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Desjardins Canadian Small Cap Equity Fund A Class

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Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

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NAVPS
(05-30-2025) 		$50.60
Change
$0.07 (0.14%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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Desjardins Canadian Small Cap Equity Fund A Class

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 07, 1994): 6.27%

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 0.10% -4.73% -3.20% -4.31% 4.18% 4.37% -0.07% 0.30% 8.50% 6.22% 5.18% 4.79% 4.26% 3.53%
Benchmark -1.83% -1.60% -1.65% -0.96% 8.86% 9.27% 3.32% 4.16% 14.42% 8.07% 5.82% 5.10% 5.93% 5.45%
Category Average 0.02% -4.65% -2.83% -4.12% 7.31% 7.74% 4.73% 3.47% 11.71% 7.04% 5.67% 5.05% 5.71% 4.57%
Category Rank 93 / 199 115 / 199 140 / 199 109 / 199 170 / 199 177 / 195 185 / 193 139 / 186 162 / 177 115 / 175 103 / 165 99 / 157 127 / 154 103 / 130
Quartile Ranking 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund -0.80% 1.24% 5.30% -1.52% 1.83% 1.47% 3.65% -2.40% 0.44% -3.77% -1.10% 0.10%
Benchmark 2.65% -1.93% 5.81% -1.26% 3.80% 1.39% 2.69% -3.30% 0.65% -2.27% 2.56% -1.83%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

22.32% (February 2000)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-24.62% (October 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -0.71% 11.04% -2.32% -14.22% 25.48% 17.76% 23.28% -17.86% -0.38% 15.22%
Benchmark -13.31% 38.48% 2.75% -18.17% 15.84% 12.87% 20.27% -9.29% 4.79% 18.83%
Category Average -6.13% 18.01% 3.43% -15.15% 16.59% 11.91% 22.35% -11.32% 6.49% 16.84%
Quartile Ranking 2 4 4 2 1 2 2 4 4 3
Category Rank 44/ 129 125/ 151 148/ 156 79/ 165 37/ 172 66/ 177 87/ 185 147/ 193 156/ 195 134/ 196

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

25.48% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-17.86% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 98.31
International Equity 1.29
Cash and Equivalents 0.40

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 17.33
Real Estate 15.95
Basic Materials 14.76
Technology 11.92
Energy 11.13
Other 28.91

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 98.70
Europe 0.99
Asia 0.31

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Definity Financial Corp 4.29
Mainstreet Equity Corp 3.86
Element Fleet Management Corp 3.67
Lumine Group Inc 3.26
TerraVest Industries Inc 3.26
MDA Space 3.18
EQB Inc 3.18
Alamos Gold Inc Cl A 3.12
Descartes Systems Group Inc 2.98
Stantec Inc 2.96

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)

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Desjardins Canadian Small Cap Equity Fund A Class

Median

Other - Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.29% 14.08% 16.43%
Beta 0.80% 0.70% 0.74%
Alpha -0.03% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.78% 0.69% 0.79%
Sharpe -0.21% 0.48% 0.19%
Sortino -0.19% 0.65% 0.16%
Treynor -0.04% 0.10% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency - 95.80% 95.18%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.81% 14.29% 14.08% 16.43%
Beta 0.64% 0.80% 0.70% 0.74%
Alpha -0.01% -0.03% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.52% 0.78% 0.69% 0.79%
Sharpe 0.08% -0.21% 0.48% 0.19%
Sortino 0.27% -0.19% 0.65% 0.16%
Treynor 0.01% -0.04% 0.10% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 98.70% - 95.80% 95.18%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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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

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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

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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

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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 07, 1994
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $172

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DJT00062

Investment Objectives

The objective of this Fund is long-term capital appreciation. It invests primarily in equity securities of small-capitalization Canadian corporations. Any modification of the fundamental investment objective must be approved by the unitholders by a majority vote at a meeting called for this purpose.

Investment Strategy

The management of this Fund is assigned to a sub-manager who favours a growth-at-a-reasonable-price management style that is based on a bottom-up approach.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.
Sub-Advisor

Fiera Capital Corporation

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 2.35%
Management Fee 1.85%
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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