Current Price
As of Apr 26, 2024
$8.4596 CAD
$0.0204 CAD | 0.24%
Overall Morningstar™ rating
3 Star Rating
Out of 291 Funds
CIFSC category
Tactical Balanced

Risk profile

Low to medium

MER
As of Dec 31, 2023
0.98%
Key reasons to invest in Sun Life Granite 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 60% fixed income and 40% equity mutual funds, including exchange-traded funds, and other income producing securities
  • Ideal for regular income through monthly distributions
    Fund essentials

    • Inception date
      Jan 17, 2013
    • Benchmark
      Blended benchmark
    • Management fee
      0.70%
    • Fund assets
      As of Mar 31, 2024
      $120.5M
    • Number of holdings
      As of Feb 29, 2024
      16
    • Distribution frequency
      Monthly
    • Min initial investment
      $500
    • Min additional investment
      $50
    Fund codes
    NLSUN 475
    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 %1.22.29.75.11.22.83.64.1

    Calendar returns

    As of Mar 31, 2024
    Fund %
    • **For the period January 17 to December 31.
    YTD2023202220212020201920182017201620152014
    Fund %2.25.8-11.18.33.812.9-3.16.64.71.711.2
    • **For the period January 17 to December 31.

    Risk & Statistics

    As of Mar 31, 2024
    • Risk measures (3 years)
      Funds
    • Standard deviation
      9.05
    • Alpha
      -2.69
    • Beta
      1.04
    • R ²
      95.80
    • Upside capture
      90
    • Downside capture
      112
    • Sharpe Ratio %
      -0.09

    Morningstar Ratingᵀᴹ and Quartile rankings

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

    2 Star Rating
    2 Star Rating
    3 Star Rating
    Quartile (within category)3433
    # of funds in category307291114114

      Portfolio analysis

      Overall allocation

      As of Feb 29, 2024
      Asset allocation%
      swatch
      Fixed income49.9
      U.S. equity13.7
      Other13.4
      International equity9.8
      Canadian equity8.3
      Cash4.7
      Emg markets equity0.2
      Geographic allocation%
      swatch
      United States39.8
      Canada36.4
      United Kingdom3.0
      Japan2.3
      France1.6
      Netherlands1.0
      Mexico0.8
      Switzerland0.8
      Australia0.7
      Italy0.7
      Other13.0

        Equity allocation

        As of Feb 29, 2024
        Sector allocation*%
        swatch
        Industrials16.1
        Financials15.5
        Real Estate12.0
        Information technology10.7
        Utilities10.6
        Health care7.2
        Energy6.9
        Consumer discretionary6.7
        Consumer staples5.4
        Telecommunication services5.2
        Materials3.8
        • *Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).

        Fixed income allocation

        As of Feb 29, 2024
        Fixed income allocation%
        swatch
        Corporate Bond38.1
        Government33.7
        Government-Related11.0
        Cash & Equivalents6.8
        Agency Mortgage-Backed5.3
        Preferred Stock3.1
        Asset-Backed1.4
        Municipal Taxable0.2
        Non-agency Residential Mortgage-Backed0.1
        Commercial Mortgage-Backed0.1
        Convertible0.1
        Covered Bond0.0
        Bank Loan0.0
        Future/Forward0.0
        Municipal Tax-Exempt0.0
        Option/Warrant0.0
        Swap0.0
        Credit mix%
        swatch
        AAA12.9
        AA25.8
        A12.6
        BBB22.2
        BB13.4
        B6.7
        Below B1.3
        Not Rated5.1

        Morningstar Style Boxᵀᴹ

        As of Mar 31, 2024

        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 Feb 29, 2024
        • Yield To Maturity
          6.29%
        • Effective duration (years)
          6.66
        • Average maturity (years)
          11.37
        • Average credit quality
          A
          Holdings

          Top ten holdings

          As of Feb 29, 2024
          HoldingsPercentage%
          Sun Life MFS Canadian Bond I17.1
          iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF11.1
          Dynamic Equity Income Series O10.3
          Sun Life Nuveen Flexible Income I9.0
          Sun Life Real Assets Private Pool I9.0
          RBC Emerging Markets Bd (CAD Hedged) O8.9
          Sun Life KBI Global Dividend Priv Pl F8.9
          Sun Life Risk Managed U.S. Equity I8.3
          RBC High Yield Bond Fund O5.4
          Sun Life MFS Low Vol Intl Equity I3.4
            • 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

            February 1, 2024
            Sun Life Granite Income Portfolio | Q4 2023
            We increased our equity exposure and brought it closer to neutral levels with a slight preference for U.S. equities. We see relative strength in U.S. equities over international equities

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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.

                Effective October 27, 2017, Sun Life Sentry merged Sun Life Sentry Conservative Balanced Fund into Sun Life Granite Income portfolio.

                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.

                Distributions should not be confused with "yield" or "income", and are not intended to reflect a fund's investment performance or rate of return. Distributions may be comprised of income, capital gains or return of capital. The distribution rate on units held by an investor may be greater than the return on the fund's investments. If the cash distributions paid to an investor are greater than the net increase in the value of the investment, the distribution will erode the value of the original investment. Distributions are automatically reinvested in additional units of the applicable fund unless the investor instructs us to distribute cash.

                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.

                There can be no assurance that a fund will make any distributions in any particular month, and we reserve the right to adjust the amount of monthly distribution if we consider it appropriate, without notice.

                Ratings and/or ranking information is subject to change monthly.

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                The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a three-year history. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total returns, 60% five-year rating/40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% five-year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods.

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