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Institutional Funds
TD Emerald Canadian Long Core Plus Bond Pooled Fund Trust
Investment Strategy
The Fund uses a disciplined approach that seeks to capture the greatest compensation for a given level of risk. The strategy seeks to enhance returns beyond the defined benchmark utilizing diverse and tactical sources of added value. This strategy expands our opportunity set beyond the Canadian bond universe and allows us to access global investment and non-investment grade bonds to provide the opportunity to capture incremental excess return over the long term. The Fund also primarily invests in Canadian investment grade bonds with a term to maturity greater than ten years and is designed to consistently add incremental value over the long term.
Investment Objective
The Fund's performance objective is to outperform the FTSE TMX Canada Long Term Overall Bond Index by 0.75% over the long-term.
Who Should Invest
The Fund is designed for institutional investors who wish to achieve long-term performance in excess of the FTSE TMX Canada Long Term Overall Bond Index through active fundamental fixed income management.
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Fund Facts
| Asset Class | Fixed Income |
| Management Philosophy | Active Fundamental |
| Inception Date | September 24, 2015 |
| Benchmark | FTSE Canada Long Term Overall Bond Index |
Details
| NAV($) / Yield (%) | 10.7803 (As of January 23, 2020) |
| Distribution Date | December 31, 2019 |
| Income Distribution | 0.4004 |
| Capital Distribution | 0.4927 |
| Total Distribution | 0.8931 |
| AUM (in millions) | 607.52 (As of December 31, 2019) |
| Distribution Frequency | Annual |
*Rates of return are time-weighted, reflecting income during the period but do not include any deduction for management fees.
Performance
| 1 M | 3 M | YTD | 1 Y | 2 Y | 3 Y | 4 Y | 5 Y | 10 Y | Since Inception | |
| Fund | -2.32 | -1.64 | 14.38 | 14.38 | 6.68 | 6.65 | 6.13 | - | - | 6.02 |
| Benchmark | -2.55 | -1.93 | 12.71 | 12.71 | 6.33 | 6.56 | 5.52 | - | - | 5.49 |
*Performance as of December 31, 2019. Year To Date - performance based on most recent month-end data.
*Benchmark is FTSE Canada Long Term Overall Bond Index
Note: Fund performance is before fees but after expenses
Yearly Performance
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Fund | -0.50 | 6.59 | 4.61 | - | - |
| Benchmark | 0.31 | 7.03 | 2.47 | - | - |