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Fund Price: $12.55 (as at July 29, 2010)  1-day chg: $.0294 0.23%  YTD: 3.79%

Returns as at June 30, 2010

  Fund Group Avg Index*
1 Month 1.92% 1.47% 1.47%
3 Months 2.73% 2.30% 2.25%
6 Months 3.83% 3.61% 3.55%
1 Year 5.85% 6.61% 6.53%
2 Year Avg 5.93% 5.67% 5.63%
3 Year Avg 6.05% 5.29% 5.31%
4 Year Avg 5.45% 4.79% 4.88%
5 Year Avg 4.06% 3.49% 3.60%
10 Year Avg 5.66% 4.95% 4.94%
15 Year Avg 6.24% 5.76% 5.60%
20 Year Avg - 6.99% 6.83%
Since Inception 6.92% - -
 
2009 4.09% 6.18% 6.22%
2008 5.88% 3.01% 2.86%
2007 3.06% 1.79% 1.98%
 
3 year risk 3.58 3.63 3.28
3 year beta 1.02 1.02 1.00

*Globe Canadian Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income Peer Index.

Risk Measures as at June 30, 2010

Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
Best (ending Jan 96): 20.21 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Worst (ending Jan 95): -7.77 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 Globefund.com)
Low VOLATILITY METER: 4 High

Fund Objectives

The investment objective of the Fund is to invest for high long-term returns from both capital and income returns from bonds and debentures of Canadian government and corporate issuers.

Fund Facts

Fund Sponsor: Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
Managed by: Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
Fund Type: MF Trust
Inception Date: June 1991
Asset Class: Canadian Fixed Income
Quartile Rank: 1 (3YR ending June 30, 2010)
Total Assets: $77.3 million
Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): 0.96%
Management Fee: 0.78%
Load Type: No Load
Globe 5-Star Rating:
RRSP Eligible:
Canadian
Min. Invest (initial):
$5,000
Subsequent:
$0
Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
$5,000
Subsequent RRSP:
$0
Closed:
No
Restricted:
No
Restriction:
 
 

Asset Allocation June 30, 2010

Bond Type June 30, 2010

Bond Term June 30, 2010

Top Holdings as at June 30, 2010

Symbol Company Name Sector Geographic
Area
Asset
Type
% of
Total Assets
  Performance as at July 29, 2010
1 Year Performance (%)
  Province of Quebec, 4.50%, DEC/01/19 Bond 6.54   3.64 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Gov't of Canada, 5.75%, JUN/01/29 Bond 5.28   4.83 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Province of Ontario, 6.50%, MAR/08/29 Bond 4.99   4.33 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Gov't of Canada, 4.00%, JUN/01/17 Bond 4.36   2.49 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Canada Housing Trust, 4.10%, DEC/15/18 Bond 4.29   3.31 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Province of Quebec, 4.50%, DEC/01/16 Bond 4.24   2.81 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Canada Housing Trust, 2.95%, MAR/15/15 Bond 4.14   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Province of British Columbia, 5.30%, JUN/18/14 Bond 3.92   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  Canada Housing Trust, 4.55%, DEC/15/12 Bond 3.48   -0.61 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
  TD Bank, 5.83%, JUL/09/23 Bond 3.05   4.11 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)

Distribution Report (18 months up to July 29, 2010)

Frequency of Income Distributions: Monthly

Frequency of Capital Gain Distributions: Annually

Date Income Dividend Capital Gain Total (Current Period) Trailing 12-Months Total Reinvestment Price
Jun 30, 2010 0.0345 0.0345 0.4158 12.552
May 31, 2010 0.0369 0.0369 0.4207 12.350
Apr 30, 2010 0.0346 0.0346 0.4200 12.265
Mar 31, 2010 0.0357 0.0357 0.4232 12.323
Feb 26, 2010 0.0278 0.0278 0.4272 12.477
Jan 29, 2010 0.0493 0.0493 0.4354 12.492
Dec 21, 2009 0.0162 0.0162 0.4461 12.333
Nov 30, 2009 0.0311 0.0311 0.4528 12.512
Oct 30, 2009 0.0334 0.0334 0.4567 12.406
Sep 30, 2009 0.0371 0.0371 0.4625 12.458
Aug 31, 2009 0.0392 0.0392 0.4664 12.384
Jul 31, 2009 0.0400 0.0400 0.4645 12.301
Jun 30, 2009 0.0394 0.0394 0.4645 12.262
May 29, 2009 0.0363 0.0363 0.4649 12.154
Apr 30, 2009 0.0378 0.0378 0.4670 12.264
Mar 31, 2009 0.0397 0.0397 0.4674 12.293
Feb 27, 2009 0.0360 0.0360 0.4673 12.130
Jan 30, 2009 0.0600 0.0600 0.4688 12.079

Portfolio Manager(s)

Michael Crofts, CFA, B.Math. (Honours)

Mawer Investment Management Ltd.

Start Date: June, 2004

Fund Return: 5.01%

Michael is a Director and Portfolio Manager at Mawer Investment Management Ltd., which he joined in 2003. He is the manager of the Mawer Canadian Money Market Fund, the Mawer Canadian Bond Fund and the Mawer Canadian Bond Institutional Pooled Fund. He is also a member of the asset allocation team. Michael specializes in the research and management of Canadian fixed income securities. His primary responsibility at Mawer is the management of the Firm's fixed income mandates. Michael is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder. He received his Bachelor of Mathematics with Honours in Actuarial Science Major - Statistics Minor from the University of Waterloo. Michael has investment experience since 1997 and was previously a Consultant with T.E. Financial Consultants Ltd. in their Calgary and Toronto offices. Michael is a member of the CFA Institute and the Calgary CFA Society.

Also manages:Manulife Mawer Canadian Bond Fund, Mawer Canadian Money Market

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