Canada Life segregated funds policy originally with Great-West Life

Fund overview & performance

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Canada Life Mutual Funds

GWL Core Balanced 100/100

December 31, 2025

A fund that aims to find balance between long-term growth and consistent income.

Is this fund right for you?

  • You want investment income and you want your money to grow over time.
  • You want to invest in Canadian fixed-income funds (target: no more than 40 per cent) and Canadian and foreign equity funds.
  • 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 December 31, 2025)

Asset allocation (%)
Name Percent
Domestic Bonds 40.0
Canadian Equity 34.3
US Equity 15.1
International Equity 9.2
Cash and Equivalents 0.8
Income Trust Units 0.6
Geographic allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canada 75.0
United States 15.4
United Kingdom 1.7
Ireland 1.3
Japan 1.1
France 1.0
Switzerland 0.8
Netherlands 0.6
Germany 0.4
Other 2.7
Sector allocation (%)
Name Percent
Mutual Fund 40.0
Financial Services 16.8
Technology 8.9
Basic Materials 6.2
Energy 6.2
Consumer Services 4.1
Industrial Services 3.6
Industrial Goods 3.2
Healthcare 3.1
Other 7.9

Growth of $10,000 (since inception)

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For the period 10/05/2009 through 12/31/2025 tr.with $10,000 CAD investment, The value of the investment would be $23,071

Fund details (as of December 31, 2025)

Top holdings (%)
Top holdings Percent (%)
Canadian Core Fixed Income 40.0
Royal Bank of Canada 3.2
Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.0
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 1.3
Bank of Montreal 1.2
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.2
Shopify Inc Cl A 1.2
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 1.2
Manulife Financial Corp 1.1
Microsoft Corp 1.0
Total allocation in top holdings 53.4
Portfolio characteristics
Portfolio characteristics Value
Standard deviation 7.30%
Dividend yield 2.04%
Yield to maturity -
Duration (years) -
Coupon -
Average credit rating Not rated
Average market cap (million) $519,120.6

Understanding returns

Annual compound returns (%)

Short term
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR
-0.52 6.64 10.96 10.96
Long term
3 YR 5 YR 10 YR INCEPTION
9.59 5.68 5.03 5.28

Calendar year returns (%)

2025 - 2022
2025 2024 2023 2022
10.96 10.69 7.18 -9.55
2021 - 2018
2021 2020 2019 2018
-9.55 10.71 4.68 11.64

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
7.63% Feb 2015 0.38% Mar 2020
Summary
Average return % of periods with positive returns Number of positive periods Number of negative periods
4.70% 100 135 0
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GWL Core Balanced 100/100

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