TORONTO, May 27, 2021 /CNW/ - Scotia Global Asset Management (Scotia GAM) today announced the names of select Scotia Private Pools are changing to Scotia Wealth Pools. Scotia GAM also announced changes to the reference index for three ScotiaFunds. The investment objectives and other aspects of all the affected Pools and Funds will remain the same.

Fund name changes

Effective May 21, 2021, the names of 38 ScotiaFunds and Scotia Private Pools were changed as listed below:

	Current Fund Name	New Fund Name
1	Scotia Emerging Markets Equity Fund	1832 AM Emerging Markets Equity Pool
2	Scotia Private American Core-Plus Bond Pool	Scotia Wealth American Core-Plus Bond Pool
3	Scotia Private Canadian All Cap Equity Pool	1832 AM Canadian All Cap Equity Pool
4	Scotia Private Canadian Core Bond Pool	Scotia Wealth Canadian Core Bond Pool
5	Scotia Private Canadian Corporate Bond Pool	Scotia Wealth Canadian Corporate Bond Pool
6	Scotia Private Canadian Equity Pool	Scotia Wealth Canadian Equity Pool
7	Scotia Private Canadian Growth Pool	Scotia Wealth Canadian Growth Pool
8	Scotia Private Canadian Mid Cap Pool	Scotia Wealth Canadian Mid Cap Pool
9	Scotia Private Canadian Preferred Share Pool	Scotia Wealth Canadian Preferred Share Pool
10	Scotia Private Canadian Small Cap Pool	Scotia Wealth Canadian Small Cap Pool
11	Scotia Private Canadian Value Pool	Scotia Wealth Canadian Value Pool
12	Scotia Private Emerging Markets Pool	Scotia Wealth Emerging Markets Pool
13	Scotia Private Floating Rate Income Pool	Scotia Wealth Floating Rate Income Pool
14	Scotia Private Fundamental Canadian Equity Pool	1832 AM Fundamental Canadian Equity Pool
15	Scotia Private Global Credit Pool	1832 AM Global Credit Pool
16	Scotia Private Global Equity Pool	Scotia Wealth Global Equity Pool
17	Scotia Private Global High Yield Pool	Scotia Wealth Global High Yield Pool
18	Scotia Private Global Infrastructure Pool	Scotia Wealth Global Infrastructure Pool
19	Scotia Private Global Real Estate Pool	Scotia Wealth Global Real Estate Pool
20	Scotia Private High Yield Bond Pool	Scotia Wealth High Yield Bond Pool
21	Scotia Private High Yield Income Pool	Scotia Wealth High Yield Income Pool
22	Scotia Private Income Pool	Scotia Wealth Income Pool
23	Scotia Private International Core Equity Pool	Scotia Wealth International Core Equity Pool
24	Scotia Private International Equity Pool	Scotia Wealth International Equity Pool
25	Scotia Private International Growth Equity Pool	1832 AM International Growth Equity Pool
26	Scotia Private International Small to Mid Cap Value Pool	Scotia Wealth International Small to Mid Cap Value Pool
27	Scotia Private North American Dividend Pool	Scotia Wealth North American Dividend Pool
28	Scotia Private Premium Payout Pool	Scotia Wealth Premium Payout Pool
29	Scotia Private Real Estate Income Pool	Scotia Wealth Real Estate Income Pool
30	Scotia Private Short Term Bond Pool	Scotia Wealth Short Term Bond Pool
31	Scotia Private Short-Mid Government Bond Pool	Scotia Wealth Short-Mid Government Bond Pool
32	Scotia Private Strategic Balanced Pool	Scotia Wealth Strategic Balanced Pool
33	Scotia Private Total Return Bond Pool	Scotia Wealth Total Return Bond Pool
34	Scotia Private U.S. Dividend Pool	Scotia Wealth U.S. Dividend Pool
35	Scotia Private U.S. Large Cap Growth Pool	Scotia Wealth U.S. Large Cap Growth Pool
36	Scotia Private U.S. Mid Cap Value Pool	Scotia Wealth U.S. Mid Cap Value Pool
37	Scotia Private U.S. Value Pool	Scotia Wealth U.S. Value Pool
38	Scotia Private World Infrastructure Pool	Scotia Wealth World Infrastructure Pool

Index changes

Effective May 21, 2021, the reference indices of three ScotiaFunds were changed to the following:

Fund name	New reference index
Scotia Canadian Bond Index Fund	Solactive Broad Canadian Bond Universe Liquid ex MPL TR Index
Scotia Canadian Equity Index Fund	Solactive Canada Broad Market Index
Scotia U.S. Equity Index Fund	Solactive GBS United States 500 CAD Index

These ScotiaFunds aim to track the performance of their relevant reference index as closely as possible. In all other respects, the Funds' investment objectives, investment strategies, risk factors and fees remain the same. The Funds will seek to provide investors with substantially the same exposure to the asset class to which they were previously exposed and the frequency of rebalancing for the Funds remains the same.

For further information on ScotiaFunds, please visit scotiafunds.com.

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with investments in the funds. Please read the prospectus before investing. Investments in the funds are not guaranteed; their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.

About Solactive

Solactive is a leading provider of indexing, benchmarking, and calculation solutions for the global investment and trading community. As at April 2020, Solactive served approximately 450 clients across the world, with approximately US$200 billion invested in products linked to our indices. Solactive is registered with ESMA as a benchmark administrator and is supervised by the BaFin.

About Scotia Global Asset Management

Scotia Global Asset Management is a business name used by 1832 Asset Management L.P., a limited partnership, the general partner of which is wholly owned by Scotiabank. Scotia Global Asset Management offers a range of wealth management solutions, including mutual funds, and investment solutions for private clients, institutional clients and managed asset programs.

About Scotiabank

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of approximately 90,000 employees and assets of approximately $1.2 trillion (as at January 31, 2021), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:BNS). For more information, please visit http://www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankViews.

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Scotia Global Asset Management announces name changes and index changes for select Scotia Pools and Funds