DFS BlackRock® U.S.
Equity Index Hedged (Registered Only) Fund
Fund Category
US Equity
General Information Performance Analysis as of April 30, 2025
Fund Code 221/621/821 Description 35 Growth of $10,000
Fund Inception March 1997
30 Fund
Underlying Inception January 2017
25 Benchmark
Fund Assets ($Mil) 60.59
Underlying Assets ($Mil) 164.68 20
15
10
Fund Company BlackRock, Inc.
5
Underlying Fund Blackrock Cdn/US Eq
IndDaily H-Non Tax
) & & ) & ( & ) * ) & Quartile
Volatility Analysis
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 YTD Calendar Year
Investment as at April 30, 2025
Low
Description Moderate High 0.9 11.2 21.1 -5.7 29.9 15.7 28.0 -19.4 24.7 23.6 -5.6 Fund Return %
Category 0.9 11.4 21.1 -5.3 30.1 17.2 28.4 -18.8 25.0 23.8 -5.4 Benchmark %
Investment Objective
Annualized Returns % 1 Mth 3 Mth 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
This Fund aims to reproduce the annualized return of the
Fund -0.9 -8.0 10.2 15.7 10.5 7.7 14.2 11.0
S&P 500 Index, daily hedged against U.S. currency
Benchmark -0.8 -7.9 10.6 16.0 10.9 8.1 14.7 11.4
fluctuations in relation to the Canadian dollar, over four
year moving periods. Underlying Fund Performance
Disclosure The above data represents past performance returns, which is not indicative of future results. These are gross performance
Benchmark returns, calculated after the fund's operating expenses, but before investment fees. For more information, please contact Desjardins
S&P 500 Daily Hedged Insurance's Customer Contact Centre at 1-800-968-3587.
Investment Strategy Portfolio Analysis as of April 30, 2025
This fund, passively managed, aims to provide a return Composition % Assets Description
Equity Style Market Cap %
derived primarily from capital appreciation by investing Cash 0.6 Giant 46.4
Large Mid
in a broadly diversified portfolio of American equity Fixed Income 0.0
Large 34.5
securities and derivative products. The manager seeks to Canadian Equity 0.0
Medium 18.3
reproduce the performance of the S&P 500 Index through US Equity 98.9
Small 0.9
International Equity 0.5
Small
investments in a large number of U.S. equities, while
eliminating the effects of movements in the value of Other 0.0 Micro 0.0
currencies through the use of currency contracts. Value Blend Growth
Notes Top 10 Holdings % Assets Top Five Countries % Assets
BlackRock, Inc. has managed this fund since January 31, Apple Inc 6.5 United States 99.5
2017. Between October 2014 and January 2017, the fund Microsoft Corp 6.0 Switzerland 0.3
was managed by State Street Global Advisors. Between NVIDIA Corp 5.4 Netherlands 0.1
March 1997 and October 2014, the fund was managed by [Link] Inc 3.5 Ireland 0.0
Fiera Capital Corporation. Meta Platforms Inc Class A 2.4 Singapore 0.0
The benchmark was last changed on February 1, 2017. Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B 2.0
Alphabet Inc Class A 1.9 Global Equity Sectors % Equity
Broadcom Inc 1.8 Utilities 2.5
BlackRock® is a registered trademark of BlackRock, Inc. Tesla Inc 1.6 Energy 3.7
Used under license. Alphabet Inc Class C 1.5 Financials 14.7
Total Number of Portfolio Holdings 4 Materials 2.0
Total Number of Underlying Holdings 513 Consumer Discretionary 10.3
Total Number of Stock Holdings 503 Consumer Staples 6.0
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 Communication Services 9.2
Industrials 8.5
Health Care 11.2
Information Technology 29.6
Real Estate 2.3
Unclassified 0.0
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