Growth & High Income
A Smart Balance
Growth Opportunities and High Monthly Cash Distributions from Canada’s First Balanced Covered Call ETF.
Balanced Growth + Tax Efficient Income with Covered Calls
These portfolios deliver growth and income through equity income and fixed income ETF holdings. Blending the traditional balanced portfolio with a covered call writing strategy to offer high monthly cash distributions while delivering growth.
Balanced Growth + Tax Efficient Income with Covered Calls
Components of the Smart Balanced ETF
60% Equity Income ETFs
Harvest Equity Income ETFs invest in companies that are well-established, with strong balance sheets and consistent earnings growth.
40% Fixed Income
Harvest Fixed Income ETFs cover the entire maturity spectrum with short, intermediate, and long duration options.
Harvest Covered Call Strategy
Harvest ETFs market leading call option strategy generates monthly cashflows from a portfolio of equity and fixed income securities.
Canada’s Only Balanced ETF Primarily Focused on Covered Calls
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8 Equity Income ETFs
- EExposure to Harvest Equity Income ETFs
- ECore equity income + growth – Up to 33% covered call writing
Tickers | ETF Names | Weight |
HHL | Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF | 11.7% |
HTA | Harvest Tech Achievers Growth & Income ETF | 10.8% |
HUTL | Harvest Equal Weight Global Utilities Income ETF | 9.5% |
HLIF | Harvest Canadian Equity Income Leaders ETF | 9.0% |
HGR | Harvest Global REIT Leaders Income ETF | 8.2% |
HIND | Harvest Industrial Leaders Income ETF | 4.6% |
HPF | Harvest Energy Leaders Plus Income ETF | 2.4% |
HUBL | Harvest US Bank Leaders Plus Income ETF | 1.6% |
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5 Fixed Income ETFs
- EOffers exposure to Harvest fixed income ETFs
- EOn select ETFs, Harvest will employ up to 100% covered call writing
Tickers | ETF Names | Weight |
Covered Call: | ||
HPYM | Harvest Premium Yield 7-10 Year Treasury ETF | 15.1% |
HPYT | Harvest Premium Yield Treasury ETF | 10.4% |
No Covered Call: | ||
ZPS | BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF | 5.4% |
XSB | iShares Core Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETF | 5.4% |
TBIL | Harvest Canadian T-Bill ETF | 3.5% |
Cash and other assets and liabilities | 2.4% |
As at April 30, 2025
Why Harvest ETFs?
Harvest ETFs has stood out for over 15 years since its founding for its covered call writing. The philosophy of wealth creation and preservation through investment in leading businesses, long-term growth industries, or secular trends guides the composition of all Harvest ETFs. Our Balanced Income ETFs aim to deliver steady monthly income with capital appreciation with lower volatility.
The Smart Balance
The Harvest Balanced Income & Growth ETF seek to provide unitholders with high monthly cash distributions and the opportunity for capital appreciation. It invests, on a non-levered basis, in a portfolio of ETFs that are listed on a recognized North American stock exchange that provide exposure towards large capitalization equity securities, investment grade bonds, or money market instruments issued by corporations or governments. Moreover, it includes ETFs that are engaged in covered call strategies.
- Simple and efficient way to invest in a 60/40 portfolio
- High monthly cash flows from covered calls in a balanced portfolio
- Diversified portfolio of high quality large-cap equities and investment grade bonds with covered calls
- Tactical asset allocation
- Steady monthly cash distribution
Key Facts
As at 2025/05/09
TICKER
HBIG
TSX
CURRENCY
CAD-Hedged
Underlying ETFs
NAV
$23.26
Updated Daily
MKT PRICE CLOSE
$23.24
Updated Daily
NET AUM*
$4.65M
Updated Daily
MGMT STYLE
Active
With Covered Calls
Underlying ETFs
CASH DISTRIBUTION
Monthly
Frequency
LAST DISTRIBUTION
$0.1600
Cash, Per unit
CURRENT YIELD
8.26%
Updated Daily
DISTRIBUTION
$2.0800
Total, Since Inception
Key Facts
As at 2025/05/09
TICKER
HBIE
TSX
CURRENCY
CAD-Hedged
Underlying ETFs
NAV
$22.85
Updated Daily
MKT PRICE CLOSE
$22.92
Updated Daily
NET AUM*
$8.00M
Updated Daily
MGMT STYLE
Active
With Covered Calls
Underlying ETFs
CASH DISTRIBUTION
Monthly
Frequency
LAST DISTRIBUTION
$0.2000
Cash, Per unit
CURRENT YIELD
10.47%
Updated Daily
DISTRIBUTION
$2.6000
Total, Since Inception
Key Facts
As at 2025/05/09
TICKER
HBIG
TSX
CURRENCY
CAD-Hedged
Underlying ETFs
NAV
$23.26
Updated Daily
MKT PRICE CLOSE
$23.24
Updated Daily
NET AUM*
$4.65M
Updated Daily
MGMT STYLE
Active
With Covered Calls
Underlying ETFs
CASH DISTRIBUTION
Monthly
Frequency
LAST DISTRIBUTION
$0.1600
Cash, Per unit
CURRENT YIELD
8.26%
Updated Daily
DISTRIBUTION
$2.0800
Total, Since Inception
Key Facts
As at 2025/05/09
TICKER
HBIE
TSX
CURRENCY
CAD-Hedged
Underlying ETFs
NAV
$22.85
Updated Daily
MKT PRICE CLOSE
$22.92
Updated Daily
NET AUM*
$8.00M
Updated Daily
MGMT STYLE
Active
With Covered Calls
Underlying ETFs
CASH DISTRIBUTION
Monthly
Frequency
LAST DISTRIBUTION
$0.2000
Cash, Per unit
CURRENT YIELD
10.47%
Underlying ETFs
DISTRIBUTION
$2.6000
Total, Since Inception
Meet the Manager
Paul MacDonald, CFA
Paul MacDonald is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Harvest ETFs and the lead manager for HBIG and HBIE. Paul brings over 20 years of experience in the investment business, with 15 years as a Portfolio Manager. Paul covers select Healthcare companies globally and is the lead Portfolio Manager on the Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF, one of Canada’s largest Healthcare ETFs. Paul also covers select Real Estate companies and plays a key role in formulating Harvest’s overall investment strategy.
Disclaimer
Commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with investing in Harvest Exchange Traded Funds (managed by Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.). Please read the relevant prospectus before investing. The Funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.
Distributions are paid to you in cash unless you request, pursuant to your participation in a distribution reinvestment plan, that they be reinvested into the Class of units that you own of the Fund. If the Fund earns less than the amounts distributed, the difference is a return of capital. Tax, investment and all other decisions should be made with guidance from a qualified professional.
Certain statements included in this communication constitute forward-looking statements (“FLS”, including, but not limited to, those identified by the expressions "expect", "intend", "will" and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Funds. The FLS are not historical facts but reflect the Harvest’s and the portfolio manager of the Funds current expectations regarding future results or events. These FLS are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. Although Harvest and the portfolio manager of the Funds believe that the assumptions inherent in the FLS are reasonable, FLS are not guarantees of future performance and, accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. The Funds, Harvest and the portfolio manager of the Funds undertake no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any FLS or information whether as a result of new information, future events or other such factors which affect this information, except as required by law.