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Capital Group Funds (Canada)
Global Balanced
Series F, F4
Portfolio data as of April 30, 2023 (updated monthly)
Investment Objective
Seeks the balanced accomplishment of three objectives: Long term growth of capital, conservation of principal, and current income through investments primarily in equity and debt securities issued by companies and governments around the world.
Fund Description
A truly global multi-asset portfolio
Emphasis on dividend-paying stocks and investment grade bonds from around the world.

Tax-efficient cash flow with growth potential

The monthly distribution series can help provide investors with a sustainable cash flow, tax efficiency and growth potential.

Returns
Growth of $10,000 since inception (Series F)
Returns include reinvestment of all distributions and do not reflect the effect of a sales charge. Past returns are not predictive of future returns.
Returns (%) Series F Series F4
1 month 1.56 1.56
YTD 3.78 3.78
1 year* 6.14 6.15
3 years* 5.07 5.08
5 years* 5.38 5.39
Lifetime* 6.46 6.46
Lifetime (cumulative) 61.51 61.60
2022 -7.88 -7.87
2021 10.55 10.55
2020 9.23 9.23
2019 13.32 13.32
2018 1.26 1.26
*Annualized compound returns.
Portfolio information
Fund assets ($mil) combined series $1,808.3
Portfolio yield1 2.8%
Companies / issuers   245
Income distributions paid   December
Capital gains paid   December
Return of capital paid2   Monthly
Portfolio turnover (2022)   54%
Trading expense ratio3   0.04%
Sector diversification
Equity 65.9%
Health care 13.1%
Consumer staples 10.8%
Information technology 10.7%
Industrials 8.4%
Financials 7.4%
Consumer discretionary 5.5%
Energy 3.8%
Materials 2.2%
Utilities 1.4%
Real estate 1.4%
Communication services 1.2%
Bonds 28.2%
Hard currency government4 18.0%
Corporate 4.1%
Local currency government 3.4%
Mortgage backed 2.2%
Inflation-linked 0.5%
Cash and cash equivalents
  & other assets less liabilities
5.9%
Total portfolio 100.0%
Portfolio characteristics
  Series F Series F4
FundSERV CIF 820 CIF 8820
MER5 0.80% 0.80%
Fund inception Aug 31, 2015 Aug 31, 2015
Minimum initial investment $500 $5,000
Portfolio managers
Years with Capital / Years in profession
Hilda L. Applbaum 28 / 36
Andrew A. Cormack 4 / 19
Paul Flynn 25 / 27
Thomas H. Høgh 32 / 36
Anirudh Samsi 18 / 27
Tomonori Tani 18 / 24
Top 10 holdings
United States government bond (USD) 12.2%
Philip Morris International (equity) 3.6%
AstraZeneca (equity) 3.3%
Nestlé (equity) 2.3%
Broadcom (equity) 2.3%
Microsoft (equity) 2.1%
TSMC (equity) 2.0%
Fannie Mae (USD) 1.9%
Pfizer (equity) 1.8%
UnitedHealth Group (equity) 1.8%
Total top 10 holdings 33.3%
Geographic diversification
  Equity Bonds Portfolio
United States 36.3% 16.9% 53.2%
Europe ex-UK 11.8% 4.0% 15.8%
United Kingdom 6.4% 0.7% 7.1%
Emerging Markets 3.5% 3.2% 6.7%
Canada 4.6% 0.6% 5.2%
Japan 2.4% 1.7% 4.1%
Pacific Basin ex-Japan 0.9% 0.7% 1.6%
Other 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
Cash and cash equivalents
  & other assets less liabilities
5.9%
Total portfolio 100.0%
Bond quality summary
% of Bonds
AAA/Aaa 10.1
AA/Aa 58.9
A 13.0
BBB/Baa 12.3
BB/Ba 3.3
B 0.0
CCC/Caa & below 0.1
Unrated 2.2
Investment grade 94.3
Below investment grade 3.4
1 Reflects a weighted yield that includes a dividend yield for equities and yield to worst for bonds.
2 Payable on Series T4 and F4 only.
3 As of December 31, 2022.
4 The hard currency government category includes government bonds denominated in USD, EUR, JPY, and GBP.
5
Capital Group, at its discretion, currently waives some of its management fees or absorbs some expenses of certain Capital Group funds. Such waivers and absorptions may be terminated at any time, but can be expected to continue for certain portfolios until such time as such funds are of sufficient size to reasonably absorb all management fees and expenses incurred in their operations.
The management expense ratios for the portfolios are based on audited total expenses for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2022, and are expressed as an annualized percentage of daily average net assets during the period. Actual MERs may vary. The following lists the management expense ratios for Capital Group Global Balanced Fund (Canada) before waivers or absorptions for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2022: Series A, 1.89%; Series F, 0.80%; Series T4, 1.91%; Series F4, 0.80%; Series I, 0.08%.
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Updated on a monthly basis.
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 returns including changes in unit value and reinvestment of all dividends and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any unitholder that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their value changes frequently and past performance may not be repeated.
Hilda L. Applbaum
Years at Capital: 28
Years in profession: 36
Based in San Francisco
Hilda L. Applbaum is a portfolio manager at Capital Group. Earlier in her career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, Hilda covered global convertible securities. Before joining Capital, she was a principal investment officer and director of research for the California Public Employees Retirement System, and a research analyst and economist at Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corp. in New York. Hilda holds a master's degree in economics from New York University and a bachelor's degree in economics from Barnard College of Columbia University graduating magna cum laude. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Andrew A. Cormack
Years at Capital: 4
Years in profession: 19
Based in London
Andrew A. Cormack is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. Prior to joining Capital, Andrew worked as a portfolio manager at Western Asset Management. He holds a first-class honours degree in actuarial science from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate.
Paul Flynn
Years at Capital: 25
Years in profession: 27
Based in Hong Kong
Paul Flynn is a portfolio manager at Capital Group. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, Paul covered the global auto industry, as well as European business services and beverage companies. Prior to joining Capital, Paul was a consultant with Bain and Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Thomas H. Høgh
Years at Capital: 32
Years in profession: 36
Based in London
Thomas H. Høgh is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. Earlier in his career, as a fixed income investment analyst at Capital, Thomas covered Yankee bonds, as well as various non-U.S. bond markets. Prior to joining Capital, Thomas held a number of positions at Privatbanken (now Nordea). He holds an MBA in finance, international business and management from Columbia Business School. He also holds a master's degree in international economics and a bachelor's degree in economics, both from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Anirudh Samsi
Years at Capital: 18
Years in profession: 27
Based in San Francisco
Anirudh Samsi is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, he was an equity investment analyst covering U.S. money centres, investment banks and global IT services, the U.S. insurance industry, as well as asset managers. Prior to joining Capital, Anirudh was an investment analyst for Franklin Templeton Investments. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Mumbai. He also holds the Chartered Accountant® and Chartered Financial Analyst® designations.
Tomonori Tani
Years at Capital: 18
Years in profession: 24
Based in San Francisco
Tomonori Tani is a portfolio manager at Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, he was an equity investment analyst covering Asian (excluding Australia and India) banks and financials. Prior to joining Capital, he was an analyst and team leader for the Japanese financial sector with Fidelity Investments Japan and a portfolio manager of Fidelity Select Financial Service Fund. Before that, he was engaged in macroeconomic research with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Japan and the Profit Research Center Ltd. He holds a bachelor's degree in international economics from the Faculty of Comparative Culture at Sophia University.
Capital Group funds and Capital International Asset Management (Canada), Inc., are part of Capital Group, a global investment management firm originating in Los Angeles, California in 1931. Capital Group manages equity assets through three investment groups. These groups make investment and proxy voting decisions independently. Fixed-income investment professionals provide fixed-income research and investment management across the Capital organization; however, for securities with equity characteristics, they act solely on behalf of one of the three equity investment groups.
Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.
Distributions
    Series F Series F4
2023 YTD Income
  Capital gains
  Return of capital $0.180
  Total $0.180
2022 Income $0.433 $0.317
  Capital gains
  Return of capital $0.503
  Total $0.433 $0.820
2021 Income $0.059 $0.046
  Capital gains
  Return of capital $0.468
  Total $0.059 $0.514
2020 Income $0.108 $0.086
  Capital gains
  Return of capital $0.456
  Total $0.108 $0.542
2019 Income $0.209 $0.180
  Capital gains
  Return of capital $0.420
  Total $0.209 $0.600
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