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Desjardins Canadian Preferred Share Fund A Class

Preferred Sh Fixed Income

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NAVPS
(05-16-2025)
$10.86
Change
$0.01 (0.06%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

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Desjardins Canadian Preferred Share Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 11, 2016): 4.22%

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 -3.41% -3.16% 3.20% -1.26% 10.58% 12.12% 5.10% 2.87% 8.44% 4.58% 2.58% 2.74% 4.28% -
Benchmark -3.12% -2.80% 4.30% -0.61% 11.70% 13.14% 5.87% 3.67% 9.40% 5.66% 3.88% 4.03% 5.53% 3.54%
Category Average -2.87% -2.94% 2.98% -0.96% 9.98% 12.23% 5.45% 3.38% 9.18% 5.42% 3.74% 3.72% 5.33% 3.66%
Category Rank 45 / 65 26 / 65 43 / 65 43 / 65 37 / 63 43 / 63 55 / 63 54 / 63 48 / 58 44 / 57 43 / 49 38 / 47 33 / 34 -
Quartile Ranking 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 3.07% 0.10% 2.20% 2.74% 0.22% -1.30% 2.24% 2.23% 1.96% 0.54% -0.28% -3.41%
Benchmark 2.94% -0.02% 2.25% 2.71% 0.48% -1.38% 2.29% 2.59% 2.25% 0.45% -0.12% -3.12%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.21% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-19.45% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 12.86% -9.85% 0.44% 5.04% 19.38% -18.71% 5.17% 23.49%
Benchmark -14.95% 6.98% 13.62% -7.93% 3.48% 6.16% 19.35% -18.08% 5.90% 24.70%
Category Average -11.52% 8.78% 12.66% -8.25% 4.17% 5.25% 19.63% -16.73% 6.27% 21.47%
Quartile Ranking - - 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3
Category Rank - - 20/ 36 35/ 49 50/ 53 44/ 58 46/ 63 46/ 63 38/ 63 40/ 63

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

23.49% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-18.71% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 90.92
Canadian Corporate Bonds 5.99
Cash and Equivalents 2.09
International Equity 1.00

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 46.01
Energy 20.65
Utilities 14.42
Telecommunications 6.87
Fixed Income 5.99
Other 6.06

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 99.00
Latin America 1.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Fortis Inc - Pfd Sr M 4.21
Brookfield Renwbl Pwr Prf Eqty Inc - Pfd CL A Sr 3 3.02
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.75% PERP 3.02
Royal Bank of Canada - Pfd Sr BD 2.84
Canadian Imperial Bank Commerce - Pfd Cl A Sr 47 2.30
Brookfield Corp - Pfd 2.18
Brookfield Corp - Pfd 1.94
Intact Financial Corp - Pfd Cl A 1.87
Canadian Utilities Ltd - Pfd 1.87
TC Energy Corp - Pfd Sr 11 1.78

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)

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Desjardins Canadian Preferred Share Fund A Class

Median

Other - Preferred Sh Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.09% 10.63% -
Beta 0.95% 0.97% -
Alpha 0.00% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.99% 0.99% -
Sharpe 0.15% 0.59% -
Sortino 0.36% 0.83% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 56.47% 75.52% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 6.65% 11.09% 10.63% -
Beta 1.01% 0.95% 0.97% -
Alpha -0.01% 0.00% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.99% 0.99% 0.99% -
Sharpe 0.99% 0.15% 0.59% -
Sortino 1.82% 0.36% 0.83% -
Treynor 0.07% 0.02% 0.06% -
Tax Efficiency 78.48% 56.47% 75.52% -

Fund Details

Start Date April 11, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $32

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00161

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is to provide dividend income and some capital appreciation by investing primarily in preferred shares of Canadian companies.

Investment Strategy

The portfolio manager employs an investment process that is based on a fundamental approach comprised of the following two main aspects: fundamental analysis (economic situation, assessment of the credit quality of companies), value analysis (relative value between preferred shares, capital structures, etc.) as well as risk management (sector and issuer diversification, etc.). The portfolio manager invests mainly in the preferred shares of Canadian issuers.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.

Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Custodian

Desjardins Trust Inc.

Registrar

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Distributor

Desjardins Investments Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 1.54%
Management Fee 1.19%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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