iShares Equal Weight Banc & Lifeco ETF (CEW)
As of March 31, 2024
(Financial Services Equity)
FundGrade A+® Rating recipient
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Underlying Index
Inception Return
(2/6/2008)
8.86 % Day High/Low
$16.66 / $16.59
YTD Return 5.33 % 52Week High/Low
$17.52 / $13.98
    
NAVPS
(4/18/2024)
$16.62
Change $0.05 / 0.31 %
Open / Close
(4/18/2024)
$16.66 / $16.59
Management Fee 0.55 %
Traded Volume 204
Assets ($mil) $198.96
Rank (1Yr) 38/71
Std Dev (3Yr) 19.72 %
Beta (3Yr) 1.11
Volatility Ranking (3Yr) 8/10
RRSP Eligibility Yes
Open to Invest Open
Annual Dividend $0.68
Annual Yield 4.10 %
 
Objective
CEW's investment objective is to provide unitholders with a diversified equal weighted investment in a portfolio of common shares of the largest Canadian banks and Canadian life insurance companies. Cash distributions on the Common units and Advisor Class Units of CEW are expected to be made monthly and will be derived from dividends received by CEW on the CEW Portfolio. Such distributions may also include capital gains and returns of capital.
Fund Manager

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

Portfolio Manager

BlackRock Canada

Sub-Advisor

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

 
Asset Allocation
(As of March 31, 2024)
Sector Allocation
(As of March 31, 2024)
Geographic Allocation
(As of March 31, 2024)
Top 10 Holdings
NameAssetSectorGeographicPercent
Bank of Nova ScotiaCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada10.48%
Canadian Imperial Bank of CommerceCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada10.42%
National Bank of CanadaCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada10.14%
Manulife Financial CorpCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada10.02%
Bank of MontrealCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada9.98%
Royal Bank of CanadaCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada9.97%
Great-West Lifeco IncCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada9.84%
Toronto-Dominion BankCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada9.78%
Sun Life Financial IncCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada9.74%
iA Financial Corp IncCanadian EquityFinancial ServicesCanada9.62%

Performance Data (As of March 31, 2024)
  Return (%) Annualized Return (%)
Return 1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 4.58 5.33 18.34 5.33 18.22 9.81 11.62 9.73
Benchmark 3.76 9.87 21.36 9.87 25.68 9.79 8.54 8.93
Quartile Ranking 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 2

Calendar Return (%) 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Fund 16.86 -6.50 33.74 -0.56 25.61 -12.68 12.21 26.09 -2.51 10.77
Benchmark 13.41 -5.68 22.05 -5.24 19.43 -4.99 15.24 6.34 14.20 14.35
Quartile Ranking 1 1 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 4

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