Current Price
As of Apr 26, 2024
$15.3675 CAD
$0.0236 CAD | 0.15%
Overall Morningstar™ rating

Out of 1324 Funds
CIFSC category
Global Neutral Balanced

Risk profile

Low to medium

MER
As of Dec 31, 2023
2.06%
Key reasons to invest in Sun Life MFS Diversified Income Fund
  • A multi-asset, global balanced portfolio ideal as a retirement solution
  • Six income-generating asset classes, including dividend-paying stocks, global REITs, U.S. high yield bonds, Canadian bonds, and emerging markets debt
  • Targeted mix of 55% equities and 45% fixed income, with disciplined adjustments based on market conditions
  • Pays a fixed monthly distribution for consistent income
    Fund essentials

    • Inception date
      Mar 31, 2009
    • Benchmark
      Blended benchmark
    • Management fee
      1.65%
    • Fund assets
      As of Mar 31, 2024
      $232.6M
    • Number of holdings
      As of Feb 29, 2024
      727
    • Distribution frequency
      Monthly
    • Min initial investment
      $500
    • Min additional investment
      $50
    Fund codes
    ISCSUN 172DSCSUN 272LSCSUN 372
    Performance

    Investment growth

    Mar 31, 2024

    • Compound growth calculations are used only for the purpose of illustrating the effects of compound growth and are not intended to reflect the future value of any mutual fund or returns on investment in any mutual fund.

    Compound returns

    As of Mar 31, 2024
    Fund %
    1 mth3 mth6 mth1 yr3 yr5 yr10 yrSince inception
    Fund %2.54.511.59.07.76.55.18.3

    Calendar returns

    As of Mar 31, 2024
    Fund %
      YTD2023202220212020201920182017201620152014
      Fund %4.56.30.621.6-5.219.0-8.06.516.2-8.78.6

        Risk & Statistics

        As of Mar 31, 2024
        • Risk measures (3 years)
          Funds
        • Standard deviation
          9.46
        • Alpha
          3.74
        • Beta
          0.90
        • R ²
          64.84
        • Upside capture
          100
        • Downside capture
          67
        • Sharpe Ratio %
          0.56

        Morningstar Ratingᵀᴹ and Quartile rankings

        As of Mar 31, 2024
        1 yr3 yr5 yr10 yr
        Morningstarᵀᴹ rating

        Quartile (within category)3not availablenot availablenot available
        # of funds in category15691324633633

          Portfolio analysis

          Overall allocation

          As of Feb 29, 2024
          Asset allocation%
          swatch
          Fixed income47.6
          U.S. equity21.7
          International equity16.2
          Canadian equity10.4
          Cash2.5
          Emg markets equity0.9
          Other0.9
          Geographic allocation%
          swatch
          United States36.7
          Canada33.3
          United Kingdom3.3
          Japan3.2
          France2.5
          Switzerland1.4
          China1.2
          Mexico1.2
          Brazil1.2
          Singapore1.1
          Other14.8

            Equity allocation

            As of Feb 29, 2024
            Sector allocation*%
            swatch
            Real Estate23.6
            Financials16.8
            Health care10.5
            Energy9.7
            Consumer staples9.4
            Industrials6.3
            Telecommunication services5.8
            Materials5.5
            Information technology5.0
            Consumer discretionary4.2
            Utilities3.3
            • *Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).

            Fixed income allocation

            As of Feb 29, 2024
            Fixed income allocation%
            swatch
            Corporate Bond77.3
            Government19.3
            Government-Related2.3
            Cash & Equivalents1.0
            Convertible0.2
            Agency Mortgage-Backed0.0
            Asset-Backed0.0
            Bank Loan0.0
            Commercial Mortgage-Backed0.0
            Covered Bond0.0
            Future/Forward0.0
            Municipal Taxable0.0
            Municipal Tax-Exempt0.0
            Non-agency Residential Mortgage-Backed0.0
            Option/Warrant0.0
            Preferred Stock0.0
            Swap0.0
            Credit mix%
            swatch
            AAA1.9
            AA10.0
            A21.0
            BBB27.5
            BB21.4
            B11.7
            Below B4.5
            Not Rated2.1

            Morningstar Style Boxᵀᴹ

            As of Mar 31, 2024

            Equity style

            value
            blend
            growth
            large
            mid
            small
            Large value

            Fixed income style

            ltd
            mod
            ext
            large
            mid
            small
            Medium/Moderate

            Fixed income characteristics

            As of Feb 29, 2024
            • Yield To Maturity
              6.43%
            • Effective duration (years)
              5.56
            • Average maturity (years)
              11.35
            • Average credit quality
              BBB
              Holdings

              Top ten holdings

              As of Feb 29, 2024
              HoldingsPercentage%
              Manulife Financial Corp1.3
              Prologis Inc1.2
              Canada (Government of)1.1
              AbbVie Inc0.9
              Equinix Inc0.9
              Canada (Government of)0.9
              Phillips 660.9
              Kimberly-Clark Corp0.8
              Roche Holding AG0.8
              National Bank of Canada 2.237%0.7
                • Cash and cash equivalents are not shown.
                Management & Commentary

                Management

                Management Company :

                SLGI Asset Management Inc.

                Sub-advisors

                MFS Investment Management Canada Limited

                Founded in 1924, Boston-based MFS brings nearly a century of active management experience to investors’ portfolios.

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                Notes and disclosures

                  • Portfolio holdings are as at the date indicated and may change due to ongoing portfolio transactions of the investment funds.

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                    Morningstar Market Capitalization Breakdown Stocks are first divided into seven style zones based on their country of domicile: United States, Latin America, Canada, Europe, Japan, Asia ex-Japan, and Australia/New Zealand. Capitalization assignments are determined as follows: 1) For all stocks in a style zone, the market cap of each stock is converted into a common currency. The stocks in each style zone are ordered in descending order by size, and a cumulative capitalization as a percentage of total sample capitalization is calculated as each stock is added to the list. 2) The stock that causes cumulative capitalization to equal or exceed 40% of the style zone's total cap is the final one assigned to the giant-cap group. 3) The largest of the remaining stocks are assigned to the large-cap group until cumulative capitalization equals or exceeds 70% of the total capitalization of the style zone. 4) The largest of the remaining stocks are assigned to the mid-cap group until cumulative capitalization equals or exceeds 90% of the total capitalization of the style zone. 5) The largest of the remaining stocks are assigned to the small-cap group until cumulative capitalization equals or exceeds 97% of the total capitalization of the style zone. 6) The remaining stocks are assigned to the micro-cap group. The Market Capitalization Breakdown at a fund level is a breakdown of the capitalization assignments of the fund's equity holdings.

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