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Accelerate Absolute Return Fund (HDGE : TSX)

Alternative Equity Focus

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FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG GradeE Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

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(02-24-2025)
$26.64
Change
$0.10 (0.38%)
Open $26.67
Day Range $26.64 - $26.67
Volume 1,708

As at January 31, 2025

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Accelerate Absolute Return Fund

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 03, 2019): 7.51%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 2.45% 1.86% 4.45% 2.45% 15.10% 15.83% 12.49% 17.33% 12.04% - - - - -
Benchmark 3.48% 6.47% 12.11% 3.48% 25.19% 14.44% 9.97% 13.55% 11.45% 12.03% 10.30% 9.84% 11.29% 8.96%
Category Average 2.32% 5.98% 5.98% 2.32% 15.39% 11.23% 6.67% 8.66% 8.07% - - - - -
Category Rank 120 / 239 126 / 228 125 / 210 120 / 239 104 / 184 63 / 156 36 / 129 7 / 101 16 / 56 - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Fund 6.54% 2.14% -1.35% 1.42% -0.33% 1.55% 1.70% -0.56% 1.39% 3.99% -4.40% 2.45%
Benchmark 1.82% 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.45% (October 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.90% (November 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - -11.62% 29.66% 15.44% 4.13% 20.46%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average - - - - - 5.11% 17.27% -5.96% 6.54% 16.58%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - 4 1 1 3 2
Category Rank - - - - - 55/ 55 12/ 101 8/ 127 111/ 153 65/ 173

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

29.66% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.62% (2020)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 63.15
Canadian Equity 33.11
International Equity 3.74

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Consumer Services 25.84
Consumer Goods 13.41
Financial Services 11.15
Industrial Goods 10.39
Technology 10.09
Other 29.12

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.26
Europe 3.74

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Stride Inc 4.16
Celestica Inc 4.15
Doximity Inc Cl A 4.01
Applovin Corp Cl A 3.96
Virtu Financial Inc Cl A 3.95
F5 Networks Inc 3.93
CompoSecure Inc Cl A 3.90
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc 3.86
Live Nation Entertainment Inc 3.84
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 3.82

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Accelerate Absolute Return Fund

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.56% 14.19% -
Beta 0.30% 0.15% -
Alpha 0.10% 0.11% -
Rsquared 0.10% 0.03% -
Sharpe 0.66% 0.71% -
Sortino 1.22% 1.08% -
Treynor 0.30% 0.68% -
Tax Efficiency 95.73% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 9.49% 13.56% 14.19% -
Beta 0.59% 0.30% 0.15% -
Alpha 0.01% 0.10% 0.11% -
Rsquared 0.42% 0.10% 0.03% -
Sharpe 1.09% 0.66% 0.71% -
Sortino 2.30% 1.22% 1.08% -
Treynor 0.17% 0.30% 0.68% -
Tax Efficiency 98.92% 95.73% - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date May 03, 2019
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund (Alternative)
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $44
52 Week High $28.69
52 Week Low $24.94
Annual Dividend $0.30
Annual Yield -
Index -
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

Accelerate Absolute Return Hedge Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation and a superior risk-adjusted return relative to the broader Canadian equity market. HDGE seeks to outperform the Canadian equity market over the long term with lower volatility by investing primarily in listed equity securities that are expected to outperform this market, while selling short certain listed equity securities that are expected to underperform this market.

Investment Strategy

In order to achieve its investment objective, HDGE engages in a systematic, long-short equity investment strategy by investing primarily in long and short positions of equity securities that are listed on an exchange or marketplace in Canada or the U.S. Security selection of the long and short portfolios is driven by an integrated multi-factor approach, consistent with empirical data and financial theory, based on factors that include value, quality, price momentum, operational momentum and tren

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc.

  • Julian Klymochko
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc.

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust

Registrar

TMX Trust Company

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.35%
Management Fee 0.00%

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