Current Price
As of Sep 25, 2023
$7.6720 CAD
-$0.0208 CAD | -0.27%
Overall Morningstar™ rating
3 Star Rating
Out of 280 Funds
CIFSC category
Tactical Balanced

Risk profile

Low to medium

MER
As of Jun 30, 2023
0.23%
Key reasons to invest in Sun Life Granite Enhanced Income Portfolio
  • Designed for a consistent level of income through a strategic mix of income-focused and equity mutual funds
  • Invests in a diversified mix of 50% fixed income and 50% equity mutual funds, including exchanged-traded funds, with an emphasis towards higher-yielding investments
  • Ideal for regular income through monthly distributions
    Fund essentials

    • Inception date
      Apr 1, 2014
    • Benchmark
      Blended benchmark
    • Management fee
      0.75%
    • Fund assets
      As of Jun 30, 2023
      $263.0M
    • Number of holdings
      As of Jul 31, 2023
      17
    • Distribution frequency
      Monthly
    • Min initial investment
      $500
    • Min additional investment
      $50
    Fund codes
    ISCSUN O176
    Performance

    Investment growth

    Aug 31, 2023

      Compound returns

      As of Aug 31, 2023
      Fund %
      1 mth3 mth6 mth1 yr3 yr5 yr10 yrSince inception
      Fund %-0.71.41.54.93.63.54.5

      Calendar returns

      As of Aug 31, 2023
      Fund %
      • **For the period April 01 to December 31.
      YTD202220212020201920182017201620152014*2013
      Fund %3.3-9.212.23.015.1-3.88.47.21.76.4
      • **For the period April 01 to December 31.

      Risk & Statistics

      As of Jul 31, 2023
      • Risk measures (3 years)
        Funds
      • Standard deviation
        9.26
      • Alpha
        0.69
      • Beta
        1.10
      • R ²
        94.23
      • Upside capture
        110
      • Downside capture
        105
      • Sharpe Ratio %
        0.32

      Morningstar Ratingᵀᴹ and Quartile rankings

      As of Aug 31, 2023
      1 yr3 yr5 yr10 yr
      Morningstarᵀᴹ rating

      3 Star Rating
      3 Star Rating

      Quartile (within category)222not available
      # of funds in category304280254106

        Portfolio analysis

        Overall allocation

        As of Jun 30, 2023
        Asset allocation%
        swatch
        Fixed income41.1
        U.S. equity19.2
        International equity12.1
        Other10.7
        Canadian equity10.5
        Cash6.0
        Emg markets equity0.5
        Geographic allocation%
        swatch
        United States48.7
        Canada27.4
        United Kingdom3.5
        Japan1.8
        France1.3
        Italy1.0
        Australia0.9
        Switzerland0.9
        Spain0.9
        Germany0.7
        Other12.8

          Equity allocation

          As of Jun 30, 2023
          Sector allocation*%
          swatch
          Industrials15.2
          Financials14.4
          Utilities12.8
          Real Estate12.2
          Information technology11.4
          Health care7.8
          Energy6.0
          Consumer discretionary5.7
          Telecommunication services5.6
          Consumer staples5.0
          Materials4.1
          • *Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).

          Fixed income allocation

          As of Jun 30, 2023
          Fixed income allocation%
          swatch
          Government48.3
          Corporate Bond30.2
          Cash & Equivalents8.5
          Government-Related8.2
          Agency Mortgage-Backed3.3
          Asset-Backed0.9
          Municipal Taxable0.2
          Preferred Stock0.2
          Commercial Mortgage-Backed0.1
          Convertible0.0
          Swap0.0
          Bank Loan0.0
          Covered Bond0.0
          Future/Forward0.0
          Municipal Tax-Exempt0.0
          Non-agency Residential Mortgage-Backed0.0
          Option/Warrant0.0
          Credit mix%
          swatch
          AAA35.7
          AA16.7
          A8.9
          BBB15.1
          BB13.3
          B6.2
          Below B0.8
          Not Rated3.3

          Morningstar Style Boxᵀᴹ

          As of Aug 31, 2023

          Equity style

          value
          blend
          growth
          large
          mid
          small
          Large blend

          Fixed income style

          ltd
          mod
          ext
          large
          mid
          small
          Medium/Extensive

          Fixed income characteristics

          As of Jun 30, 2023
          • Yield To Maturity
            6.24%
          • Effective duration (years)
            6.63
          • Average maturity (years)
            10.69
          • Average credit quality
            A
            Holdings

            Top ten holdings

            As of Jun 30, 2023
            HoldingsPercentage%
            Dynamic Equity Income Series O14.8
            Sun Life Real Assets Private Pool I14.3
            Sun Life MFS Canadian Bond I10.7
            iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF10.4
            Sun Life KBI Global Dividend Priv Pl F9.2
            Sunlife Granite Tactical Completion Fd I8.4
            RBC Emerging Markets Bd (CAD Hedged) O6.8
            RBC High Yield Bond Fund O5.7
            iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF5.4
            Sun Life MFS Low Vol Global Equity I4.9
              • Cash and cash equivalents are not shown.
              Management & Commentary

              Management

              Management Company :

              SLGI Asset Management Inc.

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              The Multi-Asset Solutions Team at Sun Life Global Investments is devoted to fund manager selection, oversight, and building managed solutions for Canadian investors – 100% of their time.

              Commentary

              June 30, 2023
              Sun Life Granite Enhanced Income Portfolio | Q2 2023
              Markets started the quarter with a rally driven by slowing inflation data and expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) would cut interest rates by mid-2023.

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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 fund.

                  For periods greater than one year, the indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returns as of the date indicated including changes in unit value and reinvestment of all distributions and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any security holder that would have reduced returns.

                  Sun Life Granite Managed Solutions invest in mutual funds and/or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

                  Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. For periods greater than one year, the indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returns as of the date indicated including changes in unit value and reinvestment of all distributions and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any security holder that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.

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                  If necessary, a fund will make an additional distribution of income and capital gains in December of each year. The funds may make additional distributions of income, capital gains or return of capital at any other time as we consider appropriate. A distribution of capital is not immediately taxable to an investor but will reduce the adjusted cost basis of the investor's units.

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