Description

The fund seeks to provide current income and capital appreciation by actively selecting Canadian bonds designed to raise funds for projects or businesses that have a positive environmental or social impact. Such exposure can also be achieved through indirect investment via other funds managed by the issuer (generally less than 15%). The universe of eligible bonds is identified pursuant to the funds internal analysis that is based on a proprietary assessment tool derived from widely recognized guidelines, principles and/or sustainable development goals. Selecting securities is based on a bottom-up fundamental analysis by the portfolio sub-advisor. ESG issues are also assessed using relevant indicators from one sector to another. The sub-advisor also carries out a credit analysis on each security, combined with the ESG analysis and the internal analysis to determine the securitys weighting. Overall foreign exposure is capped at 30%.