CI Global Income & Growth Fund is a global balanced strategy that combines a top-down investment approach with a bottom-up delegated process. Guided by a collaborative framework for top-level decision-making, the fund delivers a smooth, steady investment experience with downside protection. As a core solution, it tactically capitalizes on market opportunities while offering access to private markets, making it an all-weather, long-term, one-ticket solution.  
 
Performance series F - as of October 31, 2025
 
 
Portfolio Statistics
 
 
 
Macroeconomic Outlook
 
  • October saw the U.S. government shutdown delay several key economic releases, leaving market participants more reliant on private-sector data. Renewed optimism around corporate earnings helped sustain market momentum as did a constructive meeting between U.S. President Trump and Chinese President Xi toward the end of the month.
  • In the U.S., private-sector data continued to suggest the labour market was soft, though not collapsing. Inflation data held steady and tariff-related pressures remained benign. The Fed eased policy further against this backdrop, though Fed Chair Powell likened policymaking to “driving in the fog”, signalling a cautious path ahead.
  • The Canadian economy showed continued signs of slack, with trend employment growth soft and core inflation below the 2% target on a 3-month annualized basis. These factors contributed to the BoC’s decision to ease policy again, though communication indicated a high bar for further cuts particularly given the expected support from federal fiscal spending in the coming quarters.
  • Deflationary pressures persisted in China, with producer prices continuing their multi-year decline and consumer inflation hovering around zero. Targeted stimulus measures have been introduced recently with officials hoping to sustain growth in an economy marked by weak consumption and housing activity.
  • European growth remained subdued in Q3 coming in at 0.2% QoQ, though inflation remains slightly above the ECB’s 2% target. This led the ECB to hold rates steady at 2%, with policymakers citing an improved growth outlook for coming quarters, supported by infrastructure and defence spending.
 
Portfolio Positioning & performance attribution
 
  • CI Global Income & Growth Fund Series F (the Fund) returned 2.1% during the month, outperforming the global neutral balanced category.
  • Asset Allocation: Overall, the portfolio managers are cautiously optimistic. The portfolio is theme-driven, moving from being more defensively tilted earlier in the year towards more risk-aware positioning amid global uncertainty and two-way risks. Adjusted for private assets, the Fund maintained a neutral stance on equities and a slightly defensive bias in credit, consistent with its barbell-lite, quality-oriented approach. The U.S. economy is showing weakness in the labour market, but consumer demand remains resilient. Fiscal support from the One Big Beautiful Bill, declining interest rates, and ongoing AI-related capital investment are expected to help bridge the gap.
  • Equities: Valuations across asset classes remain elevated, though the team does not anticipate a deep sell-off — volatility could be elevated. The Fund reduced its overweight to materials late in the third quarter, taking profits on Agnico Eagle, to stay aligned with its disciplined risk management philosophy. Despite this adjustment, the Fund remains overweight gold for downside protection, while maintaining diversified exposure across technology and financials to take advantage of the upside. Within financials, the team continues to focus on high-quality, large-cap names in both developed and emerging markets. The fund has also increased exposure to global defense spending.
  • Fixed Income: Elevated levels of coupon payments, redemptions, and maturities have continued to support demand for credit. Net issuance has roughly matched maturities, keeping supply and demand in balance, a dynamic that is currently driving spreads tighter and yields lower. The fact that the Fed’s quantitative tightening is set to end in early December should further ease liquidity pressures and support lower yields going forward. The Fund benefited from investment-grade corporate exposure and favourable government positioning, while its underweight in high-yield credit was also additive to performance. Consistent with its quality bias, the Fund remains overweight investment-grade bonds, underweight high yield, and holds selective government exposure to preserve flexibility amid shifting rate dynamics.
  • Currency & Hedging: The team remains constructive on Canada’s economic outlook, supporting a slightly higher CAD exposure. The U.S. dollar hedge ratio was gradually increased to 40% over the course of the year.
 
Asset Allocation
 
 
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Active Share: The difference between a portfolio’s holding and the benchmark index.

Derivatives: A financial security with a value that is reliant upon, or derived from, an underlying asset or group of assets. The derivative itself is a contract between two or more parties based upon the asset or assets. Its price is determined by fluctuations in the underlying asset.

Duration: A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a fixed income investment to a change in interest rates. Duration is expressed as number of years. The price of a bond with a longer duration would be expected to rise (fall) more than the price of a bond with lower duration when interest rates fall (rise).

Hedging (currency): A strategy some portfolio managers use when investing in foreign securities. The goal is to fully or partially negate the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on investment performance. An unhedged approach is often used when the portfolio manager believes exchange rate fluctuations will benefit investment performance or be neutral over time.

Return (risk-adjusted): A measure of investment performance taking into consideration how much risk/volatility was assumed to generate it. Consider two investments, both of which return 10% over a given time period. The investment with the greater risk-adjusted return would be the one that experienced less price fluctuation. Two of the most commonly used measures of risk adjusted returns are Sharpe and Sortino ratios.

Sharpe Ratio: A risk-adjusted return measure calculated by using standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe Ratio, the better the portfolio's historical risk-adjusted performance.
Sortino ratio An evolution of the Sharpe ratio. Ignores “good volatility” (upward price movement) and focused solely on returns per unit of “bad volatility” (downward price movement), which is more indicative of the risk of loss.

Sortino Ratio: An evolution of the Sharpe ratio. Ignores “good volatility” (upward price movement) and focused solely on returns per unit of “bad volatility” (downward price movement), which is more indicative of the risk of loss.

Standard Deviation: A measure of risk in terms of the volatility of returns. It represents the historical level of volatility in returns over set periods. A lower standard deviation means the returns have historically been less volatile and vice-versa. Historical volatility may not be indicative of future volatility.

Volatility: Measures how much the price of a security, derivative, or index fluctuates. The most commonly used measure of volatility when it comes to investment funds is standard deviation.

Yield to maturity (YTM): The total expected return from a bond when it is held until maturity – including all interest, coupon payments, and premium or discount adjustments.
 
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Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. The indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returns net of fees and expenses payable by the fund (except for figures of one year or less, which are simple total returns) including changes in security value and reinvestment of all dividends/distributions and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently, and past performance may not be repeated.

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CI Global Income & Growth Fund, Series F was rated against the following numbers of Global Neutral Balanced funds over the following time periods: 1,491 funds in the past three years, 1,222 funds in the past five years and 738 funds in the past ten years. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. 

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