Ninepoint Global Real Estate Fund

November 2018 Commentary

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Year-to-date to November 30, the Ninepoint Global Real Estate Fund generated a total return of 1.97% compared to the MSCI World IMI Core Real Estate Index, which generated a total return of 5.19%. Prior to October, we had used the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Index as our benchmark, which generated a total return of 6.00% year-to-date. Note that we changed our benchmark for administrative reasons, but it does make our year-to-date returns appear slightly better on a relative basis.

Returns in the month of November were excellent on an absolute basis but slightly disappointing on a relative basis, with the Fund generating a total return of 4.17% while the MSCI World IMI Core Real Estate Index generated a total return of 5.06% and the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Index generated a total return of 4.97%.

After a dramatic correction in October, with the S&P 500 falling 10.6% to an intraday low on October 29, markets recouped some of the drawdown in November. Our investments in the Residential REITs, Specialized REITs and Industrial REITs sub-industries generated gains, while our investments in the Diversified Real Estate sub-industry detracted from performance. Currency hedging also slightly detracted from performance in November as the USD continued to benefit from flight-to-safety capital flows in a volatile macro environment.

During any challenging period, it is important to understand what has been driving broad sentiment and adhere to an investment process that works over the cycle. In the very near term, investors are focused on the extremely flat yield curve (but the 2-year to 10-year spread is still not inverted), US-China trade developments (we believe that some progress was made at the G20 meeting), low oil prices (OPEC and Russia have agreed to reduce output in an effort to support prices) and BREXIT (the UK parliament has postponed voting on the matter for now).

Given these cross currents, perhaps it is not surprising that the S&P 500 has violently whipsawed within a range roughly defined by 2,600 (approximately 14.5x forward earnings estimates) and 2,800 (approximately 15.75x forward earnings estimates) since early October. However, we expect markets to end the year higher than today based on a more dovish FED (we are looking for a December rate hike accompanied by language indicating a willingness to pause sometime over the following twelve months) and continued progress on US-China trade negotiations (even if a formal trade deal remains elusive).

Our modelling indicates that the Canadian dollar is slightly undervalued. However, the equity market selloff, oil price collapse and trade war rhetoric have introduced a new level of complexity to our FX analysis as prior correlations have become less statistically significant. We have therefore maintained hedges on half of our USD/CAD exposure to reduce volatility in the Fund.

Top contributors to the year-to-date performance of the Ninepoint Global Real Estate Fund included Aroundtown (+99 bps), Killam Apartment (+88 bps) and InterRent (+87 bps). Top detractors year-to-date included Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione (-63 bps), Gazit-Globe (-40 bps) and Equinix (-35 bps).

The Ninepoint Global Real Estate Fund was concentrated in 29 positions as at November 30, 2018 with the top 10 holdings accounting for approximately 39.8% of the fund. Over the prior fiscal year, 21 out of our 29 holdings have announced a dividend increase, with an average hike of 6.3.%. Using a total real estate approach, we will continue to apply a disciplined investment process, balancing valuation, growth and yield in an effort to generate solid risk-adjusted returns.

Jeffrey Sayer, CFA

Effective February 7, 2017 the Sprott Global REIT & Property Equity Fund’s name was changed to Sprott Global Real Estate Fund, subsequently on August 1, 2017 becoming Ninepoint Global Real Estate Fund.

1All returns and fund details are a) based on Series F units; b) net of fees; c) annualized if period is greater than one year; d) as at November 30, 2018; e) 2015 annual returns are from 08/04/15 to 12/31/15. The index is 100% MSCI World IMI Core Real Estate NR (CAD) and is computed by Ninepoint Partners LP based on publicly available index information.

The Fund is generally exposed to the following risks. See the Simplified Prospectus of the Fund for a description of these risks: capital depletion risk, concentration risk, credit risk, currency risk, cybersecurity risk; derivatives risk, emerging markets risk, equity real estate investment trust (REIT) risk, exchange traded funds risk, foreign investment risk, income trust risk, inflation risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk, market risk, real estate risk, regulatory risk, series risk, short selling risk, specific issuer risk, tax risk.

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