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Fund Price: $14.34 (as at May 17, 2013)  1-day chg: $.14 0.99%  YTD: 11.60%

Returns as at April 30, 2013

  Fund Group Avg Index*
1 Month 1.31% 0.25% 0.25%
3 Months 4.20% 2.04% 2.04%
6 Months 10.06% 5.42% 5.37%
1 Year 11.30% 7.24% 7.28%
2 Year Avg 4.01% 1.56% 1.63%
3 Year Avg 5.62% 4.21% 4.11%
4 Year Avg 8.89% 8.68% 8.09%
5 Year Avg - 2.46% 2.15%
10 Year Avg - 5.70% 5.66%
15 Year Avg - 4.58% 4.19%
20 Year Avg - 7.12% 6.43%
Since Inception 7.52% - -
 
2012 8.90% 6.30% 6.35%
2011 -5.30% -3.88% -4.18%
2010 8.07% 9.50% 8.92%
 
3 year risk 7.82 7.39 6.56
3 year beta 1.13 1.01 1.00

*Globe Canadian Eqt Balanced Peer Index

Growth of $10,000

This graph shows how a $10,000 investment in this fund would have changed in value compared with the Globe Canadian Eqt Balanced Peer Index.

Risk Measures as at April 30, 2013

Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
Best (ending Feb 10): 26.41 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Worst (ending May 12): -6.16 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Volatility meter (Based on 3 year standard deviation from GlobeInvestor.com)
Low VOLATILITY METER: 8 High

Fund Objectives

To provide returns from a diversified portfolio of equity securities of issuers located anywhere in the world, with a small amount of exposure to income securities to mitigate short-term volatility. It aims to invest 30% of its assets in a pool that invests primarily in income securities and 70% of its assets in pools that invest primarily in equity securities. No new contributions will be accepted.

Fund Facts

Fund Sponsor: CI Investments Inc.
Managed by: CI Investments Inc.
Fund Type: Seg
Inception Date: October 2008
Asset Class: Canadian Equity Balanced
Quartile Rank: 1 (3YR ending April 30, 2013)
Total Assets: $33.5 million
Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): 3.21%
Management Fee: 0.00%
Load Type: Optional
Globe 5-Star Rating:
RRSP Eligible:
Canadian
Min. Invest (initial):
$25,000
Subsequent:
$100
Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
$25,000
Subsequent RRSP:
$100
Closed:
Yes
Restricted:
Yes
Restriction:
(Min Initial Investment $25,000)
 
 

Asset Allocation April 30, 2013

Equity Sector Weightings April 30, 2013

Bond Type April 30, 2013

Top Holdings as at April 30, 2013

Symbol Company Name Sector Geographic
Area
Asset
Type
% of
Total Assets
  Performance as at April 30, 2013
1 Year Performance (%)
  CI Income Fund Class A Fund 28.87   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  CI Select U.S. Equity Managed Fund Fund 24.48   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  CI Select International Equity Mgd Fund 21.46   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  CI Select Canadian Equity Managed Fund 19.95   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  CI Harbour Fund 4.82   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)

Portfolio Manager(s)

Eric Bushell

Signature Global Advisors

Start Date: October, 2008

Fund Return: 8.39%

Eric Bushell, CFA, Senior Vice-President, Portfolio Management and Chief Investment Officer, began his career as an equity analyst and trader at BPI Mutual Funds in 1993, before becoming a portfolio manager at the firm. He joined CI's Signature team in 1999 when BPI became part of CI Investments. He was named Chief Investment Officer of Signature in 2002. He was named Morningstar's Equity Fund Manager of the Year in 2009 and chosen by Investment Executive as their Fund Manager of the Year for 2008. Mr. Bushell holds a BA from Queen's University.

Also manages:CI Global, CI Oil Sands & Energy EARNs Ser 1, CI Signature Canadian Balanced, CI Signature Div Yield Corp Class, CI Signature Dividend, CI Signature Global Income & Growth, CI Signature Income & Growth, CI Signature Select Canadian, CI Signature Select Cdn Corp Cl, CI Signature Select Global, SW Elite CI PSS i20/e80 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i40/e60 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i50/e50 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i60/e40 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i70/e30 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i80/e20 Pt 100/100, Scotia Global Balanced, Scotia Global Dividend, Signature Emerging Markets, Signature Global Div Fund A, Signature International, Signature International Corp Cl, United Emerging Markets CC-A, United Emerging Markets Pool-W

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Michael Mahoney

Picton Mahoney Asset Management

Start Date: October, 2008

Fund Return: 8.39%

Mike Mahoney, a principal of Picton Mahoney Asset Management, has 17 years of investment management experience. He began his investment career at the Alberta Treasury as a U.S. equities analyst. He later became a portfolio manager of U.S. and international equities at Genus Capital Management and a research manager at HSBC Asset Management Europe, a U.K.-based firm. He has managed global portfolios for Synergy mutual funds since 1997. He continues to manage those portfolios through Picton Mahoney Asset Management, an investment firm he founded in November 2004 along with Portfolio Manager David Picton.

Also manages:SW Elite CI PSS e100 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i20/e80 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i40/e60 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i50/e50 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i60/e40 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i70/e30 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i80/e20 Pt 100/100

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Daniel Bubis

Tetrem Capital Management Ltd.

Start Date: October, 2008

Fund Return: 8.39%

Daniel A. Bubis is the President, Chief Investment Officer and founder of Tetrem Capital Management. Formed in 2004, Tetrem offers investment management services to institutional and private clients. Mr. Bubis leads a team of professionals who share a disciplined adherence to a value-based, contrarian investment philosophy. Prior to launching Tetrem, Mr. Bubis was Chief Investment Officer at Assante Asset Management Ltd where he was responsible for all investment management operations. During his tenure, Assante's funds were among the country's top performers and assets under management grew from $100 million to more than $7 billion. Mr. Bubis has served as the lead Portfolio Manager of the United Canadian Equity Value Pool since its inception in 1993. In 2006 Tetrem assumed management of Canada's oldest mutual fund, the CI Canadian Investment Fund. Today, under Mr. Bubis' leadership, Tetrem manages in excess of $6 billion in a variety of Canadian and US equity portfolios. Mr. Bubis graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario with an Honours Business Administration degree and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Also manages:CI Canadian Dividend A, CI Canadian Dividend D, CI Canadian Investment, CI Canadian Investment Corp Class, CI U.S. Equity Plus Fund A, CI U.S. Equity Plus Fund D, SW Elite CI PSS e100 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i20/e80 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i40/e60 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i50/e50 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i60/e40 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i70/e30 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i80/e20 Pt 100/100, United Cdn Equity Value CC-A, United Cdn Equity Value Pool-W, United US Equity Alpha CC-A

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David K Picton

Picton Mahoney Asset Management

Start Date: October, 2008

Fund Return: 8.39%

David Picton, President of Picton Mahoney Asset Management, has 17 years of investment experience, including eight years as a top-ranked analyst and head of quantitative research at RBC Dominion Securities. Mr. Picton has managed portfolios for Picton Mahoney mutual funds since 1997, including the Synergy Canadian Fund. He continues to manage those portfolios through Picton Mahoney Asset Management, an investment firm he founded in November 2004 along with Portfolio Manager Michael Mahoney. Mr. Picton is a graduate of the University of British Columbia with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree. He also received a Leslie Wong Fellowship from UBC's prestigious Portfolio Management Foundation.

Also manages:CI Synergy American, CI Synergy Canadian Corporate Class, CI Synergy Global Corporate Class, CI Synergy Tactical AA, Picton Mahoney Divers Strategies A, Picton Mahoney Long Short Equity A, Picton Mahoney Market Neutral Cl A, Picton Mahoney Tact Inc Fund Cl F, SW Elite CI PSS e100 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i20/e80 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i40/e60 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i50/e50 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i60/e40 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i70/e30 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i80/e20 Pt 100/100, United Int'l Equity Alpha CC-A, United Int'l Equity Gwth CC-A, United Int'l Equity Gwth Pool-W

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Joe Jugovic, CFA

QV Investors Inc.

Start Date: October, 2008

Fund Return: 8.39%

Joe currently has eight years investment management experience. He worked as an investment analyst at a Calgary-based investment management firm before joining QVGD Investors Inc. in February 2000. Joe's primary responsibilities are the management of the small cap institutional portfolios. Along with the research team, he is responsible for equity selection and portfolio risk monitoring. Joe is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and the Calgary Society of Financial Analysts.

Also manages:CI Can-Am Small Cap Corporate Class, IA Clarington Canadian Small Cap, NEI Ethical Special Equity, QV Canadian Balanced, QV Canadian Equity, QV Canadian Small Cap, QV Global Equity, SW Elite CI PSS e100 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i20/e80 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i40/e60 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i50/e50 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i60/e40 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i70/e30 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i80/e20 Pt 100/100, United Cdn Eqty Small Cap CC-A, United Cdn Equity Alpha CC-A, United Cdn Small Cap Eq Pool-W

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William Priest

Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.

Start Date: October, 2008

Fund Return: 8.39%

Prior to founding Epoch Investment Partners in 2004 with Phil Clark, David Pearl and Tim Taussig, Bill was a Co-Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at Steinberg Priest & Sloane Capital Management, LLC for three years. Prior to joining Steinberg Priest, he was a Member of the Global Executive Committee of Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Asset Management Americas and CEO and Portfolio Manager of its predecessor firm BEA Associates, which he co-founded in 1972. During his 30 year tenure at BEA and CSAM, he developed the firm into a well-recognized investment manager with over $100 billion under management. He is a CFA charterholder, CPA, and a graduate of Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Graduate School of Business. He is author of several published articles and papers on investing and finance, including the books, The Financial Reality of Pension Funding Under ERISA and the more recent, Free Cash Flow and Shareholder Yield: New Priorities for the Global Investor which details the underpinnings of our investment approach, published by John Wiley & Sons. He is a Director of Globe Wireless, InfraRedX and a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Also manages:CI American Small Companies, CI American Value, CI American Value Corporate Class, CI Global High Dividend Advantage, CI Global Small Companies, CI Japanese Corporate Class, CI Pacific, SW Elite CI PSS e100 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i20/e80 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i40/e60 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i50/e50 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i60/e40 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i70/e30 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i80/e20 Pt 100/100, United US Eq Small Cap CC-A, United US Eq Small Cap Pool-W, United US Equity Value CC-A, United US Equity Value Pool-W

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John Hock

Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC

Start Date: October, 2008

Fund Return: 8.39%

John Hock is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Altrinsic Global Advisors with primary research responsibility for the financial industry. Prior to founding Altrinsic, Mr. Hock was Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager, and member of the Investment Strategy Committee at Hansberger Global Investors, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Before joining Hansberger in 1996, Mr. Hock was a vice president and senior analyst in the Global Securities Research and Economics Group at Merrill Lynch where his analysis focused on overseas equities. Mr. Hock holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He received a B.S. in Applied Economics from Cornell University and a M.B.A. in Finance from New York University.

Also manages:CI Global Value, CI International Value, SW Elite CI PSS e100 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i20/e80 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i40/e60 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i50/e50 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i60/e40 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i70/e30 Pt 100/100, SW Elite CI PSS i80/e20 Pt 100/100, United Int'l Equ Value CC-A, United Int'l Equ Value Pool Class-W

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