IA Clarington Strategic Equity Income GIF - Guarantee B

Quick Facts

NAVPS (5/18/2012) $8.33

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

Underlying Fund:
IA Clarington Dividend Income Fund

GIF Inception Date:
May 2007


MER: 12/31/2011 3.08%

Fund Numbers:


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Guarantee A IAC 820 IAC 821
Guarantee B IAC 822 IAC 823
 

Key reasons to invest

  • Award winning manager
  • Equity income mandate emphasizes capital appreciation and income
  • An investment approach that endeavours to strategically position the Fund through all market conditions

Investment Approach

The fund manager employs a rigorous bottom-up strategy with a 12 to 18 month strategic outlook on the markets with a view to invest in income producing equities demonstrating strong fundamentals while aiming to minimize volatility through all market conditions.

 

Portfolio Advisor

Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc.

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Portfolio Manager

Dan Bastasic, CFA, MBA

  • Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager
  • Over 15 years of investment experience
  • Mr. Bastasic has extensive portfolio management experience in both equity and fixed income markets and, prior to joining IA Clarington, built an impressive track record as a portfolio manager at a very large Canadian mutual fund company. At that company, Mr. Bastasic managed mutual funds with a combined $2.8 billion in assets under management, with one of the funds under his stewardship receiving an award during his tenure as portfolio manager
  • MBA, University of Windsor

Inception Date: 5/4/2007

Net Assets: $5,733,263

Compound Annual Returns (%) as at 04/30/2012

1 month3 months6 months1 year3 years5 years10 yearsInception
0.23.47.4-4.210.2---2.7

Calendar Year Returns (%)

2011201020092008200720062005200420032002
-5.69.019.2-28.5 - - - - - -

Asset Mix

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Geographic Allocation

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Sector Allocation

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Top Ten Holdings

Suncor Energy Inc.3.4%
Corus Entertainment Inc., Class B, NV3.1%
CCL Industries Inc., Class B, NV2.8%
Russel Metals Inc.2.7%
Unilever PLC, ADR2.5%
Shaw Communications Inc., Class B, NV2.5%
National Bank of Canada2.4%
The North West Company Inc.2.4%
Johnson & Johnson2.4%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP2.3%
Portfolio information above as at: 04/30/2012

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 T4 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