Sceptre Balanced Pooled
Fund Price: $106.56 (as at July 29, 2010) 1-day chg: $.1093 0.10% YTD: 0.09%
Returns as at June 30, 2010
| Fund | Group Avg | Index* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month | -1.79% | -1.27% | -2.11% |
| 3 Months | -4.04% | -3.44% | -4.80% |
| 6 Months | -2.69% | -1.54% | -2.75% |
| 1 Year | 6.30% | 7.70% | 7.60% |
| 2 Year Avg | -4.71% | -1.12% | -3.30% |
| 3 Year Avg | -3.36% | -1.09% | -2.94% |
| 4 Year Avg | 1.02% | 2.45% | 0.47% |
| 5 Year Avg | 3.06% | 3.35% | 1.92% |
| 10 Year Avg | 4.00% | 4.83% | 3.53% |
| 15 Year Avg | 6.94% | 7.62% | 5.99% |
| 20 Year Avg | 8.01% | 7.90% | - |
| Since Inception | 9.47% | - | - |
| 2009 | 17.37% | 17.98% | 21.17% |
| 2008 | -20.94% | -15.61% | -20.54% |
| 2007 | 3.20% | 1.68% | 0.70% |
| 3 year risk | 11.32 | 9.99 | 11.70 |
| 3 year beta | 0.95 | 0.80 | 1.00 |
*Globe Canadian Eqt Balanced Peer Index
Growth of $10,000
Risk Measures as at June 30, 2010
Best/Worst 12 months (since inception)
| Best (ending Jul 97): | 33.20 |  |  |
| Worst (ending Feb 09): | -24.60 |  | |
Volatility meter (Based on 3 year standard deviation from Globefund.com)
Low
High Fund Objectives
The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve, over the longer term, the highest possible return, consistent with two fundamental, conservative investment philosophies using a balanced and diversified portfolio of securities.
Fund Facts
| Fund Sponsor: | Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd |
| Managed by: | Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd |
| Fund Type: | Pooled |
| Inception Date: | August 1984 |
| Asset Class: | Canadian Neutral Balanced |
| Quartile Rank: | 4 (3YR ending June 30, 2010) |
| Total Assets: | $1,110.6 million |
| Mgmt Exp. Ratio (MER): | - |
| Management Fee: | 1.00% |
| Load Type: | No Load |
- Globe 5-Star Rating:
- RRSP Eligible:
- Canadian
- Min. Invest (initial):
- $250,000
- Subsequent:
- -
- Min. Invest (initial RRSP):
- -
- Subsequent RRSP:
- -
- Closed:
- No
- Restricted:
- Yes
- Restriction:
- (Min Initial Investment $250,000)
Asset Allocation April 30, 2010
Equity Sector Weightings April 30, 2010
Bond Type April 30, 2010
Top Holdings as at April 30, 2010
| Symbol | Company Name | Sector | Geographic Area | Asset Type | % of Total Assets | Performance as at July 29, 2010 1 Year Performance (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUND | Other | 25.27 | - | | | ||||
| Sceptre Money Market Pooled | Fund | 6.53 | | | |||||
| Sceptre Small Cap Pooled | Fund | 4.45 | | | |||||
| Canada Housing Trust, 3.95%, DEC/15/11 | Bond | 3.66 | -1.58 | | | ||||
| RY-T | Royal Bank of Canada | Banks | Canada | Stock | 2.75 | 6.02 | | | |
| BNS-T | Bank of Nova Scotia | Banks | Canada | Stock | 1.85 | 15.02 | | | |
| SU-T | Suncor Energy | Integrated Oils | Canada | Stock | 1.6 | 1.77 | | | |
| TD-T | TD Bank | Banks | Canada | Stock | 1.52 | 20.26 | | | |
| Province of Quebec, 6.00%, OCT/01/12 | Bond | 1.49 | -1.95 | | | ||||
| CNR-T | Canadian National Railway | Transportation | Canada | Stock | 1.47 | 29.55 | | | |
Portfolio Manager(s)
Sceptre Invest. Counsel - Mgmt. Team
Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd
Start Date: August, 1984
Fund Return: 9.47%
Sceptre Investment Counsel is a leading Canadian independent investment management firm. The Company's Pension and Institutional Fund group manages investment portfolios for a wide range of clients, including corporations, governments, hospitals, charitable foundations, endowments, universities and unions. Through its Private Asset Management group, Sceptre provides discretionary funds and segregated account management for high net-worth individuals. Sceptre offers other retail investors a family of eight mutual funds. Sceptre has offices in Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal and Vancouver. Sceptre's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SZ.
Also manages:Astra Canadian Small Cap Equity, Astra Celestia Aggressive, Astra Celestia Balanced, Astra Celestia Conservative, Astra Celestia Growth, GRS Balanced Fund (Sceptre), GRS Equity Fund (Sceptre), ROI Canadian Top 20 Picks A, ROI Sceptre Retirement Growth Sr C7, Sceptre Bond Pooled, Sceptre Bond-A, Sceptre Canadian Equity Pooled, Sceptre Canadian Equity-A, Sceptre EFT Pooled, Sceptre Equity Growth-A, Sceptre Equity Pooled, Sceptre Foreign Equity Pooled, Sceptre Global Equity-A, Sceptre High Income-A, Sceptre Income & Growth-A, Sceptre Money Market-A
