CDEF
Manulife Smart Defensive Equity ETF

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NAV Performance and Flows

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Key Data

Historical performance and flows

As of June 11, 2026
1M3MYTD1Y3Y
Perf.
CDEF
+2.11%+4.94%+10.11%+20.81%+67.54%
Flows
CDEF
+$0 M-$0 M+$0 M-$2 M+$1 M

Exposure

Countries

CDEF
Canada
96.44%

Sectors

CDEF
Financials
27.82%
Energy
17.45%
Industrials
14.58%
Materials
12.61%
Utilities
7.51%
Other
20.03%
As of June 11, 2026

Top 10 Holdings

CDEF
CENOVUS ENERGY
3.50%
IMPERIAL OIL
3.22%
ENBRIDGE
2.84%
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
2.73%
TC ENERGY CORP
2.71%
HYDRO ONE
2.65%
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA
2.65%
FORTIS
2.64%
CDN NATL RAILWAY
2.58%
CDN IMPERIAL BK
2.58%

Diversification

CDEF
Total weight of top 10 holdings out of 60 total
28.09%

Characteristics

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CDEF
ProviderManulife Investments
ManagementActively managed
Benchmark-
Replication Method
Asset ClassEquity
Dividend PolicyDistributing
Trailing 12m distribution yield0.41%
Meets ESG criteriaNo
Inception DateNovember 10, 2021
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