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PICTON Long Short Equity (130/30) Alternative Fund — ETF (PFAE.TO)
About this ETF
The fund will try to generate alpha while maintaining a similar market exposure to the equities market. To achieve this, the fund employs a long/short equity strategy, investing 130% of assets long while selling 30% of assets short. Aiming to achieve 160% gross equity exposure. PFAE invests mainly on Canadian equities but may allot 49% of its net exposure in international securities. The portfolio advisors opaque investment process determines the long/short portfolio and expects that the fund will have a net 100% long exposure with a market beta of roughly 1.0. The fund may also invest in fixed income securities, options, futures, swaps, securities of investment funds, and cash equivalents. As an actively managed fund, PFAE can have increased trading…
Price
Top 10 holdings
This fund does not disclose a securities portfolio (e.g. physically-backed or synthetic products).
Sector mix
Price chart
Returns
| 1 month | +1.80% |
| 3 months | +6.73% |
| 6 months | +8.26% |
| Year to date | +12.41% |
| 1 year | +28.67% |
| 3 years (ann.) | +23.93% |
| 5 years (ann.) | +14.47% |
| 10 years (ann.) | — |
Risk profile
| Volatility (1y, ann.) | 14.71% |
| Sharpe (1y) | 1.79 |
| Sharpe (3y) | 1.42 |
| Sortino (1y) | 2.68 |
| Max drawdown (1y) | -10.08% |
| Max drawdown (5y) | -17.79% |
| Max drawdown (full) | -31.50% |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.74 |
| Correlation vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.63 |
Technical outlook as of 2026-07-13
The Monte Carlo cone is drawn on the price chart above (Forecast overlay); RSI, MACD and the rest of the oscillators live in its indicator panels.
This fund does not disclose a securities portfolio (e.g. physically-backed commodity products or some synthetic structures).
Sector breakdown
Geographic exposure
Cost vs. peers
Comparison universe: 6,948 funds of the same asset class.
Cost impact calculator
Dividend history
Distributing share class Income is paid out to shareholders.
| Ex-date | Payment | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | 2025-12-31 | CAD 0.0887 |
| 2024-12-23 | 2024-12-31 | CAD 0.0060 |
| 2023-12-21 | 2023-12-29 | CAD 0.1119 |
| 2022-12-22 | 2022-12-30 | CAD 0.0808 |
| 2019-12-20 | 2019-12-31 | CAD 0.0990 |
ESG profile
No ESG estimate available: none of the scored universe overlaps this portfolio (typical for bond, commodity or synthetic funds).
Similar ETFs
| Fund | TER | AUM (USD) | Yield (TTM) | Return 1y | Sharpe 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF VTI | 0.03% | 2.30T | 1.05% | +19.93% | 1.48 |
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF VOO | 0.03% | 1.70T | 1.07% | +19.68% | 1.49 |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV | 0.03% | 894.38B | 1.09% | +19.68% | 1.49 |
| State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY | 0.09% | 789.23B | 1.00% | +19.71% | 1.49 |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 1557.T | 0.09% | 789.09B | 0.49% | +37.54% | 2.26 |
| State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY.AX | 0.09% | 788.13B | 1.00% | +11.84% | 1.13 |
| Vanguard Total International Stock ETF VXUS | 0.05% | 652.30B | 2.61% | +20.58% | 1.21 |
| Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 QQQ | 0.18% | 481.14B | 0.43% | +28.14% | 1.43 |
| Vanguard Growth ETF VUG | 0.03% | 393.80B | 0.39% | +16.85% | 0.99 |
| Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF VEA | 0.03% | 317.30B | 2.60% | +21.64% | 1.23 |
Cheaper alternatives
No fund of the class reaches 60% portfolio overlap — showing the cheapest funds of the class instead.
| Fund | TER | AUM (USD) | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF SPYM | 0.02% | 159.32B | 0.0% |
| Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF VO | 0.03% | 218.80B | 0.0% |
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF VOO | 0.03% | 1.70T | 0.0% |
| Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF VTI | 0.03% | 2.30T | 0.0% |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV | 0.03% | 894.38B | 0.0% |
