Canada Life segregated funds policy originally with Great-West Life

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GWL Science and Technology 100/100

December 31, 2025

A small- and mid-cap growth fund seeking above-average long-term growth of capital.

Is this fund right for you?

  • You want your money to grow over the longer term.
  • You want to invest in Canadian companies with strong growth prospects in science and technology-related sectors, including health and life sciences, bio technology, telecommunications and computer and e-commerce related industries.
  • You're comfortable with a moderate to high level of risk.

RISK RATING

Risk Rating: Moderate to High

How is the fund invested? (as of December 31, 2025)

Asset allocation (%)
Name Percent
US Equity 74.2
Canadian Equity 20.3
International Equity 4.4
Cash and Equivalents 1.1
Geographic allocation (%)
Name Percent
United States 74.2
Canada 20.3
Netherlands 2.6
Ireland 1.7
Other 1.2
Sector allocation (%)
Name Percent
Technology 89.7
Consumer Services 3.7
Industrial Goods 2.8
Telecommunications 1.5
Healthcare 1.2
Cash and Cash Equivalent 1.1

Growth of $10,000 (since inception)

Period:

For the period 10/05/2009 through 12/31/2025 tr.with $10,000 CAD investment, The value of the investment would be $113,991

Fund details (as of December 31, 2025)

Top holdings (%)
Top holdings Percent (%)
Alphabet Inc Cl A 8.6
Apple Inc 8.1
Shopify Inc Cl A 7.9
Microsoft Corp 7.5
NVIDIA Corp 7.5
Broadcom Inc 5.9
Celestica Inc 3.9
Constellation Software Inc 3.6
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 3.6
Amazon.com Inc 3.0
Total allocation in top holdings 59.6
Portfolio characteristics
Portfolio characteristics Value
Standard deviation 15.46%
Dividend yield 0.42%
Yield to maturity -
Duration (years) -
Coupon -
Average credit rating Not rated
Average market cap (million) $2,192,591.4

Understanding returns

Annual compound returns (%)

Short term
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR
-3.48 5.77 4.20 4.20
Long term
3 YR 5 YR 10 YR INCEPTION
26.32 10.79 15.01 16.17

Calendar year returns (%)

2025 - 2022
2025 2024 2023 2022
4.20 33.50 44.89 -30.10
2021 - 2018
2021 2020 2019 2018
-30.10 18.49 39.78 32.11

Range of returns over five years (November 01, 2009 - December 31, 2025)

Best return / Worst return
Best return Best period end date Worst return
Worst period end date
23.71% Jun 2021 9.78% Dec 2022
Summary
Average return % of periods with positive returns Number of positive periods Number of negative periods
17.07% 100 135 0
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