Canadian World Fund: Investment Update-Unaudited

May 4, 2016 3:19 PM EDT

TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/04/16 -- Canadian World Fund Limited (TSX: CWF) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at April 30, 2016 was $7.02, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns of -6.8% and -3.7%, respectively. These compare with the -8.4% and -4.3% 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, 2016 was $4.70, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns of -4.5% and -4.1%, respectively.

The geographic sector weightings of CWF's investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2016 were as follows:


United States                                                          30.2%
Europe                                                                 28.3%
Asia                                                                   18.1%
Canada                                                                 17.5%
Central America & Caribbean                                             3.5%
South America                                                           2.4%

The top ten investments which comprised 41.2% of the investment portfolio at market as of April 30, 2016 were as follows:


Cash (Canada)                                                          10.3%
The Middleby Corporation (United States)                                4.9%
HDFC Bank Ltd. (India)                                                  4.5%
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (India)                                     3.5%
AmRest Holdings N.V. (Netherlands)                                      3.2%
Deere & Company (United States)                                         3.1%
RATIONAL AG (Germany)                                                   3.0%
PATRIZIA Immobilien AG (Germany)                                        3.0%
YES BANK Limited (India)                                                2.9%
Apple Inc. (United States)                                              2.8%

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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