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Canada Life Investment Funds

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Canada Life / Setanta Global Opportunities Fund

The investment objective of the Global Opportunities Fund is to secure long-term capital growth. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a range of Irish and International equities. As it is fully exposed to equity markets, the Global Opportunities Fund is likely to be more volatile than a balanced fund, while also offering the prospect of higher levels of investment return.

Setanta analyses markets on a sectoral rather than geographic basis, applying a bottom-up investment style with an emphasis on companies with the following key characteristics:

  • Superior growth in earnings and cashflow over a multi-year period
  • Efficient use of capital
  • Strong balance sheet and
  • Leading market shares.

The Global Opportunities Fund is suitable for investors with a medium to long term investment horizon and investors with a higher risk tolerance.

 

Canada Life Passive World Equity Fund

This Fund invests in the shares of a large number of companies from around the world. The companies are chosen simply by reference to their size; there is no attempt to select the “winners”/avoid the “losers”, hence the description “passive”. Effectively the Fund owns a slice of most of the companies quoted on the World’s major stock markets and its value will generally rise and fall in line with world share prices. The Fund tracks all markets represented in the MSCI World index and aims to deliver a return within 0.5% p.a. of the index. The Passive World Equity Fund is suitable for investors with more than ten years to retirement and investors with a higher risk tolerance seeking to maximise returns.

 

Canada Life / Setanta Equity Dividend Fund

The Equity Dividend Fund offers access to a portfolio of quality companies that pay above average dividends - this makes it ideal for investors seeking an income or capital appreciation. The Equity Dividend Fund is a pure equity portfolio of actively managed companies with an average of 40 holdings. The fund is available in 2 classes. It is available to non pension investors as a Distributing or Non Distributing Fund and to pension investors as a non distributing fund only. In the case of the distributing version the dividends are paid to investors twice a year. These dividends are re-invested in the fund in the case of the non-distributing version.

 

Canada Life/Setanta Irish Equity Fund

The investment objective of the Irish Equity Fund is to secure long-term capital growth for investors. The Irish Equity Fund aims to provide investors access to an actively managed portfolio of high quality, blue chip Irish companies trading on the Irish Stock Exchange (ISEQ).

The Fund is focussed on opportunity and through rigorous research will invest only in those companies with the following criteria:

  • Growth in earnings and cash flow over multi-year periods
  • High return on capital
  • Strong balance sheets
  • Leading market shares.

With approximately 30 holdings, the Irish Equity Fund aims to produce returns in excess of the ISEQ over full market cycles.

 

Canada Life / Setanta Pension Equity Fund

The investment objective of the Pension Equity Fund is to secure long-term capital growth. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a range of Irish and International equities. As it is fully exposed to equity markets the Pension Equity Fund is likely to be more volatile than the Managed Fund, while also offering the prospect of higher levels of investment return. Setanta analyses markets on a sectoral rather than geographic basis, applying a bottom-up

investment style with an emphasis on companies with the following key characteristics:

  • Superior growth in earnings and cashflow over a multi-year period
  • Efficient use of capital
  • Strong balance sheet and
  • Leading market shares.

The Pension Equity Fund is suitable for investors with more than ten years to retirement and investors with a higher risk tolerance.

 

Canada Life / SEI MoM Global Equity Fund

The investment objective of this Fund is to achieve capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of issuers located in Developed Countries. The Fund's assets are diversified across specialist sub-advisers. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 65% of its net assets in the equity securities of issuers located in different Developed Countries.

 

Canada Life / SEI MoM UK Equity Fund

This Fund aims to achieve long-term capital growth and income by investing primarily in a broadly-diversified portfolio of UK equity securities. The Fund's assets are diversified across specialist sub-advisers. The Fund will invest at least 65% of its net assets in equity and equity related securities listed on Recognised Markets in the UK. The Fund will be diversified across industry sectors but will pursue a policy of active stock selection.

 

Canada Life / SEI MoM European Equity Fund

The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital growth and income by investing in a broadly diversified portfolio of European equity securities. The Fund's assets are diversified across specialist sub-advisers. The Fund will invest at least 65% of its net assets in equity and equity related securities listed on Recognised Markets in Austria, Belgium, The Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

 

Canada Life / SEI MoM US Equity Fund

The Fund aims to provide long-term capital growth and income by investing primarily in a broadly-diversified portfolio of US equity securities of large companies. The Fund's assets are diversified across specialist sub-advisers. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 65% of its net assets in US equity and equity-related securities issued by large companies (defined as market capitalisation greater than USD 1 billion at the time of purchase) traded on Recognised Markets located in the United States.

 

Canada Life / SEI MoM Japanese Equity Fund

This Fund aims to achieve long-term growth of capital and income by investing primarily in a broadly-diversified portfolio of Japanese equity securities. The Fund's assets are diversified across specialist sub-advisers. The Fund will invest at least 65% of its net assets in equity and equity-related securities on Recognised Markets in Japan. The Fund will be diversified across industry sectors but will pursue a policy of active stock selection.

 

Canada Life / Setanta European Equity Fund

The investment objective of the European Equity Fund is to secure long-term capital growth. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a range of European equities. As it is fully exposed to equity markets, the European Equity Fund is likely to be more volatile than a balanced fund, while also offering the prospect of higher levels of investment return.

Setanta analyses markets on a sectoral rather than geographic basis, applying a bottom-up investment style with an emphasis on companies with the following key characteristics:

  • Superior growth in earnings and cashflow over a multi-year period
  • Efficient use of capital
  • Strong balance sheet and
  • Leading market shares.

The European Equity Fund is suitable for investors with a medium - to long-term investment horizon or investors with a higher risk tolerance.

 

Canada Life / SEI MoM Pacific Basin Equity Fund

This Fund aims to achieve long-term growth of capital and income by investing primarily in a broadly-diversified portfolio of Pacific Basin (ex-Japan) equity securities. The Fund's assets are diversified across specialist sub-advisers. At least 65% of the Fund's net assets will be invested in equity and equity-related securities listed on Recognised Markets in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Korea, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, China, India and Pakistan. It is not proposed to invest in Japan.

 

Canada Life / SEI MoM Emerging Markets Equity Fund

The Fund aims to achieve capital appreciation by investing primarily in securities of emerging market issuers. The Fund's assets are diversified across specialist sub-advisers. The Fund will invest at least 65% of its net assets in the equity securities of emerging market issuers. The Fund will typically invest in at least six Emerging Market Countries and will not invest more than 35% of its net assets in emerging market issuers of any one country.

 

Canada Life / Setanta Focus 15 Fund

This is an investment opportunity like no other. How the equities are selected is different, how the Fund is managed is different and the information you can access about the Fund is different. The Fund is focused on opportunity and will seek stocks internationally that satisfy the following criteria:

  • superior growth in earnings and cashflow over a multi-year period
  • high return on capital
  • strong balance sheets
  • and leading market shares.

There is no attempt to diversify across sectors or geographic regions for the purpose of reducing risk. And with only 15 holdings each one can make a real difference to performance. Focus 15 returns are likely to be more volatile than for broadly-based funds and Focus 15 is suitable for experienced investors who are willing to accept the possibility of significant ups and downs on their investment.

It is not suited to members who are close to retirement or who are risk averse.

 

Canada Life / Morgan Stanley European Property Fund

The investment objective of the European Property Fund is to secure long-term capital growth. The fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing in the equity securities of companies in the European real estate industry.

The Morgan Stanley European Property Fund uses a dynamic and proprietary pan-European evaluation process focusing on both top-down country and sector allocations, and bottom up assessments of underlying real estate values. The fund is managed by a team of experienced real estate experts solely dedicated to the European property market.

The European Property Fund is suitable for investors who wish to gain diversified investment exposure to the European property market.