IA Clarington Tactical Bond Class A

Quick Facts

NAVPS (2/6/2012) $10.34

Distribution Frequency: Annually


MER: 06/30/2011 2.05%*

Fund Numbers:


Front Back Low Series F
$Cdn 008 007 009 282
 

Key reasons to invest

  • Award winning manager**
  • Tactically structured to better allow the Portfolio Manager to seek a yield advantage without exposing the Fund to undue risk
  • The Fund invests in a mix of high quality government and corporate bonds with an emphasis on Canadian and U.S. issuers
  • Regular monthly income

Investment Approach

The Portfolio Manager invests in a mix of high quality fixed income securities as well as investment grade and higher yielding securities of North American corporate issuers. The Portfolio Manager focuses on fundamental analysis to identify, select and monitor investments and reviews the values of individual securities on an ongoing basis, paying particular attention to credit quality. The Fund will generally be diversified across industry sector, size of issuer and credit rating.

 

Portfolio Advisor

Aston Hill Investments Inc.***

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Portfolio Manager

Ben Cheng, CFA

  • President & CIO of Aston Hill Financial Inc.
  • Over 19 years of investment experience
  • Mr. Cheng has extensive portfolio management experience in both equity and fixed income markets and, prior to joining Aston Hill, built an impressive track record as a Portfolio Manager at a very large Canadian mutual fund Company. At that company, Mr. Cheng co-managed more than $7 billion in two mutual funds, each of which received a Canadian Investment Award during his tenure as Portfolio Manager.

Inception Date: 7/19/2010

Net Assets: $37,320,552

Compound Annual Returns (%) as at 12/31/2011

1 month3 months6 months1 year3 years5 years10 yearsInception
0.91.61.93.1---1.8

Calendar Year Returns (%)

2010200920082007200620052004200320022001
- - - - - - - - - -

Portfolio characteristics of the Reference Fund†


Asset Mix

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Characteristics of the Fund

AAverage rating - Bonds
3.58 yearsAverage term
3.04 yearsModified duration
0.0599Average coupon
0.0625Yield at cost
0.065Yield at market value

Top Ten Holdings

Prov. of Ontario, 4.300%, 2017-03-086.6 %
Canada Housing Trust, 3.150%, 2015-06-156.5 %
Gov. of Canada, 8.000%, 2023-06-014.7 %
Canada Housing Trust, 4.100%, 2018-12-154.6 %
Gov. of Canada, 10.250%, 2014-03-154.4 %
Canada Housing Trust, 3.950%, 2013-06-153.1 %
Prov. of Ontario, 4.750%, 2013-06-022.8 %
EnCana Corp., 5.800%, 2018-01-181.7 %
Rogers Communications Inc., 5.800%, 2016-05-261.7 %
GE Capital Canada Funding Co., 4.550%, 2017-01-171.6 %
37.7 %
Portfolio information above as at: 12/31/2011 12:00:00 AM

†A portion of the Fund's portfolio is linked to the performance of the units of the IA Clarington Tactical Bond Fund (the "Reference Fund") through the use of forward contracts. The Fund invest substantially all of its assets in the Reference Fund. The above are an outline of the investments held in the Reference Fund as a percentage of its Net Asset Value.

***formerly known as Catapult Financial Management Inc.

**At the Canadian Investment Awards.

*IA Clarington Investments Inc., manager of the IA Clarington Tactical Bond Class A (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 06/30/2011. The actual MER of the this series of the Fund before waivers and or absorptions is 2.36%
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