IA Clarington Canadian Small Cap GIF - Guarantee A

Quick Facts

NAVPS (5/17/2013) $12.18

Guarantee Options:
A: 100% death/100% maturity 
B: 100% death/75% maturity

Underlying Fund:
IA Clarington Canadian Small Cap Fund

GIF Inception Date:
May 2007 


MER: 12/31/2012 4.1%

Fund Numbers:

Front DSC
Guarantee A IAC 520 IAC 521
Guarantee B IAC 522 IAC 523
 

Key reasons to invest

  • Award winning manager
  • Focused portfolio of 35 to 45 names with an emphasis on dividend yield.
  • Individual sector weights generally kept under 25% of the portfolio to ensure diversification.

Investment Approach

QV Investors Inc. evaluates candidates for the underlying fund based on top-down, bottom-up, value and growth analysis. The managers' key criterion for selection is quality growth stressing that they look at the merits of a company before even looking at the sector. QV Investors identifies and typically invests in stocks with lower valuations that are growing at higher rates than the market.

 

Portfolio Sub-Advisor

QV Investors Inc.

Portfolio Manager

Leigh Pullen, CFA

  • President, CIO and Portfolio Manager
  • 37 years investment experience

Ian Cooke, CFA

  • Portfolio Manager
  • Bachelor of Commerce in Finance
  • Joined QV Investors in 2006
  • Previously with Savoy Capital as a research analyst

Joe Jugovic, CFA

  • Portfolio Manager
  • 9 years investment experience
  • Previously with a Calgary-based investment management firm

Inception Date: 5/4/2007

Net Assets: $14,320,044

Historical Total Returns (%) as at 04/30/2013

1 month3 months6 months1 year3 years5 years10 yearsInception
1.85.013.718.311.15.8-3.2

Calendar Year Returns (%)

2012201120102009200820072006200520042003
19.1-4.412.627.7-32.6 - - - - -

Asset Mix

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Geographic Allocation

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Sector Allocation

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Top Ten Holdings

Empire Co. Ltd., Class A, NV5.2%
E-L Financial Corp. Ltd.4.3%
Pason Systems Inc.4.1%
Paladin Labs Inc.3.9%
Laurentian Bank of Canada3.6%
Winpak Ltd.3.6%
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.3.4%
AltaGas Ltd.3.3%
Richelieu Hardware Ltd.3.3%
Canadian Western Bank3.2%
Portfolio information above as at: 04/30/2013

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. is the sole issuer of the individual variable annuity contract providing for investment in IA Clarington GIFs. A description of the key features of the individual variable annuity contract is contained in the IA Clarington GIFs Information Folder. SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE DEATH AND MATURITY GUARANTEE, ANY PART OF THE PREMIUM OR OTHER AMOUNT THAT IS ALLOCATED TO A SEGREGATED FUND IS INVESTED AT THE RISK OF THE OWNER AND MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE IN VALUE ACCORDING TO FLUCTUATIONS IN THE MARKET VALUE OF THE ASSETS OF THE SEGREGATED FUND. Commissions, service fees, management fees, insurance fees and expenses all may be associated with this investment. Please read the Information Folder before investing. 
The rates of return are the historical returns of Series A units of the underlying mutual fund including changes in security value and reinvestment of all distributions and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any policyholder that would have reduced returns, performance, rate of return, or yield. 
Segregated fund fees are higher than mutual fund fees because they include a management fee and an insurance fee component. Performance of the underlying mutual fund is not guaranteed, unit values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.

Important information and disclaimer