IA Clarington Tactical Income Class A

Quick Facts

NAVPS (2/6/2012) $11.26

Distribution Frequency: Annually


MER: 06/30/2011 2.42%*

Fund Numbers:

Front Back Low Series F

Series E

3064 3065 3066 3067 490
 

Key reasons to invest

  • Award winning manager ††
  • Seeks to achieve a steady flow of income

Investment Approach

The portfolio manager uses a Growth at a Reasonable Price (GARP) investment style and seeks out companies with a strong competitive position, strong balance sheet and stable management. The Fund will generally be diversified across various sectors and asset classes. The fixed income portion of the portfolio will usually have a target duration of between three and seven years, although individual fixed income securities may deviate from this target.

 

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 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: $257,195,670

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

1 month3 months6 months1 year3 years5 years10 yearsInception
1.04.4-3.6-2.2---5.2

Calendar Year Returns (%)

2010200920082007200620052004200320022001
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Portfolio characteristics of the Reference Fund†


Asset Mix

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Geographic Allocation

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Sector Allocation

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Top Ten Holdings

Gibson Energy ULC1.5 %
PPL Corp., Pfd.1.4 %
Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Class A, LV1.3 %
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust1.3 %
Dundee International Real Estate Investment Trust1.2 %
Inter Pipeline Fund, Class A1.2 %
Suncor Energy Inc.1.2 %
Occidental Petroleum Corp.1.1 %
Precision Drilling Corp.1.1 %
Vermilion Energy Inc.1.1 %
12.4 %
Portfolio information above as at: 12/31/2011 12:00:00 AM

†† At the Canadian Investment Awards.

†A portion of the Fund's portfolio is linked to the performance of the units of the IA Clarington Tactical Income 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.

IA Clarington Tactical Income Class Series T6 was qualified under a simplified prospectus on March 2, 2009 and launched on November 2, 2009. For funds less than one year old, we are not permitted to show performance.

*IA Clarington Investments Inc., manager of the IA Clarington Tactical Income 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 2.41%
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