Canada Life segregated funds policy originally with Great-West Life

Fund overview & performance

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GWL Canadian Stock Balanced DSC

December 31, 2025

A blended Canadian large-cap fund that seeks to provide long-term growth.

Is this fund right for you?

  • You’re looking to preserve your investment while still allowing it to grow.
  • You want to invest in fixed-income investments from Canadian governments and corporations plus some equity securities.
  • 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
Canadian Equity 51.4
Domestic Bonds 22.2
US Equity 17.6
International Equity 6.2
Cash and Equivalents 2.0
Foreign Bonds 0.8
Other -0.2
Geographic allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canada 75.4
United States 18.5
United Kingdom 4.0
France 1.0
Germany 0.7
Switzerland 0.6
Other -0.2
Sector allocation (%)
Name Percent
Fixed Income 22.9
Financial Services 18.6
Consumer Services 11.9
Technology 11.9
Industrial Services 7.1
Energy 5.2
Healthcare 5.1
Basic Materials 4.7
Consumer Goods 4.6
Other 8.0

Growth of $10,000 (since inception)

Period:

For the period 01/23/1996 through 12/31/2025 tr.with $10,000 CAD investment, The value of the investment would be $55,335

Fund details (as of December 31, 2025)

Top holdings (%)
Top holdings Percent (%)
Intact Financial Corp 4.0
Brookfield Corp Cl A 3.6
Microsoft Corp 3.6
Toronto-Dominion Bank 3.4
CCL Industries Inc Cl B 3.3
Canada Government 3.25% 01-Jun-2035 3.2
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc 3.0
Alphabet Inc Cl C 2.8
Waste Connections Inc 2.6
Visa Inc Cl A 2.6
Total allocation in top holdings 32.1
Portfolio characteristics
Portfolio characteristics Value
Standard deviation 7.42%
Dividend yield 2.00%
Yield to maturity 3.87%
Duration (years) 7.77%
Coupon 3.95%
Average credit rating AA-
Average market cap (million) $577,886.6

Understanding returns

Annual compound returns (%)

Short term
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR
-0.71 6.35 11.13 11.13
Long term
3 YR 5 YR 10 YR INCEPTION
11.58 8.58 6.31 5.88

Calendar year returns (%)

2025 - 2022
2025 2024 2023 2022
11.13 13.52 10.14 -5.36
2021 - 2018
2021 2020 2019 2018
-5.36 14.79 -1.47 13.19

Range of returns over five years (February 01, 1996 - December 31, 2025)

Best return / Worst return
Best return Best period end date Worst return
Worst period end date
11.29% Feb 2001 -1.37% Feb 2009
Summary
Average return % of periods with positive returns Number of positive periods Number of negative periods
4.85% 94 282 18
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