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JFT Strategies Fund Class A Units

Alternative Equity Focus

NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$26.40
Change
$0.08 (0.29%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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JFT Strategies Fund Class A Units

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 18, 2012): 8.18%

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 0.03% 2.26% 5.02% 3.12% 4.75% 3.55% 4.36% 5.56% 7.13% 10.35% 9.26% 8.20% 7.43% 7.05%
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 1.00% 5.37% 13.03% 15.34% 13.30% 18.40% 11.46% 8.35% 10.23% 8.86% - - - -
Category Rank - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund 1.58% -4.09% 0.20% 0.62% -0.31% 1.85% 0.97% 0.62% 1.08% 1.66% 0.56% 0.03%
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

7.53% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.21% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 9.42% 5.55% -0.39% 0.31% 7.31% 24.94% 15.61% 7.06% 6.79% 2.12%
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 - - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank - - - - - - - - - -

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

24.94% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-0.39% (2017)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Equivalents 88.00
Canadian Equity 11.39
Income Trust Units 4.93
International Equity 2.99
Foreign Corporate Bonds 1.84

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalent 87.99
Energy 7.53
Healthcare 4.55
Basic Materials 4.15
Industrial Services 3.96

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.49
Europe 1.44
Latin America 1.39
Africa and Middle East 1.22
Asia 0.40
Other 0.06

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Cash and Cash Equivalents 72.29
US DOLLAR 12.07
Total Energy Services Inc 4.31
Extendicare Inc 2.37
Russel Metals Inc 2.36
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust - Units 2.09
Calian Group Ltd 1.60
Mercer Park Opportunities Corp - Units Cl A 1.44
Enerflex Ltd 1.36
Ituran Location and Control Ltd 1.24

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

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

JFT Strategies Fund Class A Units

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 5.04% 6.24% 7.06%
Beta 0.09% 0.11% 0.26%
Alpha 0.03% 0.05% 0.04%
Rsquared 0.04% 0.05% 0.22%
Sharpe 0.10% 0.71% 0.74%
Sortino 0.41% 1.23% 0.97%
Treynor 0.06% 0.40% 0.20%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 99.04%
Volatility Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating Not Available

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 5.41% 5.04% 6.24% 7.06%
Beta -0.01% 0.09% 0.11% 0.26%
Alpha 0.05% 0.03% 0.05% 0.04%
Rsquared 0.00% 0.04% 0.05% 0.22%
Sharpe 0.38% 0.10% 0.71% 0.74%
Sortino 0.41% 0.41% 1.23% 0.97%
Treynor -3.09% 0.06% 0.40% 0.20%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 99.04%

Fund Details

Start Date May 18, 2012
Instrument Type Closed-End Fund
Share Class -
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Capped
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
N/A

Investment Objectives

The Fund's investment objective is to maximize return on investment to holders of Units while seeking to mitigate market risk and volatility by investing in an actively managed portfolio of long and short positions in any one or a combination of equities, debt securities or other securities.

Investment Strategy

The Portfolio will consist of long/short positions in any one or a combination of equities, debt securities or other securities seeking to generate positive returns by selecting what the portfolio manager believes to be superior quality investments for long positions and inferior quality investments for short positions.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

First Asset Investment Management Inc

Sub-Advisor

Timelo Investment Management Inc

  • Jean-François Tardif

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Timelo Investment Management Inc

Custodian

Bank of Nova Scotia

Registrar

Computershare Investor Services Inc

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 2.35%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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