February 2, 2024
TORONTO (February 2, 2024) – CI Global Asset Management (“CI GAM”) announces it has received 35 FundGrade A+® Awards for 2023. The winning CI GAM funds include eight mutual funds, six exchange-traded funds and 21 segregated funds.
The FundGrade A+® Awards are presented annually by Fundata Canada Inc. to highlight Canadian investment funds that have demonstrated consistent, outstanding risk-adjusted performance throughout an entire calendar year. With a total of 35 awards, CI GAM was recognized with more awards than any other fund company.
“I congratulate our investment professionals on this achievement and their success in delivering consistent, strong performance to our clients,” said said Marc-André Lewis, Chief Investment Officer and Co-Head of CI GAM. “These awards, which cover multiple asset classes and mandates, reflect the deep capabilities of the global, institutional-grade investment platform we have built at CI GAM.”
The FundGrade A+® Awards add to other recent industry recognition of CI GAM’s investment excellence. CI GAM was the recipient of 19 LSEG Lipper Fund Awards for 2023, representing the most individual awards for any fund company in the Canadian industry.
CI GAM’s FundGrade A+® award-winning mutual funds and ETFs are:
Mutual Funds | CIFSC Category (1) |
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CI Floating Rate Income Fund | Floating Rate Loan |
CI Global Asset Allocation Private Pool | Global Neutral Balanced |
CI Global Core Plus Bond Fund | Canadian Fixed Income |
CI Global Energy Corporate Class | Energy Equity |
CI Global High Yield Credit Private Pool | High Yield Fixed Income |
CI Global Income & Growth Fund | Global Neutral Balanced |
CI Global Infrastructure Private Pool | Global Infrastructure Equity |
CI Global Unconstrained Bond Private Pool | Multi-Sector Fixed Income |
ETFs | |
CI Canadian Convertible Bond ETF (TSX: CXF) | Canadian Corporate Fixed Income |
CI Canadian REIT ETF (TSX: RIT) | Real Estate Equity |
CI Morningstar US Momentum Index ETF (TSX: YXM) | U.S. Small/Mid Cap Equity |
CI WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index ETF (TSX: EMV.B) | Emerging Markets Equity |
CI WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index ETF (TSX: DGR.B) | U.S. Equity |
CI Yield Enhanced Canada Aggregate Bond Index ETF (TSX: CAGG) | Canadian Fixed Income |
The awards were announced last night by Fundata Canada. For more information on the FundGrade A+® Awards, please visit its website.
CI Global Asset Management is one of Canada’s largest investment management companies. It offers a wide range of investment products and services and is on the Web at www.ci.com. CI Global Asset Management is a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX), an integrated global asset and wealth management company with approximately $444.8 billion in assets as of December 31, 2023.
FundGrade A+® is used with permission from Fundata Canada Inc., all rights reserved. The annual FundGrade A+® Awards are presented by Fundata Canada Inc. to recognize the “best of the best” among Canadian investment funds. The FundGrade A+® calculation is supplemental to the monthly FundGrade ratings and is calculated at the end of each calendar year. The FundGrade rating system evaluates funds based on their risk-adjusted performance, measured by Sharpe Ratio, Sortino Ratio, and Information Ratio. The score for each ratio is calculated individually, covering all time periods from 2 to 10 years. The scores are then weighted equally in calculating a monthly FundGrade. The top 10% of funds earn an A Grade; the next 20% of funds earn a B Grade; the next 40% of funds earn a C Grade; the next 20% of funds receive a D Grade; and the lowest 10% of funds receive an E Grade. To be eligible, a fund must have received a FundGrade rating every month in the previous year. The FundGrade A+® uses a GPA-style calculation, where each monthly FundGrade from “A” to “E” receives a score from 4 to 0, respectively. A fund’s average score for the year determines its GPA. Any fund with a GPA of 3.5 or greater is awarded a FundGrade A+® Award. For more information, see www.FundGradeAwards.com. Although Fundata makes every effort to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained herein, the accuracy is not guaranteed by Fundata.
List of winning funds
Fund Name | CIFSC Category (1) | Fund Count (2) | FundGrade Start Date (3) |
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CI Floating Rate Income Fund | Floating Rate Loan | 47 | 2018-01-31 |
CI Global Asset Allocation Private Pool | Global Neutral Balanced | 888 | 2019-01-31 |
CI Global Core Plus Bond Fund | Canadian Fixed Income | 311 | 2016-01-31 |
CI Global Energy Corporate Class | Energy Equity | 34 | 2014-01-31 |
CI Global High Yield Credit Private Pool | High Yield Fixed Income | 161 | 2019-01-31 |
CI Global Income & Growth Fund | Global Neutral Balanced | 888 | 2014-01-31 |
CI Global Infrastructure Private Pool | Global Infrastructure Equity | 65 | 2021-01-31 |
CI Global Unconstrained Bond Private Pool | Multi-Sector Fixed Income | 139 | 2019-01-31 |
CI Canadian Convertible Bond ETF (TSX: CXF) | Canadian Corporate Fixed Income | 57 | 2014-01-31 |
CI Canadian REIT ETF (TSX: RIT) | Real Estate Equity | 68 | 2014-01-31 |
CI Morningstar US Momentum Index ETF (TSX: YXM) | U.S. Small/Mid Cap Equity | 153 | 2014-01-31 |
CI WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index ETF (TSX: EMV.B) | Emerging Markets Equity | 146 | 2018-01-31 |
CI WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index ETF (TSX: DGR.B) | U.S. Equity | 794 | 2017-01-31 |
CI Yield Enhanced Canada Aggregate Bond Index ETF (TSX: CAGG) | Canadian Fixed Income | 311 | 2018-01-31 |
Performance for CI Floating Rate Income Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 9.5%; 3 years, 5.6%; 5 years, 5.3; and since inception, 4.3% (2017-06-01).
Performance for CI Global Asset Allocation Private Pool Series F for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 9.7%; 3 years, 3.9%; five years, 7.3%; and since inception, 6.5% (2018-10-29).
Performance for CI Global Core Plus Bond Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 7.4%; 3 years, -2.1%; 5 years, 2.2%; and since inception, 1.7% (2015-12-21).
Performance for CI Global Energy Corporate Class Series F for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 0.2%; 3 years, 33.9%; 5 years, 15.1%; and 10 years, 3.7%.
Performance for CI Global High Yield Credit Private Pool Series F for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 13.4%; 3 years, 3.0%; 5 years, 4.8%; and since inception, 4.3% (2018-10-29).
Performance for CI Global Income & Growth Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 10.1%; 3 years, 3.7%; 5 years, 7.5%; and 10 years, 7.3%.
Performance for CI Global Infrastructure Private Pool Series F for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 6.3%; 3 years, 7.9%; and since inception, 9.0% (2020-05-21).
Performance for CI Global Unconstrained Bond Private Pool Series F for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 8.5%; 3 years, 2.2%; five years, 3.6%; and since inception, 3.5% (2018-10-29).
Performance for CI Canadian Convertible Bond ETF (TSX: CXF) for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 4.4%; 3 years, 3.2%; 5 years, 6.0%; and 10 years, 5.3%.
Performance for CI Canadian REIT ETF (TSX: RIT) for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 5.1%; 3 years, 3.9%; 5 years, 5.1%; and 10 years, 7.9%.
Performance for CI Morningstar US Momentum Index ETF (TSX: YXM) for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 19.7%; 3 years, 10.4%; 5 years, 13.6%; and 10 years, 7.2%.
Performance for CI WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index ETF (TSX: EMV.B) for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 15.8%; 3 years, 3.1%; 5 years, 5.1%; and since inception, 4.5 (2017-09-19).
Performance for CI WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index ETF (TSX: DGR.B) for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 15.7%; 3 years, 13.8%; 5 years, 15.0%; and since inception, 13.5% (2016-07-12).
Performance for CI Yield Enhanced Aggregate Bond Index ETF (TSX: CAGG) for the period ended December 31, 2023 is as follows: 1 year, 7.6%; 3 years, -2.8%; 5 years, 1.6%; and since inception, 1.2% (2017-06-22).
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The LSEG Lipper Fund Awards, granted annually, highlight funds and fund companies that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers. The LSEG Lipper Fund Awards are based on the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return rating, which is a risk-adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 months. The fund with the highest Lipper Leader for Consistent Return (Effective Return) value in each eligible classification wins the LSEG Lipper Fund Award. For more information, see lipperfundawards.com. Although LSEG makes reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained herein, the accuracy is not guaranteed by LSEG Lipper.
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