Investor Presentaiton
VESTCOR
Shared Risk Plan for Certain Bargaining Employees of New Brunswick Hospitals Total Fund
Four years and four months ended December 31, 2020
As of 31 December 2020, 16.65% Of Total Fund assets were valued using subjective unobservable inputs. The Total Fund performance presented in this
schedule may not be indicative of future performance. Readers should also be aware that other performance calculation methods may produce different
results, and that the results for specific accounts and for different periods may vary from Total Fund returns presented. Comparisons of investment results
should consider qualitative circumstances and should be made only to portfolios with generally similar objectives.
In the calculation and presentation of performance returns, Vestcor is not aware of any instances in which this presentation does not conform with the laws
and regulations of any province or territory of Canada in which Vestcor operates.
Additional information regarding Vestcor's policies and procedures for valuing portfolios, calculating and reporting Total Fund results, and preparing asset
owner reports, is available upon request.
5. The three year annualized ex-post standard deviation measures the variability of the Total Fund and the benchmark daily returns, aggregated to a monthly
basis, over the preceding 36 month period.
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Vestcor has entered into sub-advisory agreements, whereby certain assets are managed by external managers for all periods presented. Rates of return
earned on assets managed by the external managers are included in Total Fund presentations because Vestcor maintains full discretion over the use and
choice of external managers.
Futures contracts, forward foreign exchange contracts, exchange traded and over-the-counter options and swaps, and short positions are used in Vestcor's
investment management activities.
These derivative instruments are used for various purposes, including:
⚫ to simulate exposure to a particular market index, but with lower transaction costs;
⚫ to enhance performance returns;
⚫ to modify the cash flow characteristics of an investment; or
⚫ to hedge against potential losses due to changes in foreign exchange rates or stock prices
In using derivative instruments, as described above, Vestcor has established investment criteria, policies and procedures over the extent and use of derivative
instruments to manage performance returns and mitigate market risks such as foreign currency, interest rate and pricing risk.
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