Canada Life segregated funds policy originally with Great-West Life

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GWL Canadian Growth Equity II 75/75 (PS2)

April 30, 2026

This segregated fund invests primarily in Canadian stocks currently through the Counsel Canadian Growth mutual fund. On or about June 5, 2026, this fund's name changed to Canadian Growth Equity II from Canadian Small Cap Growth and Picton Mahoney Asset Management assumed portfolio management responsibilities from AGF Investments Inc.. With this change the segregated fund no longer invests directly in securities but invests in Counsel Canadian Growth fund and the risk rating changed from "Moderate to high" to "Moderate". The performance prior to the above dates were achieved under previous manager and/or investment strategy.

Is this fund right for you?

  • A person who is investing for the medium to longer term, seeking the growth potential of stocks and is comfortable with moderate risk.
  • Since the fund invests in stocks its value is affected by stock prices, which can rise and fall in a short period of time.

RISK RATING

Risk Rating: Moderate

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

Asset allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 86.6
US Equity 7.4
Cash and Equivalents 4.5
International Equity 1.5
Geographic allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canada 88.2
United States 10.2
United Kingdom 1.5
Other 0.1
Sector allocation (%)
Name Percent
Financial Services 30.0
Basic Materials 14.5
Energy 11.3
Industrial Goods 11.3
Utilities 9.4
Industrial Services 6.0
Technology 5.6
Cash and Cash Equivalent 4.5
Consumer Goods 3.7
Other 3.7

Growth of $10,000 (since inception)

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For the period 05/14/2012 through 04/30/2026 tr.with $10,000 CAD investment, The value of the investment would be $32,892

Fund details (as of April 30, 2026)

Top holdings (%)
Top holdings Percent (%)
Royal Bank of Canada 9.9
Suncor Energy Inc 5.8
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 5.3
Shopify Inc Cl A 4.5
Manulife Financial Corp 4.3
AltaGas Ltd 4.1
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 3.5
National Bank of Canada 3.4
Emera Inc 3.1
Kinross Gold Corp 3.0
Total allocation in top holdings 46.9
Portfolio characteristics
Portfolio characteristics Value
Standard deviation 11.23%
Dividend yield 1.55%
Yield to maturity -
Duration (years) -
Coupon -
Average credit rating Not rated
Average market cap (million) $109,769.6

Understanding returns

Annual compound returns (%)

Short term
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR
5.60 13.04 8.67 46.57
Long term
3 YR 5 YR 10 YR INCEPTION
21.54 13.92 9.57 8.90

Calendar year returns (%)

2025 - 2022
2025 2024 2023 2022
34.01 17.93 12.10 -8.74
2021 - 2018
2021 2020 2019 2018
17.99 0.14 19.60 -14.86

Range of returns over five years (June 01, 2012 - April 30, 2026)

Best return / Worst return
Best return Best period end date Worst return
Worst period end date
15.48% Oct 2025 -1.90% Mar 2020
Summary
Average return % of periods with positive returns Number of positive periods Number of negative periods
6.26% 98 106 2
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GWL Canadian Growth Equity II 75/75 (PS2)

GWL Canadian Growth Equity II 75/75 (PS2)

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