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TD Low Volatility Equity FundsJune 4, 2015
Jean Masson, PhDManaging DirectorTD Asset Management Inc.
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Low Volatility Equities: A Different Way of Thinking
Why do your clients hold equities?
Why do they hold diversified portfolios?
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Think about risk-adjusted returns…
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Preservation of Capital
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Mathematics of CompoundingRewards Low Volatility Investors
Source: TD Asset Management. For illustration purposes. Up and down returns equally likely.
Holding the expected return constant, the lower the volatility, the greater the expected compounded return
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A Tale of Two Stocks with the Same Average Monthly Return1
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1: For illustrative purposes only. The dates on the chart were chosen as both stocks had identical arithmetic mean during this time period.Source: TD Asset Management. Total stock return including dividends. Volatility measured as the annualized standard deviation of monthly returns during the period.
Same Average Monthly Return: 0.7%
Volatility works against compounding
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The Risk-Return Relationship Within U.S. Equities
Higher risk has not translated into higher returns
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Source: Standard & Poor's Note: Quintiles represent equally-weighed portfolios rebalanced monthly from equities sorted by trailing 36 months standard deviation (minimum of 20 months for partial data)Compounded annual returns on S&P 500 constituents. Risk is computed as the standard deviation of monthly quintile portfolio returns over the entire periodFor illustrative purposes only. Please refer to the slide titled ‘References’ for a list of academic research related to the concepts discussed
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Re-Thinking the Risk-Return RelationshipMarket Direction and Pay-off for Stocks in Different Market Conditions
Investors in high volatility equities typically receive most of their compensation for bearing risk during strong bull markets
Average return ≤ 4%(occurs 12% of time)
Average return > 4%(occurs 24% of time)
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Source: Standard & Poor's Note: Quintiles represent equally-weighed portfolios rebalanced monthly from equities sorted by trailing 36 months standard deviation (minimum of 20 months for partial data). Average monthly returns on S&P 500 constituents from August 1978 through December 2014. For illustrative purposes only. Please refer to the slide titled ‘References’ for a list of academic research related to the concepts discussed
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The Value-Return Relationship
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Stocks with higher cash flow-to-price ratios have posted higher returnsSources: MSCI , Research Insights, TDAM. Quintiles represent equally-weighed portfolios rebalanced monthly from MSCI All Country World Index constituents sorted by cash flow-to-price ratios. Compounded annualized returns on quintile portfolios from January 2000 through December 2014 For illustrative purposes only. Please refer to the slide titled ‘References’ in the appendix for a list of academic research related to the concepts discussed
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The Quality-Return Relationship
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Sources: MSCI , Research Insights, TDAM. Quintiles represent equally-weighed portfolios rebalanced monthly from MSCI All Country World Index constituents sorted by most recently published return on equity. Compounded annualized returns on quintile portfolios from January 2000 through December 2014 For illustrative purposes only. Please refer to the slide titled ‘References’ in the appendix for a list of academic research related to the concepts discussed
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Performance Goals
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Low volatility investing seeking attractive returns
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TDAM Low Volatility Equities
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A Complete Low Volatility StrategyFour Key Ingredients
Return Forecasts
Striving to achieve an effective mix of risk reduction and higher returns
Trading Costs Portfolio Constraints
Risk Forecasts
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TD Global Low Volatility Fund
Top 10 Holdings Sector Country
Lockheed Martin Corporation 1.0 Industrials United States
Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.9 Consumer Discretionary Germany
MTR Corporation Limited 0.9 Industrials Hong Kong
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. 0.9 Utilities Hong Kong
NTT DOCOMO Inc. 0.9 Telecom Japan
William Demant Holding AS 0.9 Health Care Denmark
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. 0.9 Financials Hong Kong
Industrivarden AB 0.9 Financials Sweden
The Travelers Companies Inc. 0.9 Financials United States
McDonald's Corporation 0.9 Consumer Discretionary United States
Top 10 Total 9.1 - -
Source: TDAM. As at March 31, 2015
Diversified sources of return
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TD Low Volatility Fund PerformanceReturns in Year to March 31, 2015
As of March 31, 2015 Global 1 Canadian 2 U.S. 3 Emerging Markets 4
TD Low Volatility Fund – Advisor Series 20.2% 10.5% 30.5% 14.0%
Benchmark 21.0% 6.9% 28.8% 15.2%
Difference -0.8% 3.6% 1.8% -1.3%
1 TD Global Low Volatility Fund is benchmarked against the MSCI All Country World Index. Inception Date: November 28, 2011 2 TD Canadian Low Volatility Class is benchmarked against the S&P/TSX Composite Index. Inception Date: September 12, 20123 TD U.S. Low Volatility Fund is benchmarked against the S&P Composite 1500 Index. Inception Date: September 10, 2013.4 TD Emerging Markets Low Volatility Fund is benchmarked against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Inception Date: September 10, 2013.Sources: MSCI, Standard & Poor's, TDAM. Numbers may not add due to rounding
All funds out-performed their benchmarks
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TD Low Volatility Fund PerformanceAnnualized Return Volatility since Respective Fund Inception
As of March 31, 2015 Global 1 Canadian 2 U.S. 3 Emerging Markets 4
TD Low Volatility Fund 8.2% 7.8% 11.4% 10.9%
Benchmark 9.9% 10.1% 13.0% 11.4%
Ratio 0.83 0.76 0.88 0.96
Inception date November 28, 2011 September 12, 2012 September 10, 2013 September 10, 2013
1 TD Global Low Volatility Fund is benchmarked against the MSCI All Country World Index. Inception Date: November 28, 2011 2 TD Canadian Low Volatility Class is benchmarked against the S&P/TSX Composite Index. Inception Date: September 12, 20123 TD U.S. Low Volatility Fund is benchmarked against the S&P Composite 1500 Index. Inception Date: September 10, 2013.4 TD Emerging Markets Low Volatility Fund is benchmarked against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Inception Date: September 10, 2013.Estimated volatility is approximated as the annualized standard deviation of daily net asset values for the O-Series units of each respective fund.Sources: MSCI, Standard & Poor's, TDAM. Numbers may not add due to rounding
All funds delivered less volatile returns than their benchmarks
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TD Low Volatility Fund PerformanceSharpe Ratio since Respective Fund Inception
As of March 31, 2015 Global 1 Canadian 2 U.S. 3 Emerging Markets 4
TD Low Volatility Fund 2.4 1.7 2.9 1.0
Benchmark 2.0 1.1 2.4 1.2
Difference 0.4 0.6 0.5 -0.2
Inception date November 28, 2011 September 12, 2012 September 10, 2013 September 10, 2013
1 TD Global Low Volatility Fund is benchmarked against the MSCI All Country World Index. Inception Date: November 28, 2011 2 TD Canadian Low Volatility Class is benchmarked against the S&P/TSX Composite Index. Inception Date: September 12, 20123 TD U.S. Low Volatility Fund is benchmarked against the S&P Composite 1500 Index. Inception Date: September 10, 2013.4 TD Emerging Markets Low Volatility Fund is benchmarked against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Inception Date: September 10, 2013.The Sharpe Ratio is a measure of a stock’s risk adjusted performance and has been approximated based on daily net asset value for the O-Series units of each fund.Sources: MSCI, Standard & Poor's, TDAM. Numbers may not add due to rounding
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All funds delivered Sharpe ratios in excess of 1.0
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Growing Interest in Low Volatility Investing
1 Funds launched on September 10, 2013 Source: TDAM. As of December 31, 2014. Assets under management for TD Asset Management Inc. and TDAM USA Inc.
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Low Volatility Solutions
TD Canadian Low Volatility Pool
TD U.S. Low Volatility Fund
TD Emerging Markets Low
Volatility Fund
TD Global Low Volatility Fund
Geographic Focus
Goal Seek to outperform relevant broad market indices over a full market cycle, while taking on less risk
Assets Under Management1 $1.1 Billion $110 Million $46 Million $5.4 Billion
Solutions that seek to help provide better returns relative to equity markets with lower volatility
1The assets under management figures shown are for TD Asset Management Inc. Source: TDAM. As at March 31, 2015
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Equity Market Volatility on the Rise?
Central banks have been extremely accommodative since 2008– Interest rates have been low and stable– Equity returns have been strong, with muted volatility
The U.S. Federal Reserve has ended its bond purchase program– The Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank are still active
Geo-political tensions are high– Russia – Ukraine– Iraq - Syria
TD low volatility equities designed for volatile equity market environments
Source: TD Asset Management (TDAM). As at March 31, 2015
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Supporting Information
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TD Global Low Volatility FundPerformance
As of March 31, 2015 3 months 1 Year 3 Years Since Inception¹
Estimated Volatility2
Estimated Sharpe Ratio3
TD Global Low Volatility Fund – Advisor Series 10.8% 20.2% 17.4% 18.0% 8.2% 2.4
MSCI All Country World Index (CAD) 11.9% 21.0% 19.8% 22.1% 9.9% 2.0
Difference -1.1% -0.8% -2.5% -4.0% -1.7% 0.4
1 Inception Date: November 28, 2011 2 Estimated volatility is approximated as the annualized standard deviation of daily net asset values for the O-Series units of the fund. 3 Sharpe Ratio is a measure of a stock’s risk adjusted performance and has been approximated based on daily net asset value for the O-Series units of the fundSource: MSCI, TDAM. Numbers may not add due to rounding
Higher return per unit of risk
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MSCI AC World Index ND - C$
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TD Canadian Low Volatility ClassPerformance
1Inception Date: September 12, 2012. 2Estimated volatility is approximated as the annualized standard deviation of daily net asset values for the O-Series units of the fund 3Sharpe Ratio is a measure of a stock’s risk adjusted performance and has been approximated based on daily net asset value for the O-Series units of the fundSources: TMX Group, TDAM. Numbers may not add due to rounding
Similar returns as cap-weighted index since inception with less volatility
As of March 31, 2015 3 months 1 Year Since Inception¹
Estimated Volatility2
Estimated Sharpe Ratio3
TD Canadian Low Volatility Class – Advisor Series 2.6% 10.5% 12.1% 7.8% 1.7
S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index 2.6% 6.9% 11.4% 10.1% 1.1
Difference 0.0% 3.6% 0.7% -2.3% 0.6
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TD Canadian Low Volatility ClassS&P/TSX Composite TR - C$
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TD U.S. Low Volatility FundPerformance
1Inception Date: September 10, 2013. 2Estimated volatility is approximated as the annualized standard deviation of daily net asset values for the O-Series units of the fund 3Sharpe Ratio is a measure of a stock’s risk adjusted performance and has been approximated based on daily net asset value for the O-Series units of the fundSources: TMX Group, TDAM. Numbers may not add due to rounding
Similar returns as cap-weighted index since inception with less volatility
As of March 31, 2015 3 months 1 Year Since Inception¹
Estimated Volatility2
Estimated Sharpe Ratio3
TD U.S. Low Volatility Fund (CAD)– Advisor Series 12.0% 30.5% 34.1% 11.4% 2.9
S&P Composite1500 – Net Dividend Index (CAD) 10.8% 28.8% 32.2% 13.0% 2.4
Difference 1.3% 1.8% 1.9% -1.6% 0.5
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TD Emerging Market Low Volatility FundPerformance
As of March 31, 2015 3 months 1 Year Since Inception¹
Estimated Volatility2
Estimated Sharpe Ratio3
TD Emerging Market Low Volatility Fund – Advisor Series 8.4% 14.0% 12.2% 10.9% 1.0
MSCI All Country Emerging Market Index (CAD) 11.8% 15.2% 15.0% 11.4% 1.2
Difference -3.3% -1.3% -2.8% -0.5% -0.2
1 Inception Date: September 10, 2013 2 Estimated volatility is approximated as the annualized standard deviation of daily net asset values for the O-Series units of the fund. 3 Sharpe Ratio is a measure of a stock’s risk adjusted performance and has been approximated based on daily net asset value for the O-Series units of the fundSource: MSCI, TDAM. Numbers may not add due to rounding
Slightly lower risk-adjusted return during short life
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TD Low Volatility Fund Characteristics
Characteristicsas of March 31, 2015
TDCanadian Low Volatility
Fund
S&P/TSX Composite Index
TDGlobal Low Volatility
FundMSCI ACWI
Beta 0.67 1.00 0.67 1.00
# of Holdings 107 246 288 2465
Market Capitalization (average, C$ billion) 28.7 38.3 65.0 113.7
Price / Earnings 18.4 20.6 15.6 19.2
Dividend Yield (average) 3.0% 2.8% 3.2% 2.4%
Inception date September 12, 2012 November 28, 2011
Source: Wilshire, Style Research, RiskMetrics, TDAMNote: Canadian dollar returns used for standard deviation and tracking error calculations. Please see important disclosure at the end of this document. Please refer to the slide titled ‘Definitions’ in the appendix for a list of definitions for the terms used in this slide
Higher dividend yields and lower Price/Earnings ratios
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Sector Allocation
TD Global Low Volatility FundMSCI All Country World Index
TD Global Low Volatility Fund vs. MSCI All Country World Index
Source: MSCI, TDAM. As of March 31, 2015
More Telecoms and Utilities, Less Info Tech
GICS Sector Weights
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TD Global Low Volatility Fund vs. MSCI All Country World Index
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United Kingdom
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Japan
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Country Weights
TD Global Low Volatility Fund
MSCI All Country World Index
Source: MSCI and TDAM. As of March 31, 2015
Underweight U.S. and Australia, overweight Japan and Canada
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TD Canadian Low Volatility ClassS&P/TSX Composite Index
TD Canadian Low Volatility Class vs. S&P/TSX Composite Index
Source: Standard & Poor’s and TDAM. As of March 31, 2015
GICS Sector Weights
Balanced sector exposures
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TD U.S. Low Volatility Fund
S&P 1500
TD U.S. Low Volatility Fund vs. S&P 1500 Index
Source: MSCI, TDAM. As of March 31, 2015
More Utilities, Less Energy
GICS Sector Weights
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Information Technology
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Utilities
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TD Emerging Market Low Volatility Fund
MSCI AC Emerging Market Index
TD Emerging Market Low Volatility Fund vs. MSCI All Country Emerging Market Index
Source: MSCI, TDAM. As of March 31, 2015
More Telecoms and Utilities, Less Info Tech
GICS Sector Weights
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OtherTurkey
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PhilippinesBrazilQatarChile
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ChinaTaiwan
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Country Weights
TD Emerging Market Low Volatility Fund
MSCI All Country Emerging Market Index
TD Emerging Market Low Volatility Fund vs. MSCI All Country Emerging Market Index
Source: MSCI and TDAM. As of March 31, 2015
Underweight China and Brazil,overweight Taiwan, South Africa and Malaysia
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TDAM’s Low Volatility Equity Team
Jean Masson, Ph.D.Managing Director
Head of Quantitative Research27 years experience
Strategy R&D Data & Computations
Tianyu Tan, Ph.D.1 year experience
Belchir Sellami1 year experience
Miroslav Stankovic25 years experience
Julien Palardy, CFA8 years experience
Yuriy Bodjov, CFA21 years experience
Marius Tulcan20 years experience
Charles Vanasse27 years experience
Wilcox Chan, CFA, FRM15 years experience
Portfolio Management
Trading
Combining skills with experience
Craig Gaskin, CFA22 years experience
Roberta Pigat25 years experience
Judy Nishimura, CFA21 years experience
Carlos Phillips1, CFA5 years experience
Joseph Pilato6 years experience
New hire
Risk Management with 25+ team members
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1 Carlos Phillips also has responsibilities as an analyst on the Strategy R&D team. As at December 31, 2014. TDAM operates through TD Asset Management Inc.
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Baker, Nardin and Robert A. Haugen (2012), “Low Risk Stocks Outperform within All Observable Markets of the World” (Working paper available at SSRN).
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DefinitionsBook to Price: The ratio of a stock’s book value of net assets per share to its stock price.
Cashflow to Price: The ratio of a stock’s cashflow per share to its stock price.
Earnings Yield: The ratio of a stock’s earnings per share to its stock price.
Dividend Yield: The ratio of a stock’s dividend per share to its stock price.
Distance to Default: A measure of a company’s risk of defaulting on its debts and obligations.
Return on Equity: A company’s net income as a percentage of its shareholder’s equity.
Alpha: The excess return of a stock relative to a given benchmark.
Beta: The sensitivity of a stock's value to changes in the broader stock market.
Price Earnings Ratio: The ratio of a stock's price per share to its earnings per share.
Market Capitalization: The market value of a company's outstanding shares.
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