IA Clarington Tactical Bond Fund

Quick Facts

NAVPS (9/7/2010) $10.11


Management Fee: Series A 1.60%


Fund Numbers:


Front Back Low Series F
$Cdn 274 275 276 277
 

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 Sub-Advisor

Catapult Financial Management Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aston Hill Financial 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: $56,558,965

Compound Annual Returns (%) as at 08/31/2010

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Calendar Year Returns (%)

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Asset Mix

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Characteristics of the Fund

BBBAverage rating - Bonds
4.98 yearsAverage term
4.17 yearsModified duration
6.33%Average coupon
5.28%Yield at cost
5.26%Yield at market value

Top Ten Holdings

Prov. of Ontario, 4.750%, 2013-06-026.3 %
Prov. of Ontario, 4.300%, 2017-03-086.2 %
Canada Housing Trust, 4.100%, 2018-12-156.2 %
Canada Housing Trust, 3.950%, 2013-06-156.2 %
Canada Housing Trust, 3.150%, 2015-06-156.0 %
Loblaw Companies Ltd., 7.100%, 2016-06-012.3 %
EnCana Corp., 5.800%, 2018-01-182.2 %
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., 6.190%, 2019-07-032.1 %
Rogers Communications Inc., 5.800%, 2016-05-262.1 %
Brookfield Renewable Power Inc., 6.132%, 2016-11-302.1 %
41.7 %
Portfolio information above as at: 07/31/2010

*At the Canadian Investment Awards.

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. For fund series less than one year old we are not permitted to show performance information. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.

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