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TEXT ON SCREEN: Geraldine Sundstrom, Portfolio Manager, Asset Allocation

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Geraldine Sundstrom: So DMAF is a multi-asset fund. By this we mean that it covers all asset classes, starting from equities, via credit, government bonds, and finally, FX.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Diversified Multi-Asset Fund (Canada); Covers all asset classes and geographic zones

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Not only this, it also covers different geographical zones. Even though it's mostly focused on developed markets, it will also cross over to emerging markets when we see the opportunity fits.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Diversified Multi-Asset Fund (Canada); Covers all asset classes and geographic zones; Not being wedded to a benchmark allows it to be more opportunistic

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Not only this, DMAF is obviously dynamic. By this we mean it's not wedded to a benchmark. We will be opportunistic, depending on the cycle and where we want to position the fund. This will be in line with asset class valuation, opportunity set, and obviously the PIMCO global macro view.

TEXT ON SCREEN: Risk appetite depends on outlook and asset valuations

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You can think of it, in a way, as a traffic light system. How much risk we are taking will depend on our outlook and asset valuation very much.

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And then there's, of course, the drilling down of this. This risk, how is it allocated versus a different asset class? Within each asset class what is our bottom-up pick?

But the last and very important thing about this fund is its philosophy, and really a philosophy of winning by not losing, how to create a portfolio that has great upside characteristics, and trying to be aware of the downside, which, of course, at this point in the cycle

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makes most investors worried as asset valuations are pretty mature. And to do all of this we obviously need a fair dose of tailored risk management.

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