Fund Price: $12.53 (as at February 9, 2010)  1-day chg: $.03 0.24%  YTD: -7.12%

Returns as at January 31, 2010

  Fund Group Avg Index*
1 Month -5.19% -3.60% -1.10%
3 Months -1.39% 0.99% 6.73%
6 Months 11.12% 12.27% 16.08%
1 Year 31.05% 32.54% 39.38%
2 Year Avg -9.91% -13.19% -10.96%
3 Year Avg -17.98% -15.27% -14.93%
5 Year Avg -0.62% 1.70% -1.28%
10 Year Avg 6.67% 8.05% 6.85%
15 Year Avg - - -
20 Year Avg - - -
Since Inception 6.61% - -
 
2009 17.82% 22.56% 37.17%
2008 -28.03% -36.30% -44.63%
2007 -25.65% -16.96% -13.11%
 
3 year risk 27.06 24.66 25.18
3 year beta 0.78 0.81 1.00

*S&P/TSX Capped Real Estate Index

Growth of $10,000

This graph shows how a $10,000 investment in this fund would have changed in value compared with the S&P/TSX Capped Real Estate Index.

Risk Measures as at January 31, 2010

Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
Best (ending Jan 07): 43.16 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
Worst (ending Mar 09): -45.20 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: 27 High

Fund Objectives

The primary investment objective of the Real Estate Investment Pool is to provide an ongoing flow of current income and long-term capital appreciation primarily by investing throughout the world in a diversified portfolio of real estate investment trust units, equity securities and equity-related securities of those companies or entities in the real estate industry. Equity-related securities include convertible preferred shares, convertible debt obligations and warrants. Any change to the investment objectives must be approved by a majority of the votes cast by unitholders at a meeting called to consider the change.

Fund Facts

Fund Sponsor: United Financial Corporation
Managed by: CI Investments Inc.
Fund Type: MF Trust
Inception Date: May 1996
Asset Class: Real Estate Equity
Quartile Rank: 2 (3YR ending January 31, 2010)
Total Assets: $210.5 million
Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): 0.23%
Management Fee: 2.50%
Load Type: Optional
Globe 5-Star Rating:
RRSP Eligible:
Canadian
Min. Invest (initial):
$100,000
Subsequent:
$50
Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
$25,000
Subsequent RRSP:
$50
Closed:
No
Restricted:
Yes
Restriction:
(Min Initial Investment $100,000)
 
 

Asset Allocation December 31, 2009

Equity Sector Weightings December 31, 2009

Fund Geography December 31, 2009

Top Holdings as at December 31, 2009

Symbol Company Name Sector Geographic
Area
Asset
Type
% of
Total Assets
  Performance as at February 9, 2010
1 Year Performance (%)
- Sun Hung Kai Properties Limite Developers Hong Kong Stock 5.16   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
SPG-N Simon Property Group Investment Companies and Funds United States Stock 4.19   53.24 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
- Westfield Group Insurance Australia Stock 3.69   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
- Unibail-Rodamco Insurance France Stock 3.45   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
- Mitsubishi Estate Company Developers Japan Stock 3.32   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
- Mitsui Fudosan Company Property Mgmnt & Investment Japan Stock 2.74   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
PLD-N Prologis Investment Companies and Funds United States Stock 2.66   30.13 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
PSA-N Public Storage Investment Companies and Funds United States Stock 2.46   15.3 bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
- Stockland Developers Australia Stock 2.31   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
- Capitaland Ltd. Property Mgmnt & Investment Singapore Stock 2.22   - bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result) bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)

Portfolio Manager(s)

Martin Cohen

Cohen & Steers Capital Management

Start Date: May, 1996

Fund Return: 6.62%

Also manages:United Real Estate Invest CC-A

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Robert Steers

Cohen & Steers Capital Management

Start Date: May, 1996

Fund Return: 6.62%

Also manages:United Real Estate Invest CC-A

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Scott Crowe

Cohen & Steers Capital Management

Start Date: June, 2006

Fund Return: -6.00%

Also manages:United Real Estate Invest CC-A

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