Current Price
As of Oct 9, 2024
$9.3979 CAD
-$0.0111 CAD | -0.12%
Overall Morningstar™ rating
1 Star Rating
Out of 259 Funds
CIFSC category
Global Fixed Income

Risk profile

Low

MER
As of Dec 31, 2023
1.86%
Key reasons to invest in Sun GIF Solutions Sun Life Tactical Fixed Income ETF Portfolio Estate Series A
  • Access an all-in-one, managed portfolio that invests primarily in exchange traded funds (ETFs)
  • Designed for income, through a strategic mix of 100% fixed income investments
  • Professionally diversified by fixed income sub-asset classes, geographies and ETF managers
  • Tactical adjustments allow the portfolio manager to manage risk and adapt to changing markets
    Fund essentials

    • Inception date
      Jun 3, 2019
    • Benchmark
      Blended benchmark
    • Management fee
      1.15%
    • Fund assets
      As of Sep 30, 2024
      $8.4M
    • Number of holdings
      As of Jul 31, 2024
      13
    • Min initial investment
      $500
    • Min additional investment
      $100
    Fund codes
    FELSLF SE185DSCSLF SE285LSCSLF SE385CBSLF SE785
    Performance

    Investment growth

    Sep 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 segregated fund or returns on investment in any segregated fund.

    Compound returns

    As of Sep 30, 2024
    Fund %
    1 mth3 mth6 mth1 yr3 yr5 yr10 yrSince inception
    Fund %1.34.14.09.8-2.5-1.3-0.9

    Calendar returns

    As of Sep 30, 2024
    Fund %
      YTD2023202220212020201920182017201620152014
      Fund %2.94.3-13.7-2.94.66.70.6

      Morningstar Ratingᵀᴹ and Quartile rankings

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

      1 Star Rating
      1 Star Rating

      Quartile (within category)444not available
      # of funds in category2662597070
        • Underlying fund 'Sun Tactical Fixed Income ETF Portfolio' performance is displayed for a time frame prior to June 03,2019
        Portfolio analysis

        Overall allocation

        As of Jul 31, 2024
        Asset allocation%
        swatch
        Fixed income94.0
        Cash5.9
        Other0.1
        Geographic allocation%
        swatch
        Canada48.0
        United States45.3
        United Kingdom1.0
        Supranational0.7
        Germany0.4
        Mexico0.4
        Saudi Arabia0.4
        Italy0.4
        Indonesia0.2
        Japan0.2
        Other3.0

          Equity allocation

          Data not available at this time.

          Fixed income allocation

          As of Jul 31, 2024
          Fixed income allocation%
          swatch
          Government37.4
          Corporate Bond31.5
          Government-Related20.3
          Agency Mortgage-Backed6.3
          Cash & Equivalents3.9
          Asset-Backed0.2
          Commercial Mortgage-Backed0.2
          Covered Bond0.1
          Municipal Taxable0.1
          Convertible0.0
          Bank Loan0.0
          Future/Forward0.0
          Municipal Tax-Exempt0.0
          Non-agency Residential Mortgage-Backed0.0
          Option/Warrant0.0
          Preferred Stock0.0
          Swap0.0
          Credit mix%
          swatch
          AAA19.1
          AA44.1
          A11.3
          BBB10.4
          BB9.0
          B1.3
          Below B0.7
          Not Rated4.2

          Morningstar Style Boxᵀᴹ

          As of Aug 31, 2024

          Equity style

          value
          blend
          growth
          large
          mid
          small
          Small value

          Fixed income style

          ltd
          mod
          ext
          large
          mid
          small
          Medium/Extensive

          Fixed income characteristics

          As of Jul 31, 2024

          • Yield To Maturity
            3.97%
          • Effective duration (years)
            7.16
          • Average maturity (years)
            10.24
          • Average credit quality
            AA
          • Sun GIF Solutions Sun Life Tactical Fixed Income ETF Portfolio Estate Series A invests directly in units of the Sun Tactical Fixed Income ETF Portfolio (the "underlying fund"). The portfolio analysis section is representative of the underlying Fund.
          Holdings

          Top ten holdings

          As of Jul 31, 2024
          HoldingsPercentage%
          Sun Life BlackRock Cdn Univ Bond44.2
          iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF24.0
          VanEck Fallen Angel HiYld Bd ETF9.9
          iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF6.7
          Sun Life Money Market Series I6.7
          Vanguard Emerging Mkts Govt Bd ETF3.0
          iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF2.9
          iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF2.2
          SPDR® Portfolio Interm Term Corp Bd ETF0.3
          VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF0.3
          • The holdings section is representative of the underlying Fund.
          • 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.

          Documents

          Notes and disclosures

          • ^Management Expense Ratio is an estimate in the first year.

            Portfolio holdings are as at the date indicated and may change due to ongoing portfolio transactions of the investment fund

            Any amount allocated to a segregated fund is invested at the risk of the contract owner and may increase or decrease in value

            Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada is the issuer of guaranteed insurance contracts, including Accumulation Annuities (Insurance GICs), Payout Annuities, and Individual Variable Insurance Contracts (Sun Life GIFs).

            Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies, is the issuer of Sun Life GIFs individual variable annuity contracts. A description of the key features of this contract is contained in the information folder.

            Subject to any applicable death benefit and maturity guarantees, any part of the premium or other amount that is allocated to a segregated fund is invested at the risk of the contract owner and may increase or decrease in value according to fluctuations in the market value of the assets of the segregated fund.

            Please refer to sunlifegifs.com for additional information.

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            Morningstar star ratings are an objective, quantitative measure of a fund's historical risk-adjusted performance relative to other funds in its category, and are calculated from a fund's 3, 5, and 10-year returns measured against 91-day Treasury bill and peer group returns. The top 10% of the funds in a category earn five stars; the next 22.5% four stars; the following 35% three stars; the next 22.5% two stars, and the bottom 10% one star. The Overall Rating is a weighted combination of the 3, 5, and 10-year ratings. Only funds with at least a three-year track record are considered, and ratings are calculated only for categories with at least 20 funds.

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