Canada Life segregated funds policy originally with Great-West Life

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GWL Canadian Growth Equity II 75/100 (P)

July 31, 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 May 31, 2026)

Asset allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 83.5
Cash and Equivalents 8.5
US Equity 6.9
Income Trust Units 1.2
Other -0.1
Geographic allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canada 89.0
United States 9.8
Bermuda 1.2
Sector allocation (%)
Name Percent
Financial Services 29.3
Basic Materials 14.3
Energy 11.5
Utilities 10.4
Industrial Goods 8.6
Cash and Cash Equivalent 8.5
Industrial Services 5.8
Technology 5.5
Consumer Goods 3.5
Other 2.6

Growth of $10,000 (since inception)

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For the period 07/09/2018 through 07/31/2026 tr.with $10,000 CAD investment, The value of the investment would be $17,664

Fund details (as of May 31, 2026)

Top holdings (%)
Top holdings Percent (%)
Royal Bank of Canada 10.5
Cash and Cash Equivalents 5.6
Suncor Energy Inc 5.3
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 5.2
Shopify Inc Cl A 4.4
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 4.3
AltaGas Ltd 4.2
Manulife Financial Corp 3.8
National Bank of Canada 3.3
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 3.2
Total allocation in top holdings 49.8
Portfolio characteristics
Portfolio characteristics Value
Standard deviation 10.95%
Dividend yield 1.59%
Yield to maturity -
Duration (years) -
Coupon -
Average credit rating Not rated
Average market cap (million) $122,681.1

Understanding returns

Annual compound returns (%)

Short term
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR
0.85 7.33 9.72 25.26
Long term
3 YR 5 YR 10 YR INCEPTION
18.96 10.80 - 7.31

Calendar year returns (%)

2025 - 2022
2025 2024 2023 2022
31.02 15.26 9.56 -10.79
2021 - 2018
2021 2020 2019 2018
15.34 -2.06 16.94 -

Range of returns over five years (August 01, 2018 - July 31, 2026)

Best return / Worst return
Best return Best period end date Worst return
Worst period end date
12.88% Oct 2025 0.49% Sep 2023
Summary
Average return % of periods with positive returns Number of positive periods Number of negative periods
7.29% 100 37 0
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GWL Canadian Growth Equity II 75/100 (P)

GWL Canadian Growth Equity II 75/100 (P)

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