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iAGAM Investment Funds | 2024 first quarter review

April 25, 2024

Strong start to the year, find out why.

 


Maxime Houde
, CFA

THEMATIC INNOVATION (iA)
Strong start to the year

  • Semiconductor investments proved beneficial in Q1 2024.
  • We added Datadog and Vertiv to the portfolio.
  • We maintained a barbell approach with afocus on innovation trends.

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Alexandre Morin, CFA

David McCulla, CFA

BOND (iA)
Strong performance in the first quarter

  • The corporate and municipal segments contributed positively to performance in Q1.
  • We positioned the portfolio for a yield curve steepening movement amid rate cut expectations.
  • We maintained an overweight positioning in investment grade corporate credits.

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FIXED INCOME MANAGED PORTFOLIO (iA)
Strong performance to start the year

  • The enhanced bucket of the fund drove overall performance.
  • We increased our exposure to IG corporate credit.
  • We believe the current inverted yield curve will begin to steepen when the first-rate cuts occur.

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Maxime Houde, CFA


Marc Gagnon
, MSc, CFA

NORTH AMERICAN EQUITY (iA)
Strong start to 2024

  • The fund’s performance was mainly driven by the information technology and industrials sectors.
  • We increased our Canadian Equity allocation, while maintaining AI exposure in the U.S.
  • We see opportunities in cyclical and interest rate sensitive sectors.

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Dan Rohinton

DIVIDEND GROWTH (iA)
Consumers pinched, commodities ripped

  • The fund’s performance was mainly driven by the consumer staples and materials sectors.
  • We initiated positions in Alphabet and Lowe’s.
  • We have been actively adding to our energy and materials exposures.
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GLOBAL DIVIDEND (iA)
Taking selective risk

  • The consumer discretionary sector drove performance in Q1.
  • Emphasis was placed on owning high-quality businesses with balanced end market exposure.
  • We continued to believe in diversification across sectors and individual securities.

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