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Fund Facts
as at June 30, 2010
| Fund Codes | Class A | Corporate Class |
| ISC | CIG677 | CIG150 |
| DSC | CIG777 | CIG151 |
| LSC | CIG1777 | CIG1151 |
| Managed By: | CI Investments Inc. |
| Advisors: | Signature Global Advisors |
| Assets Under Management: | $3,082.8 million |
| Portfolio Manager: | Eric Bushell |
| Asset Class: | Canadian Equity |
| Inception Date: | May 1998 |
| NAV: | $16.10 |
| Min. Initial Investment: | $500 |
| Subsequent Purchase(s): | $50 |
| Min. PAC Investment: | $50 |
| Management Expense Ratio: | 2.31% |
Top Holdings
as at June 30, 2010
| TD Bank | 5.13% |
| Suncor Energy | 3.51% |
| Canadian Natural Resources | 3.21% |
| Barrick Gold Corp. | 3.13% |
| Talisman Energy | 2.70% |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 2.37% |
| BCE Inc. | 2.22% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.79% |
| Bank of America | 1.75% |
| TELUS Corp. | 1.67% |
| Total | 27.48% |
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(Class A)
Signature Select Canadian FundAlso available: Class F & I
Objective
This fund's objective is to seek capital appreciation over the long-term coupled with dividend income. It invests primarily in common shares and convertible securities of Canadian companies and preferred shares that pay regular income. The fund's investments are diversified across industry sectors. Any change to the investment objective must be approved by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of unitholders held for that reason.
Compound Returns and Quartile Rankings
as at June 30, 2010
This table shows the historical annual compound total return of the fund compared with the Globefund Group Average and Globefund's benchmark S&P/TSX Total Return. The returns listed below are percentages.
| YTD | 1Mo | 3Mo | 1Yr | 3Yr | 5Yr | 10Yr | Since Inception* | |
| Qrtl | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | {N/A} |
| Return | -6.4 | -3.71 | -8.0 | 7.62 | -4.98 | 4.97 | 7.97 | 9.77 |
| Grp Avg | -5.46 | -3.9 | -7.72 | 6.66 | -7.54 | 1.29 | 3.22 | {N/A} |
| Ind Ret | -2.55 | -3.71 | -5.51 | 11.95 | -3.88 | 5.45 | 3.27 | {N/A} |
Performance Data
This chart shows you the fundīs annual performance and how an investment would have changed over time.
Current Value of a $10,000 Investment
Asset Class as at June 30, 2010
Equity Sectors as at June 30, 2010
Geographic Composition as at June 30, 2010
Fund Advisor Profile
Signature Global Advisors of Toronto, a division of CI Investments Inc., manages more than $23 billion in assets across all asset classes, including fixed income and Canadian and global equities. Signature's advantage is its approach in which portfolio managers and analysts specializing in each asset class and sector combine their research to develop a comprehensive picture of a company and its securities. The team is led by Chief Investment Officer Eric Bushell.Commentary
As at June 30, 2010
As we have noted previously, the current economic recovery is being characterized by a continued tug of war between the forces of growth on one side and fiscal restraint on the other. The pro-growth side has gained ground in recent quarters with equity market gains, but was dragged through the mud in the second quarter of 2010 as investors fled equities for the safety of government bonds.
In our equity portfolios, we made few major sectoral changes, but took advantage of market declines in May to deploy most of the cash positions we had raised in the first quarter. Unfortunately, the markets fell further in June, and we underperformed the benchmark for the quarter. Financials were down with investor anxiety, and our U.S. financials such as Bank of America were negatively impacted by the fiscal reform measures that are expected to affect earnings for the sector. Our materials positions underperformed, mainly because of our considerable underweight position in the strongly performing gold sector. We believe the price of gold is poised to fall
as confidence returns to the capital markets.
REITs, income trusts and other high-yielding equities sold off in line with broader indexes during the second quarter. We do not, however, expect this to be the start of a downtrend in these markets. Inflation is likely to stay low for the time-being, allowing central banks the freedom to keep interest rates low.
The high-yield bond market generated positive returns two of the three months in the quarter, only giving up ground in May when the sovereign debt crisis in Greece was at its peak. As a result, with a 4.74% return year-to-date, high-yield bonds have outperformed all other major asset classes save U.S. Treasuries.
Source: CTVglobemedia Publishing Inc.
Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. The indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total including changes in unit value and reinvestment of all distributions and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.