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    Conservative ESG Portfolio

    Written by Nathan Kondra

    Updated at May 22nd, 2025

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    As of November 30, 2024

    This portfolio seeks to provide a combination of income and moderate long-term growth by investing in an asset allocation ETF that holds passive ETFs using ESG-oriented investment strategies with exposure to global publicly traded fixed income and equity securities. ESG investing considers environmental, social, and governance factors alongside financial returns.

    The minimum initial investment amount for this portfolio is $100.

    Asset Mix

    27% Government Bonds
    23% Corporate Bonds
    22% US Equities
    13% Canadian Equities
    9% International Equities
    5% Fixed Income
    1% Cash and Cash Equivalents
     
     

    Investments

    100% iShares ESG Conservative Balanced ETF
     
     

    Features

    Features of this portfolio include:

    • Passive management
    • ESG
    • SRI
    • Income
    • Growth
    • Public assets
    • Diversification
    • High liquidity
    • Low cost
    • Simplicity
    • Tax efficiency
     
     

    Benefits

    • Appropriate for clients with medium-term time horizons and conservative to moderately conservative risk profiles
    • Opportunity for earning income and growth
    • Alignment of values with investments through ESG strategy
    • Liquidity when you need your money 
    • Cost-effectiveness due to low expenses
    • Simplified understanding compared to other strategies
    • Access to a diversified portfolio with a lower minimum investment through a fund of funds approach
    • Tax efficiency through fewer trades in an account
     
     

    Risks

    • Capital risk 
    • Exchange Traded Funds Risks
    • Interest rate risk
    • Market risk
    • Volatility

    These are just some of the risks of investing. You can learn more about these risks, and other risks of investing, in our Help Centre here.

     
     

    MER: 0.25%

    MER stands for Management Expense Ratio. Like every other investment, you pay built-in MER fees to the company providing the investment, not to CI Digital Wealth. You won’t see this money deducted from your account, but we thought you should know about it.

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