Canada Life Sustainable Target Date Funds

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Description: This video combines footage of employees, scientists, sustainable practices and Canadian landscapes with illustrations and graphs to show how members can make a positive impact on the future.
Narrator: More and more Canadians are choosing to make the world a better place
Description: Two volunteers pick up garbage in a forest.
Narrator: by making their investments do the same.
Description: A man in a blazer and helmet rests on a bike while reviewing his savings on his phone. City buildings appear in the distance.
Narrator: That’s why Canada Life is now offering sustainable target date funds for group savings plans.
Description: Cut to a lake with a forest and mountains in the distance. Text “Canada Life Sustainable Target Date Funds” appears in a square.
Narrator: Like other target date funds,
Description: A calendar illustration draws into frame. The year “2021” appears.
Narrator: plan members simply choose the fund that matches the year they want to retire.
Description: The calendar is pushed to the right, creating a split-screen. A couple reviewing their savings plan on a tablet enters the frame. The numbers on the calendar count up, resting on “2045.”
Narrator: As they get closer to retirement,
Description: Cut to a pie graph to represent a target date fund. A line enters the frame.
Narrator: the funds, which invest in different types of assets, use more lower-risk investments to help protect their savings if the market falls.
Description: The camera zooms out to show the fund placed at the beginning of a line graph. The top of the graph on the y-axis is labelled “High risk” and the bottom is labelled “Low risk.” The x-axis is labelled “Years to retirement” from 20 to 0 years. The pie graph moves from high-risk investment at 20 years to a low-risk at 0 years. As it moves, the allocation of the fund changes.
Narrator: But these funds can also help reshape the future by investing in companies that show they care about society, the environment
Description: The screen splits into three separate scenes: a creative team problem-solving in a meeting, gloved hands filling a cardboard box with canned goods and a worker installing solar panels on a rooftop.
Narrator: Cut to a man smiling while typing on his desktop computer at home.
Narrator: They’re managed by J.P. Morgan to align with plan members’ values
Description: The J.P. Morgan logo appears onscreen. The logo is pushed to the right, creating a split-screen. A team of experts discussing the funds enters the frame. A legal line appears below the logo: “J.P. Morgan Asset Management is the brand for the asset management business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates worldwide. JP Morgan Asset Management (Canada) Inc. is the sub-advisor to the funds mentioned in this communication. J.P. Morgan Asset Management is not affiliated with Canada Life.”
Narrator: and balance the purpose of being socially conscious
Description: Cut to a close-up of plants sprouting from the ground.
Narrator: without giving up investment growth.
Description: A series of Canadian hundred-dollar bills enter the frame, creating a split-screen.
Narrator: Canada Life makes it easy for both plan sponsors and members
Description: Cut to a barista handing a coffee to a customer in a café.
Narrator: to feel good about where their savings are invested.
Description: A woman in glasses monitors her savings on her laptop. She smiles as the screen is reflected in her glasses.
Narrator: Reach out to your Canada Life group representative to learn more about our new Canada Life Sustainable Target Date Funds.
Description: Text “To learn more, contact your Canada Life group representative.” appears with Canada Life logo and legal lines: “Canada Life Sustainable Target Date Funds are segregated funds available through a group variable annuity policy issued by The Canada Life Assurance Company. Any amount allocated to a segregated fund is invested at the risk of the customer and may increase or decrease in value. Canada Life and design are trademarks of The Canada Life Assurance Company. canadalife.com 1-800-724-3402.”