europe 3.58
Latin America 3.34
Asia 0.43
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.59
Wintrust Financial Corp 2.47
Portland General Electric Co 2.24
Home BancShares Inc 2.13
Corcept Therapeutics Inc 2.07
Euronet Worldwide Inc 2.03
Bank Ozk 2.01
Kite Realty Group Trust 1.82
Primoris Services Corp 1.81
Meritage Homes Corp 1.79

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation - - -
Beta - - -
Alpha - - -
Rsquared - - -
Sharpe - - -
Sortino - - -
Treynor - - -
Tax Efficiency - - -
Volatility - - -

Risk Rating

Rating  out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 18.99% - - -
Beta 1.03% - - -
Alpha -0.11% - - -
Rsquared 0.82% - - -
Sharpe 0.43% - - -
Sortino 0.97% - - -
Treynor 0.08% - - -
Tax Efficiency 94.91% - - -

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, 2022
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $176

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00126

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity and equity-related securities of small-capitalization American corporations.

Investment Strategy

The sub-manager invests primarily in smaller-sized U.S. companies selling at a significant discount to their intrinsic value.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
ClearBridge Investments, LLC. 04-18-2022
Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. 04-18-2022

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Desjardins Investments Inc.
Advisor Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.
Custodian Desjardins Trust Inc.
Registrar -
Distributor -
Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 1,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.36%
Management Fee 1.73%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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