Overview
Share price and charges
Series
FNAV
17.57% change
-0.45%Management fee
0.52%Operating expenses
0.11%Gross expense ratio
0.63%Net expense ratio
0.63%Fund facts
Fund launch date
March 31, 1998
Fund size
$181.5m
Benchmark
MSCI EAFE Index
Current number of holdings
67
Active share
88%**
Annual turnover
21%
Style
Long term, bottom-up growth
Guideline number of holdings
60-90
** Relative to MSCI EAFE Index.
Source: Baillie Gifford & Co and relevant underlying index provider(s).
Portfolio characteristics
The fund's characteristics compared to the index.
As at 31 October 2024
| Fund | MSCI EAFE Index | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap (weighted average) | $143.18bn | $125.51bn |
| Price / Book | 3.85 | 1.95 |
| Price / Earnings (12 months forward) | 20.00 | 13.69 |
| Earnings growth (5 year historic) | 10.82% | 5.54% |
| Return on equity (12 months forward) | 19.27% | 14.18% |
| Standard deviation (trailing 3 years) | 19.51% | 12.73% |
| Beta | 1.12 | N/A |
Source: Revolution, MSCI. Canadian dollars.
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Trade Matching Statement
This Trade-Matching Statement is being provided in accordance with National Instrument 24-101 -"Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement" and Companion Policy 24-101 CP (the "National
Instrument"). It applies to all trades that are subject to the National Instrument. View the whole statement.
Fund portfolio holdings
The list of top 10 holdings that this fund invests in.
As at: 31 October 2024
| # | Holding | % of portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TSMC | 4.69 |
| 2 | United Overseas Bank | 3.38 |
| 3 | Auto Trader | 3.05 |
| 4 | Atlas Copco | 2.94 |
| 5 | Investor | 2.93 |
| 6 | MercadoLibre | 2.84 |
| 7 | ASML | 2.72 |
| 8 | Experian | 2.59 |
| 9 | AIA | 2.30 |
| 10 | Lonza | 2.23 |
Quarterly transactions
Transactions for the three-month period ending 30 September 2024
New purchases
- Partners Group
- Samsung Electronics
- Tencent
- TSMC
Complete sales
- Alibaba Group Holding
- Hargreaves Lansdown
- Ping An Insurance
- TSMC ADR
Additions
- AIA Group
- DSV
- Ryanair ADR
- United Overseas Bank
Reductions
- Atlas Copco B
- Mettler-Toledo
- Murata
- Prosus N.V.
- Rightmove
- Trainline Plc
Tax and distributions
The Fund intends to pay dividends to its unitholders at least annually. Distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional units of the Fund or, if a unitholder requests, paid directly to unitholder.
The distribution date for the Fund shall be the last Valuation Date in each taxation year or such other frequency as may be determined by the Manager. The distribution dates will appear on this page alongside the rates once they become available. For more information on the Funds distributions please see the Offering Memorandum.
Recent distributions
The below table shows the makeup of the most recent distributions paid.
| Series F | Series Z | |
|---|---|---|
| Income dividends | 0.21148 | 0.21171 |
| Capital gain | 0.00000 | 0.00000 |
| Total per share | 0.21148 | 0.21171 |
| Expected date | 29 Dec 2023 | 29 Dec 2023 |
| Pay date | 29 Dec 2023 | 29 Dec 2023 |
| Status | Final | Final |
Source: CIBC Mellon and Baillie Gifford & Co.
Upcoming distributions
The table below shows the proposed distribution dates for the current tax year. The dates can be changed by the Officers of the Funds.
2024
30 December 2024
31 December 2024
31 December 2024
Source: CIBC Mellon and Baillie Gifford & Co.