Current Price
As of Apr 26, 2024
$18.1018 CAD
$0.1321 CAD | 0.74%
Overall Morningstar™ rating
3 Star Rating
Out of 580 Funds
CIFSC category
International Equity

Risk profile

Medium

MER
As of Dec 31, 2023
2.24%
Key reasons to invest in Sun Life MFS International Opportunities Class
  • An actively managed, diversified international equity fund designed for capital growth potential
  • Invests in companies located in international markets, including emerging markets
  • Focuses on “blue-chip” companies with above average growth and return prospects
  • Applies a long-term, research-driven approach, focused on stock picking across full market cycles
    Fund essentials
    • This Fund is a class of mutual fund shares of SLGI Asset Management Corporate Class Inc.
    • Inception date
      Aug 1, 2013
    • Benchmark
      MSCI EAFE C$ Index
    • Management fee
      1.80%
    • Fund assets
      As of Mar 31, 2024
      $69.2M
    • Number of holdings
      As of Feb 29, 2024
      3
    • Distribution frequency
      Annually
    • Min initial investment
      $500
    • Min additional investment
      $50
    Fund codes
    ISCSUN 5103DSCSUN 5203LSCSUN 5303
    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 %1.67.215.68.23.96.07.07.8

    Calendar returns

    As of Mar 31, 2024
    Fund %
    • **For the period August 01 to December 31.
    YTD2023202220212020201920182017201620152014
    Fund %7.210.2-11.67.010.818.7-2.622.1-3.518.70.8
    • **For the period August 01 to December 31.

    Risk & Statistics

    As of Mar 31, 2024
    • Risk measures (3 years)
      Funds
    • Standard deviation
      13.74
    • Alpha
      -2.83
    • Beta
      0.99
    • R ²
      85.46
    • Upside capture
      92
    • Downside capture
      109
    • Sharpe Ratio %
      0.16

    Morningstar Ratingᵀᴹ and Quartile rankings

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

    2 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 equity85.5
      Canadian equity5.7
      U.S. equity3.9
      Emg markets equity2.8
      Cash1.6
      Other0.5
      Geographic allocation%
      swatch
      France17.6
      Switzerland11.8
      Japan10.2
      Germany9.7
      United Kingdom9.3
      Canada5.8
      Netherlands4.9
      Taiwan4.6
      United States4.0
      India3.4
      Other18.6

        Equity allocation

        As of Feb 29, 2024
        Sector allocation*%
        swatch
        Industrials19.6
        Information technology15.6
        Consumer staples15.0
        Health care14.2
        Materials12.1
        Financials10.5
        Consumer discretionary9.6
        Telecommunication services2.2
        Energy1.0
        Utilities0.4
        Real Estate0.0
        Market capitalization%
        swatch
        Giant52.5
        Large38.4
        Medium8.1
        Small1.0
        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%
          Sun Life MFS Intl Opportunities I99.7
            • Cash and cash equivalents are not shown.
            Management & Commentary

            Management

            Management Company :

            SLGI Asset Management Inc.

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                The Morningstar Style Box™ reveals a fund's investment strategy. For equity funds the vertical axis shows the market capitalization of the stocks owned and the horizontal axis shows investment style (value, blend or growth). For fixed-income funds the vertical axis shows the average credit quality of the bonds owned, and the horizontal axis shows interest rate sensitivity as measured by a bond's duration (short, intermediate or long).

                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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