Canada Life segregated funds policy originally with Great-West Life

Fund overview & performance

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Canada Life Mutual Funds

GWL Balanced Portfolio 100/100

July 31, 2026

A portfolio fund aiming to provide a balance between income and long-term growth.

Is this fund right for you?

  • You want investment income and you want your money to grow over time.
  • You want to invest in both equity funds and fixed-income funds (up to 40 per cent).
  • You're comfortable with a low to moderate level of risk.

RISK RATING

Risk Rating: Low to Moderate

How is the fund invested? (as of June 30, 2026)

Asset allocation (%)
Name Percent
Domestic Bonds 21.2
US Equity 14.1
International Equity 10.6
Canadian Equity 7.1
Foreign Bonds 6.6
Cash and Equivalents 1.3
Other 39.1
Geographic allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canada 60.1
Multi-National 22.1
United States 14.7
North America 1.0
United Kingdom 0.4
Japan 0.3
Ireland 0.2
France 0.2
Denmark 0.1
Other 0.9
Sector allocation (%)
Name Percent
Mutual Fund 57.0
Fixed Income 27.5
Technology 1.5
Cash and Cash Equivalent 1.3
Financial Services 1.2
Healthcare 0.8
Consumer Goods 0.7
Industrial Goods 0.6
Consumer Services 0.6
Other 8.8

Growth of $10,000 (since inception)

Period:

For the period 10/05/2009 through 07/31/2026 tr.with $10,000 CAD investment, The value of the investment would be $20,586

Fund details (as of June 30, 2026)

Top holdings (%)
Top holdings Percent (%)
Counsel Multi-Factor U.S. Equity Series S 9.8
U.S. All-Cap Growth 8.8
Real Estate 7.2
Canada Life Global Opportunities+ Fund R 7.0
Counsel Multi-Factor Canadian Equity Series S 7.0
Canadian Core Fixed Income 5.9
Franklin Brandywine Global Fixed Income Investment Grade Fund 5.2
GWL Can Focused Gro 75/75 3.6
GWL Canadian All Cap Value Fund (Mackenzie) 3.6
GWL International Equity (S) 3.2
Total allocation in top holdings 61.3
Portfolio characteristics
Portfolio characteristics Value
Standard deviation 6.65%
Dividend yield -
Yield to maturity -
Duration (years) -
Coupon -
Average credit rating Not rated
Average market cap (million) -

Understanding returns

Annual compound returns (%)

Short term
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR
-1.26 4.73 6.08 10.47
Long term
3 YR 5 YR 10 YR INCEPTION
8.31 3.88 3.83 4.39

Calendar year returns (%)

2025 - 2022
2025 2024 2023 2022
6.51 9.62 6.56 -10.29
2021 - 2018
2021 2020 2019 2018
6.97 4.34 8.80 -4.82

Range of returns over five years (November 01, 2009 - July 31, 2026)

Best return / Worst return
Best return Best period end date Worst return
Worst period end date
7.05% May 2017 0.06% Mar 2020
Summary
Average return % of periods with positive returns Number of positive periods Number of negative periods
3.75% 100 142 0
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GWL Balanced Portfolio 100/100

GWL Balanced Portfolio 100/100

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ID Effective date Price ($) Income Capital gain Total distribution