Canada Life segregated funds policy originally with Great-West Life

Fund overview & performance

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October 31, 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.

How is the fund invested? (as of October 31, 2026)

Asset allocation (%)
Name Percent
US Equity 33.7
Canadian Equity 33.5
Domestic Bonds 23.9
Income Trust Units 3.7
International Equity 2.7
Cash and Equivalents 2.3
Foreign Bonds 0.1
Other 0.1
Geographic allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canada 60.8
United States 34.0
Luxembourg 2.7
Bermuda 2.5
Sector allocation (%)
Name Percent
Fixed Income 24.0
Financial Services 23.7
Consumer Services 12.5
Technology 10.3
Industrial Goods 8.4
Basic Materials 5.7
Industrial Services 4.3
Healthcare 4.3
Energy 3.0
Other 3.8

Growth of $10,000 (since inception)

Data not available based on date of inception

Fund details

As of October 31, 2026
Top holdings (%)
Top holdings Percent (%)
Visa Inc Cl A 4.4
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 4.3
Dollarama Inc 3.9
Microsoft Corp 3.6
Royal Bank of Canada 3.5
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B 3.3
Toronto-Dominion Bank 3.1
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.0
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B 2.9
Intercontinental Exchange Inc 2.9
Total allocation in top holdings 34.9
As of October 31, 2026
Portfolio characteristics
Portfolio characteristics Value
Standard deviation -
Dividend yield 1.24%
Yield to maturity 3.85%
Duration (years) 5.57%
Coupon 3.62%
Average credit rating AA-
Average market cap (million) $738,915.6

Understanding returns

Annual compound returns (%)

Short term
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR
Data not available based on date of inception
Long term
3 YR 5 YR 10 YR INCEPTION
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Calendar year returns (%)

2025 - 2022
2025 2024 2023 2022
Data not available based on date of inception
2021 - 2018
2021 2020 2019 2018
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Range of returns over five years

Best return / Worst return
Best return Best period end date Worst return
Worst period end date
Data not available based on date of inception
Summary
Average return % of periods with positive returns Number of positive periods Number of negative periods
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