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Fund Details

Guardian i³ Global Quality Growth Fund I

GCG 459

Asset Class

Global Equity

Fund Total AUM on 12/11/2025

CAD $55,481,249

Daily Price

CAD $16.73

Inception Date 1

12/31/2002 §

MER 2

0.21%

Distributions

Income – Annual

Capital Gains – Annual

Minimum Investment

$500

Risk Classification 3

Low Medium High

Documents

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Performance

Calendar Year Performance as of 9/30/2025

YTD-2025

9.44

2024

39.84

2023

27.32

2022

-25.59

2021

19.19

2020

23.45

2019

12.76

2018

-7.35

2017

18.58

2016

5.57

Annual Compound Performance as of 9/30/2025 4

† S.I. (Since Inception) is the performance since Inception Date

Growth of $10,000 5


Investment Objectives

The primary objective of the Fund is the achievement of long-term growth of capital primarily through the investment in a portfolio of equity or equity-related securities of issuers with business operations located throughout the world.


Investment Strategy

We employ a system-driven bottom-up research approach to assess relative value and capital growth potential within a broad stock-selection universe. We use a quantitative approach to analyze multiple fundamental factors and incorporate financial data and other information sources relevant to the issuer, including rates of change of fundamental factors. The Fund maintains a mid-large capitalization bias and is broadly diversified by issuer, sector and geographic region, seeking to isolate stock selection as the primary source of alpha.


Risk Considerations

The risks associated with investing in the Fund remain as discussed in the prospectus. The Fund may be suitable for investors with a moderate tolerance for risk, particularly those who seek exposure to equity securities of issuers with business operations around the world.


Top Holdings as of 11/30/2025

Holdings
% Asset Mix
NVIDIA Corporation
7.93%
Alphabet Inc., Class C
7.84%
Broadcom Inc.
7.35%
Amazon.com Inc.
6.17%
Microsoft Corporation
5.60%
Intuitive Surgical Inc.
4.29%
Costco Wholesale Corporation
4.20%
Apple Inc.
3.85%
Schneider Electric SE
3.41%
ARM Holdings PLC
3.00%

Top holdings represent 53.64% of the fund.


Asset Mix


Morningstar® ESG Risk Rating™

Average

Relative to Category:

Global Equity Large Cap

# of Funds in Category:

8,450

Morningstar®
Low Carbon Designation™

As of 2025-08-31

Source: Morningstar® Essentials™. The ESG Risk Rating is based on the Portfolio Corporate and Sovereign ESG Risk Scores listed below, while the Low Carbon Designation is based on the Carbon Risk Score and Fossil Fuel Involvement listed below. Please click here to read the Definitions of the Morningstar® Ratings, Scores and their methodologies below, which includes information about when a rating may not be received.


Responsible investing for a sustainable world

Guardian Capital LP is a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The UN PRI does not prescribe the exclusion of any particular type of company or industry; rather it requires that, as the Manager, we are informed on the ESG issues, and that we are comfortable with the activities and practices of the companies that we invest in. Guardian Capital’s approach to responsible investing is consistent with the framework provided by the UN PRI. Our Responsible Investing policies are publicly available on our website.

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Morningstar® Portfolio ESG Risk Score™

This score between 0-100, measures the degree to which the underlying portfolio of companies are exposed to material ESG factors that can negatively impact economic value. A lower score represents a lower degree of ESG risk.

Fund
Category Average
Portfolio Corporate ESG Risk Score™
19.82
20.00
Portfolio Sovereign ESG Risk Score™
13.94

Source: Morningstar® Essentials™ based on long positions only as at 2025-08-31. Sustainalytics provides company level analysis used in the calculation of Morningstar’s ESG Risk Score. The proportional relative contribution to the overall Morningstar ESG Risk Rating from the Fund’s Corporate and Sovereign positions is 42.00% and 0.00%, respectively. These scores are based on the percent of Eligible Portfolio Covered, which is 100.00% of Corporate positions and is 0.00% of Sovereign positions. For a description of the Morningstar Portfolio ESG Risk Scores, please see the disclaimer below by clicking here.


Morningstar® ESG Risk Pillar Scores vs. Category Average

Source: Morningstar® Essentials™ based on long positions only as at 2025-08-31. Sustainalytics provides company level analysis used in the calculation of Morningstar’s ESG Risk Score. The proportional relative contribution to the overall Corporate ESG Risk Score from the Fund’s ESG allocation is 25.82% Environmental, 44.09% Social, 30.09% Governance and 0.00% Unallocated Risk, respectively. For a description of the Morningstar ESG Risk Pillar Scores, please see the disclaimer below by clicking here.


Morningstar® Carbon Risk Metrics vs. Category Average

Source: Morningstar® Essentials™ based on long positions only as at 2025-08-31. These scores are based on the percent of Eligible Portfolio Covered, which is 100.00% for Carbon Risk and is 100.00% for Fossil Fuel Involvement. For a description of the Morningstar Portfolio Carbon Risk Scores and Fossil Fuel Involvement, please see the disclaimer below by clicking here.


Fund’s Distribution of Carbon Risk (%)

Source: Morningstar® Essentials™ based on long positions only as at 2025-08-31. Sustainalytics provides company level analysis used in the calculation of Morningstar’s ESG Risk Score. *Percentages represent the contribution to overall Carbon Risk Score. For a description of the Fund’s Distribution of Carbon Risk, please see the disclaimer below by clicking here.


Investment Team

Yvonne Jin

Yvonne Jin, CFA, FRM, MMF

Portfolio Manager and Engineer, i³ Investments® – Guardian Capital LP

Adam Cilio

Adam Cilio, FRM, CFA, MMF

Senior Portfolio Manager and Engineer, i³ Investments® – Guardian Capital LP

Srikanth Iyer

Srikanth Iyer, MBA

Managing Director, Head of i³ Investments® – Guardian Capital LP

Fiona Wilson

Fiona Wilson, CFA, MBA

Senior Portfolio Manager, i³ Investments® – Guardian Capital LP


The i3 InvestmentsTM Team combines quantitative and fundamental analysis in managing investment portfolios. The quantitative component of the team’s investment process has evolved as new tools and datasets have become available and, over time, new quantitative models which incorporate aspects of artificial intelligence have been incorporated.  The i3 InvestmentsTM Team provides a modern approach to portfolio construction, combining the advantages of quantitative analysis, big data, and artificial intelligence with the experience, perspective, and decision-making of our investment team.  The application of quantitative investment analysis that incorporates artificial intelligence and machine learning in a forecast model is forward-looking and the simulated results are subject to inherent limitations. Investment strategies which rely on predictive artificial intelligence and quantitative models may perform differently than expected, as a result of, among other things, the factors used in the models, the weight placed on each factor, changes from the factors’ historical trends and the limitations of technology in the construction and implementation of the models. There is no guarantee that the use of the quantitative model and artificial intelligence will result in effective investment decisions. There are no guarantees that dividend paying stocks will continue to pay dividends. All investments are subject to risk, including loss. There is no assurance that any investment strategy will be successful.

1 The Inception Date is the start date of investment performance and may not coincide with the date the fund or series was first offered for sale under a prospectus or its legal date of creation.

2 Management Expense Ratio (“MER”) represents the trailing 12-month management expense ratio, which reflects the cost of running the fund, inclusive of applicable taxes including HST, GST and QST (excluding certain portfolio transaction costs) as a percentage of daily average net asset value the period, including the fund’s proportionate share of any underlying fund(s) expenses, if applicable. The MER is reported in each fund’s Management Report of Fund Performance (“MRFP”).

3 The Risk Classification of a fund has been determined in accordance with a standardized risk classification methodology in National Instrument 81-102, that is based on the fund’s historical volatility as measured by the 10-year standard deviation of the fund’s returns. Where a fund has offered securities to the public for less than 10 years, the standardized methodology requires that the standard deviation of a reference mutual fund or index that reasonably approximates the fund’s standard deviation be used to determine the fund’s risk rating. Please note that historical performance may not be indicative of future returns and a fund’s historical volatility may not be indicative of future volatility.

4 The indicated rates of return in the charts above are used only to illustrate the effects of the compound growth rate and are not intended to reflect the future value of the fund or returns on investment in the fund.

5 The Growth of $10,000 chart shows the final value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in securities of this series of the fund as at the end of the investment period indicated and is not intended to reflect future values or returns on investment in such securities.

5 The Growth of $10,000 chart shows the final value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in securities of this series of the fund as at the end of the investment period indicated and is not intended to reflect future values or returns on investment in such securities.