IA Clarington Strategic Corporate Bond Fund T5

Quick Facts

NAVPS (5/17/2013) $10.57

Distribution Frequency: Monthly, 4.2¢ per unit


MER: 12/31/2012 1.99%*

Fund Numbers:

Front Back Low Series F Series E5
3554 3555 3556 3557 3559
 

Key reasons to invest

  • Award winning manager
  • Seeks to obtain income and capital appreciation for the fund
  • Corporate bonds seek to enhance income, lower portfolio volatility (low correlation with other asset classes) and lessens its vulnerability to rising interest rates relative to government bonds

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 a stable mix of higher-yielding fixed-income securities of Canadian and foreign issuers demonstrating strong fundamentals while aiming to minimize volatility through all market conditions.

 

 

Portfolio Sub-Advisor

IA Clarington Investments Inc.

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: 9/26/2011

Net Assets: $645,945,275

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

1 month3 months6 months1 year3 years5 years10 yearsInception
1.01.74.08.8---8.6

Calendar Year Returns (%)

2012201120102009200820072006200520042003
10.2 - - - - - - - - -

Asset Mix

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Characteristics of the Fund

Average rating - BondsBB
Average term5.3 years
Modified duration4.2 years
Average coupon7.7%
Yield at market value7.4%

Top Ten Holdings

Calfrac Holdings LP, 7.500%, 2020-12-012.7%
Russel Metals Inc., 6.000%, 2022-04-192.0%
Frontier Communications Corp., 7.125%, 2023-01-151.9%
Air Canada, 10.125%, 2015-08-011.8%
Sherritt International Corp., 7.500%, 2020-09-241.8%
Sears Holding Corp., 6.625%, 2018-10-151.7%
Alliance Grain Traders Inc., 9.000%, 2018-02-141.7%
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 5.800%, 2021-05-151.7%
Quebecor Media Inc., 6.625%, 2023-01-151.6%
Mattamy Group Corp., 6.875%, 2020-11-151.6%
Portfolio information above as at: 04/30/2013
*IA Clarington Investments Inc., manager of the IA Clarington Strategic Corporate Bond Fund T5 (the "Fund"), currently waives some of its management fees or absorbs some expenses that would normally be charged to the Fund. This is done at the manager’s discretion, and may continue for an indeterminate period of time but may also be terminated at any time. The management expense ratio ("MER") for this series of the Fund published above is calculated after waivers and absorptions have been taken into account, using information available from the interim period ending 12/31/2012. The actual MER of the this series of the Fund before waivers and or absorptions is 2.29%
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