Current Price
As of May 2, 2024
$14.1481 USD
$0.1379 USD | 0.98%
Overall Morningstar™ rating
4 Star Rating
Out of 580 Funds
CIFSC category
International Equity

Risk profile

Medium

MER
As of Dec 31, 2023
2.23%
Key reasons to invest in Sun Life MFS International Opportunities Fund
  • An actively managed, international equity fund with a tilt to larger companies
  • Invests in high quality companies located in international markets, including emerging markets
  • Focuses on sustainable businesses with above average growth prospects – without overpaying
  • Applies a long-term, research-driven approach, focused on picking stocks across full market cycles
    Fund essentials

    • Inception date
      Oct 1, 2010
    • Benchmark
      MSCI EAFE C$
    • Management fee
      1.80%
    • Fund assets
      As of Mar 31, 2024
      $1.2B
    • Number of holdings
      As of Feb 29, 2024
      88
    • Distribution frequency
      Annually
    • Min initial investment
      $500
    • Min additional investment
      $50
    Fund codes
    ISCSUN U103DSCSUN U203LSCSUN U303
    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 %1.94.515.68.51.55.84.6

    Calendar returns

    As of Mar 31, 2024
    Fund %
      YTD2023202220212020201920182017201620152014
      Fund %4.513.5-17.58.012.525.5-13.1

        Risk & Statistics

        As of Mar 31, 2024
        • Risk measures (3 years)
          Funds
        • Standard deviation
          13.75
        • Alpha
          -2.69
        • Beta
          0.99
        • R ²
          85.34
        • Upside capture
          93
        • Downside capture
          109
        • Sharpe Ratio %
          0.17

        Morningstar Ratingᵀᴹ and Quartile rankings

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

        3 Star Rating
        3 Star Rating
        4 Star Rating
        Quartile (within category)4331
        # of funds in category626580275275

          Portfolio analysis

          Overall allocation

          As of Feb 29, 2024
          Asset allocation%
          swatch
          International equity86.0
          Canadian equity6.1
          U.S. equity4.1
          Emg markets equity2.9
          Cash0.8
          Other0.1
          Geographic allocation%
          swatch
          France18.2
          Japan10.7
          Switzerland10.0
          Germany9.9
          United Kingdom9.1
          Canada6.1
          Taiwan5.0
          Netherlands4.6
          United States4.1
          India3.2
          Other19.1

            Equity allocation

            As of Feb 29, 2024
            Sector allocation*%
            swatch
            Industrials19.8
            Information technology17.0
            Consumer staples14.9
            Health care13.6
            Materials11.9
            Consumer discretionary9.8
            Financials9.8
            Telecommunication services1.9
            Energy1.0
            Utilities0.3
            Real Estate0.0
            Market capitalization%
            swatch
            Giant52.9
            Large37.6
            Medium8.5
            Small0.9
            Micro0.0
            • *Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).

            Morningstar Style Boxᵀᴹ

            As of Mar 31, 2024

            Equity style

            value
            blend
            growth
            large
            mid
            small
            Large growth

              Holdings

              Top ten holdings

              As of Feb 29, 2024
              HoldingsPercentage%
              SAP SE5.2
              Hitachi Ltd4.3
              Schneider Electric SE4.2
              Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd ADR4.1
              LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE3.6
              Nestle SA3.4
              Linde PLC3.2
              Roche Holding AG3.1
              AIA Group Ltd2.4
              Heineken NV2.2
                • 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.

                Commentary

                February 1, 2024
                Sun Life MFS International Opportunities Fund | Q4 2023
                In a reversal from the prior quarter, international equity markets shifted to risk-on mode and produced strong returns for the final quarter of the year (Q4), driven by cooling inflation that kicked off investor expectations for a “soft landing” in the U.S. and interest rate cuts in 2024.

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