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FUND OVERVIEW An overview of Capital Group Global Equity Fund (Canada) An overview of this fund's consistent results, low expenses and experienced managers, as well as Capital's global reach. Institutional Investor magazine once referred to Capital as "the granddaddy of global investing." |
Capital Group Funds (Canada)
- Summary
- Portfolio managers
- Distributions
Monthly Fund Data (PDF)
Quarterly Holdings (PDF)
Investment Objective
Long-term growth of capital through investments primarily in common stocks, including growth-oriented stocks, on a global basis. Future income is a secondary objective.
Fund Description
A focus on multinational companies
Invests in both developed and emerging markets.
Invests in both developed and emerging markets.
Returns
Growth of $10,000 since inception (Series F)
Returns include reinvestment of all distributions and do not reflect the effect of a sales charge. Past returns are not predictive of future returns.
| Returns (%) | Series F | Series F4 | |
| 1 month | -0.84 | -0.83 | |
| YTD | -22.36 | -22.36 | |
| 1 year* | -16.51 | -16.52 | |
| 3 years* | 8.57 | 8.57 | |
| 5 years* | 7.50 | — | |
| 10 years* | 13.04 | — | |
| Lifetime* | 9.11 | 8.41 | |
| Lifetime (cumulative) | 451.56 | 47.76 | |
| 2021 | 11.22 | 11.22 | |
| 2020 | 29.84 | 29.84 | |
| 2019 | 24.22 | 24.21 | |
| 2018 | -2.45 | -2.45 | |
| 2017 | 19.62 | — |
*Annualized compound returns.
Portfolio information
| Fund assets ($mil) combined series | $11,564.2 | |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | |
| Companies / issuers | 238 | |
| Income distributions paid | December | |
| Capital gains paid | December | |
| Return of capital paid1 | Monthly | |
| Portfolio turnover (2021) | 26% | |
| Trading expense ratio2 | 0.05% | |
| Weighted average market cap ($bil): | ||
| Portfolio | $189.3 | |
| Benchmark3 | $315.0 | |
| Top 10 holdings as a % of: | ||
| Portfolio | 19.3% | |
| Benchmark3 | 8.2% | |
Sector diversification
| Financials | 17.3% |
| Information technology | 14.3% |
| Health care | 13.3% |
| Consumer discretionary | 13.0% |
| Industrials | 12.5% |
| Energy | 9.0% |
| Materials | 4.8% |
| Communication services | 3.9% |
| Consumer staples | 3.3% |
| Real estate | 0.2% |
| Utilities | 0.1% |
| Cash and cash equivalents & other assets less liabilities |
8.3% |
| Total portfolio | 100.0% |
Portfolio characteristics
| Series F | Series F4 | |
| FundSERV | CIF 823 | CIF 8823 |
| MER4 | 0.81% | 0.82% |
| Fund inception | Nov 1, 2002 | Jul 31, 2017 |
| Minimum initial investment | $500 | $5,000 |
Portfolio managers
| Years with Capital / Years in profession | |
| Jeremy Burge | 20 / 40 |
| Leo Hee | 17 / 28 |
| Dawid Justus | 17 / 22 |
| Carl M. Kawaja | 30 / 35 |
| Emme Kozloff | 16 / 23 |
Top 10 holdings
| TSMC | 2.9% |
| Microsoft | 2.9% |
| UnitedHealth Group | 2.8% |
| Alphabet | 1.8% |
| Reliance Industries | 1.6% |
| Eli Lilly | 1.6% |
| Vale | 1.6% |
| Canadian Natural Resources | 1.4% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | 1.4% |
| Centene | 1.3% |
| Total top 10 holdings | 19.3% |
Quarterly holdings (PDF)
Geographic diversification
| United States | 42.1% | |
| Europe ex-UK | 18.9% | |
| Emerging Markets | 14.1% | |
| Canada | 7.0% | |
| Pacific Basin ex-Japan | 3.3% | |
| United Kingdom | 3.3% | |
| Japan | 2.9% | |
| Other | 0.1% | |
| Cash and cash equivalents & other assets less liabilities |
8.3% | |
| Total portfolio | 100.0% | |
| 1 | Payable on Series T4 and F4 only. |
| 2 | As of December 31, 2021. |
| 3 | MSCI All Country World Index. |
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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, 2021 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 Equity Fund (Canada) before waivers or absorptions for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2021: Series A, 1.91%; Series D, 1.15%; Series F, 0.81%; Series T4, 1.91%; Series F4, 0.82%; Series I, 0.05%.
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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. | |
Jeremy Burge
Years at Capital: 20
Years in profession: 40
Based in Toronto
Jeremy Burge is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group and is one of the portfolio managers of Capital Group Global Equity Fund (Canada). Earlier in his career at Capital as an equity investment analyst, he covered Canadian telecom and European professional publishers, North American & European asset management and exchanges and North American e-brokers and thrifts; he also covered Canadian equities as a generalist. Before joining Capital, he worked at the Toronto-Dominion Bank, serving as managing director of institutional equities and a telecommunications and media research analyst. He holds a bachelor's degree with honours in economics from the University of Nottingham. Jeremy is based in Toronto.
Leo Hee
Years at Capital: 17
Years in profession: 28
Based in Hong Kong
Leo Hee is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group and is one of the managers of Capital Group Global Equity Fund (Canada). Earlier in his career at Capital as an equity investment analyst, he covered Asian (excluding Australia and India) insurance, utilities and cyclicals. Prior to joining Capital, he was a research director and portfolio manager for Schroder Investment Management. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Leo is based in Hong Kong.
Dawid Justus
Years at Capital: 17
Years in profession: 22
Based in London
Dawid Justus is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group and is one of the portfolio managers of Capital Group Global Equity Fund (Canada). As an equity investment analyst he covers European travel software and also Africa as a generalist. Earlier in his career at Capital he covered European business services and small-capitalization and South African financial and industrial companies. Prior to joining Capital, he was an equity analyst with Putnam Investments. He also served as a consultant at Gemini Consulting and was a logistics-planning manager at Unilever South Africa. Dawid holds an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Dawid is based in London.
Carl M. Kawaja
Years at Capital: 30
Years in profession: 35
Based in San Francisco
Carl M. Kawaja is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group and has been managing Capital Group Global Equity Fund (Canada) since its inception in 2002. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, he covered global household products and U.S. personal care companies, along with Canadian companies. Before joining Capital, Carl was a security analyst for Gabelli & Company in New York, as well as an equity analyst for Lévesque Beaubien in Montreal. He holds a master's degree in finance from Columbia Business School and a bachelor's degree in history from Brown University graduating magna cum laude. Carl is based in San Francisco.
Emme Kozloff
Years at Capital: 16
Years in profession: 23
Based in Los Angeles
Emme Kozloff is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. As an equity investment analyst, she covers global capital market infrastructure providers. Earlier in her career at Capital, Emme covered U.S. & Europe asset managers and U.S. retail. Prior to joining Capital, she was a senior equity analyst for Sanford C. Bernstein covering the retail industry. Before that, she held several positions at The Walt Disney Company. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelors degree from Pomona College.
| 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. |
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