Capitals Express Investments Funds (Canada)
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Investment Objective
Steady income, capital preservation and long-term total return consistent with prudent management by investing mainly in a broad range of Canadian and global fixed-income securities.
Fund Description
A focus on capital preservation
Invests in Canadian, global and high-yield bonds, including emerging markets.
Invests in Canadian, global and high-yield bonds, including emerging markets.
Returns
Growth of $10,000 since inception (Series F)
Returns include reinvestment of all distributions and do not reflect the effect of a sales charge. Past returns are not predictive of future returns.
| Returns (%) | Series F | |
| 1 month | 0.48 | |
| YTD | -1.40 | |
| 1 year* | 1.62 | |
| 3 years* | -2.06 | |
| 5 years* | -0.14 | |
| 10 years* | 1.30 | |
| Lifetime* | 2.48 | |
| Lifetime (cumulative) | 47.69 | |
| 2023 | 6.07 | |
| 2022 | -12.21 | |
| 2021 | -2.63 | |
| 2020 | 7.94 | |
| 2019 | 6.76 |
*Annualized compound returns.
Portfolio information
| Fund assets ($mil) combined series | $118.5 | |
| Companies / issuers | 183 | |
| Income distributions paid | Monthly | |
| Capital gains paid | December | |
| Portfolio turnover (2023) | 43% | |
| Trading expense ratio1 | 0.03% | |
| Effective duration (years)2 | 7.2 | |
| Yield to maturity | 4.44% | |
| Yield to worst 2 | 4.41% | |
Asset breakdown4
| Developed markets (investment grade) | ||
| Government | 52.4% | |
| Corporate | 31.6% | |
| Inflation-linked | 0.5% | |
| Asset backed | 3.4% | |
| Mortgage backed | 1.8% | |
| Subtotal | 89.7% | |
| Corporate high yield | 1.5% | |
| Emerging market debt5 | 2.8% | |
| Other | — | |
| Cash and cash equivalents & other assets less liabilities |
6.0% | |
| Total portfolio | 100.0% | |
Portfolio characteristics
| Series F | |
| FundSERV | CIF 821 |
| MER6 | 0.61% |
| Fund inception | Apr 30, 2008 |
| Minimum initial investment | $500 |
| 12-month distribution rate7 | 2.5% |
Portfolio managers
| Years with Capital / Years in profession | |
| Timothy Ng | 10 / 18 |
| Thomas Reithinger | 10 / 13 |
Top 10 issuers4
| % of Portfolio | Yield % | |
| Canada Housing Trust No.1 | 13.8 | 4.4 |
| Government of Canada | 8.9 | 3.5 |
| Province of Quebec | 5.9 | 4.3 |
| Province of British Columbia | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| Province of Saskatchewan | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| Province of Prince Edward Island | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | 2.9 | 5.2 |
| Bank of Montreal | 2.7 | 6.2 |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 2.4 | 4.6 |
| Bank of America | 2.1 | 4.9 |
Quarterly holdings (PDF)
Country and currency4
| Top 5 countries | |
| Canada | 70.0% |
| United States | 13.2% |
| Germany | 3.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1.8% |
| Supranational | 1.6% |
| Top 5 currencies (after hedging) | |
| Canadian Dollar | 98.1% |
| Euro | 0.7% |
| Yen | 0.7% |
| Rupiah | 0.3% |
| Mexican Peso | 0.2% |
Bond quality summary4
| % of Bonds | |
| AAA/Aaa | 21.5 |
| AA/Aa | 35.4 |
| A | 16.8 |
| BBB/Baa | 20.4 |
| BB/Ba | 3.9 |
| B | 0.9 |
| CCC/Caa & below | 0.4 |
| Unrated | 0.6 |
| Investment grade | 94.1 |
| Below investment grade | 5.2 |
| 1 | As of December 31, 2023. |
| 2 | Includes the impact of callable bonds. Duration is a measure of the approximate sensitivity of a bond portfolio's value to interest rate changes. |
| 3 | Reflects the lowest yield that can be realized by either calling or putting on one of the available call/put dates, or holding a bond to maturity. Includes the underlying holdings in Capitals Express Investments Global High Income Opportunities (LUX). |
| 4 | Includes the Fund's direct portfolio holdings as well as the holdings through Capitals Express Investments Global High Income Opportunities (LUX). |
| 5 | May include a portion of investment-grade issues. |
| 6 |
Capitals Express Investments, at its discretion, currently waives some of its management fees or absorbs some expenses of certain Capitals Express Investments funds. Such waivers and absorptions may be terminated at any time, but can be expected to continue for certain portfolios until such time as such funds are of sufficient size to reasonably absorb all management fees and expenses incurred in their operations.
The management expense ratios for the portfolios are based on audited total expenses for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2023, and are expressed as an annualized percentage of daily average net assets during the period. Actual MERs may vary. The following lists the management expense ratios for Capitals Express Investments Canadian Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (Canada) before waivers or absorptions for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2023: Series A, 1.15%; Series F, 0.61%; Series I, 0.17%.
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| 7 | Reflects the sum of income distributions over the trailing 12 months, divided by the sum of the previous month's ending NAV plus any capital gains distributed over the 12-month period. |
| Not available to U.S. residents. | |
| Updated on a monthly basis. | |
| Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. The indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returns including changes in unit value and reinvestment of all dividends and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any unitholder that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their value changes frequently and past performance may not be repeated. | |
Timothy Ng
Years at Capital: 10
Years in profession: 18
Based in Los Angeles
Timothy Ng is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capitals Express Investments. As a fixed income investment analyst, he covers U.S. Treasuries, TIPS, and interest rate swaps. Prior to joining Capital, Tim was an analyst for a global macro hedge fund at WCG Management L.P., a director in U.S. dollar rates trading at UBS Investment Bank and an assistant vice president in fixed income trading at Barclays Capital. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honours in computer science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario.
Thomas Reithinger
Years at Capital: 10
Years in profession: 13
Based in London
Thomas Reithinger is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capitals Express Investments. As a fixed income investment analyst, he covers sovereign debt. Prior to joining Capital, Thomas worked as an analyst at Monashee Investment Management and as a research associate at Dix Hills Partners. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and double bachelor's degrees in business & management and computer engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduating summa cum laude.
| Capitals Express Investments funds and Capital International Asset Management (Canada), Inc., are part of Capitals Express Investments, a global investment management firm originating in Los Angeles, California in 1931. Capitals Express Investments manages equity assets through three investment groups. These groups make investment and proxy voting decisions independently. Fixed-income investment professionals provide fixed-income research and investment management across the Capital organization; however, for securities with equity characteristics, they act solely on behalf of one of the three equity investment groups. |
| Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. |
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