Canadian World Fund: Investment Update - Unaudited

May 5, 2015 4:31 PM EDT

TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/05/15 -- Canadian World Fund Limited (TSX: CWF) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at April 30, 2015 was $7.29, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns of 8.5% and 11.3%, respectively. These compare with the 9.3% and 16.5% returns of the benchmark Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index, in Canadian dollar terms, for the same periods.

The closing price for CWF's common shares at April 30, 2015 was $4.90, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns of 21.0% and 16.1%, respectively.

The geographic sector weightings of CWF's investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2015 were as follows:


United States                                                35.0%
Europe                                                       24.4%
Asia                                                         18.6%
Canada                                                       15.4%
Latin America                                                5.7%
Australia                                                    0.9%

The top ten investments which comprised 32.5% of the investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2015 were as follows:


Apple Inc. (United States)                                              4.8%
HDFC Bank Ltd. (India)                                                  4.4%
The Middleby Corporation (United States)                                4.1%
Deere & Company (United States)                                         3.1%
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (India)                                     2.9%
Cash (Canada)                                                           2.7%
International Business Machines Corporation (United States)             2.7%
Dunkin Brands Group, Inc. (United States)                               2.7%
Lojas Renner S.A. (Brazil)                                              2.6%
Bank of America Corporation (United States)                             2.5%

Contacts:
Canadian World Fund Limited
Jonathan A. Morgan
President and CEO
(416) 366-2931
(416) 366-2729 (FAX)
[email protected]
www.canadianworldfund.ca

Source: Canadian World Fund Limited



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