Canada Life segregated funds policy originally with Great-West Life

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GWL VPI Canadian Balanced 100/100 (PS2)

April 30, 2026

This segregated fund invests primarily in fixed-income and equity securities currently through the VPI Canadian Balanced Pool. On or about May 22, 2026, this fund's name changed to VPI Canadian Balanced from Canadian Premier Balanced and Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. assumed portfolio management responsibilities from Invesco Canada Ltd. With this change this fund no longer invests directly in securities but invests in VPI Canadian Balanced Pool. The performance prior to the above dates were achieved under previous manager and/or investment objective.

Is this fund right for you?

  • A person who is investing for the long term and seeking exposure to bonds and stocks, and is comfortable with low to moderate risk.
  • Since the fund invests in stocks and bonds its value is affected by changes in interest rates and by stock prices, which can rise and fall in a short period of time.

RISK RATING

Risk Rating: Low to Moderate

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

Asset allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 37.4
Domestic Bonds 30.5
US Equity 24.6
International Equity 4.7
Cash and Equivalents 2.8
Geographic allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canada 70.7
United States 24.6
Ireland 1.6
Sweden 1.6
United Kingdom 1.5
Sector allocation (%)
Name Percent
Fixed Income 30.5
Financial Services 25.5
Technology 6.9
Consumer Services 6.6
Industrial Goods 6.5
Industrial Services 5.2
Energy 3.9
Consumer Goods 3.7
Healthcare 3.2
Other 8.0

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 $40,483

Fund details (as of April 30, 2026)

Top holdings (%)
Top holdings Percent (%)
Royal Bank of Canada 6.4
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.4
Brookfield Corp Cl A 4.5
Manulife Financial Corp 3.0
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.8
Richelieu Hardware Ltd 2.1
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 2.1
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 2.0
Texas Instruments Inc 2.0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 2.0
Total allocation in top holdings 32.3
Portfolio characteristics
Portfolio characteristics Value
Standard deviation 8.62%
Dividend yield 1.90%
Yield to maturity 3.92%
Duration (years) 5.62%
Coupon 4.23%
Average credit rating A
Average market cap (million) $454,772.1

Understanding returns

Annual compound returns (%)

Short term
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR
4.91 6.58 4.20 22.72
Long term
3 YR 5 YR 10 YR INCEPTION
14.05 10.80 9.92 10.54

Calendar year returns (%)

2025 - 2022
2025 2024 2023 2022
13.70 15.39 16.71 -7.15
2021 - 2018
2021 2020 2019 2018
24.73 7.28 15.22 -6.13

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
14.59% Mar 2025 1.81% Mar 2020
Summary
Average return % of periods with positive returns Number of positive periods Number of negative periods
8.75% 100 108 0
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GWL VPI Canadian Balanced 100/100 (PS2)

GWL VPI Canadian Balanced 100/100 (PS2)

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