Current Price
As of Dec 20, 2024
$3.8463 CAD
$0.0074 CAD | 0.19%
Overall Morningstar™ rating
5 Star Rating
Out of 359 Funds
CIFSC category
Global Fixed Income

Risk profile

Low

MER
As of Jun 30, 2024
1.12%
Key reasons to invest in Sun Life MFS Global Core Plus Bond Fund
  • An actively managed global fixed income fund seeking to generate current income with the potential for capital appreciation.
  • The Fund draws upon the sub-advisor’s global fixed income platform, combining collective expertise, thoughtful risk management, and long-term discipline.
  • Can complement equities and domestic bonds: allocations to global bonds may help provide diversified sources of income, capital growth, and help reduce overall portfolio risk.
    Fund essentials
    • This Fund underwent a material change in investment objective and sub-advisor; further, it’s management fee was reduced from 0.85% to 0.43%. Please see Notes and Disclosures for more information.
    • Inception date
      Nov 4, 2010
    • Benchmark
      Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index Hedged C$
    • Management fee
      0.43%
    • Fund assets
      As of Nov 30, 2024
      $57.2M
    • Number of holdings
      As of Sep 30, 2024
      315
    • Distribution frequency
      Monthly
    • Min initial investment
      $500
    • Min additional investment
      $50
    Fund codes
    NLSUN L611NLSUN L805
    Performance

    Investment growth

    Nov 30, 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 Nov 30, 2024
    Fund %
    1 mth3 mth6 mth1 yr3 yr5 yr10 yrSince inception
    Fund %1.20.93.68.03.31.12.94.3

    Calendar returns

    As of Nov 30, 2024
    Fund %
      YTD2023202220212020201920182017201620152014
      Fund %6.611.2-6.8-6.71.97.1-0.54.47.89.210.4

        Risk & Statistics

        As of Nov 30, 2024
        • Risk measures (3 years)
          Funds
        • Standard deviation
          7.23
        • Alpha
          3.72
        • Beta
          0.75
        • R ²
          49.85
        • Upside capture
          113
        • Downside capture
          62
        • Sharpe Ratio %
          -0.02

        Morningstar Ratingᵀᴹ and Quartile rankings

        As of Nov 30, 2024
        1 yr3 yr5 yr10 yr
        Morningstarᵀᴹ rating

        5 Star Rating
        4 Star Rating
        5 Star Rating
        Quartile (within category)2121
        # of funds in category495359106106

          Portfolio analysis

          Overall allocation

          As of Oct 31, 2024
          Asset allocation%
          swatch
          Fixed income95.2
          Cash3.5
          Other1.3
          Geographic allocation%
          swatch
          United States37.0
          Japan7.1
          United Kingdom6.7
          Canada5.8
          Italy5.5
          Spain5.4
          South Korea5.0
          Germany4.3
          China4.1
          Australia2.3
          Other16.9

            Fixed income allocation

            As of Oct 31, 2024
            Fixed income allocation%
            swatch
            Government47.3
            Corporate Bond33.2
            Agency Mortgage-Backed10.6
            Asset-Backed2.3
            Government-Related2.0
            Cash & Equivalents1.6
            Commercial Mortgage-Backed1.5
            Non-agency Residential Mortgage-Backed1.2
            Municipal Taxable0.3
            Bank Loan0.0
            Convertible0.0
            Covered Bond0.0
            Future/Forward0.0
            Municipal Tax-Exempt0.0
            Option/Warrant0.0
            Preferred Stock0.0
            Swap0.0
            Credit mix%
            swatch
            AAA10.1
            AA25.5
            A22.4
            BBB27.1
            BB4.4
            B0.1
            Below B0.2
            Not Rated10.1

            Morningstar Style Boxᵀᴹ

            Data not available at this time.

            Fixed income characteristics

            As of Oct 31, 2024
            • Yield To Maturity
              3.97%
            • Effective duration (years)
              7.32
            • Average maturity (years)
              12.22
            • Average credit quality
              A
              Holdings

              Top ten holdings

              As of Oct 31, 2024
              HoldingsPercentage%
              Japan (Government Of) 2.4%3.0
              Federal National Mortgage Association 3%2.7
              Germany (Federal Republic Of) 2.1%2.7
              Italy (Republic Of) 4.1%2.6
              Korea (Republic Of) 1.875%2.4
              Korea (Republic Of) 1.375%2.2
              China (People's Republic Of) 2.88%2.1
              Canada (Government of) 1.5%1.7
              Japan (Government Of) 0.3%1.7
              Spain (Kingdom of) 3.45%1.6
                • 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.

                Documents

                Notes and disclosures

                  • On June 28, 2024, the Fund underwent a change in investment objective, its management fee was reduced from 0.85% to 0.43%, its name changed to the Sun Life MFS Global Core Plus Bond Fund, and MFS Investment Management Canada Limited was appointed as the Fund’s sub-advisor. Performance under the Fund’s new mandate may differ significantly from its previous mandate. For more information, please refer to the Fund’s prospectus dated June 28, 2024.

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