Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF (HHL:TSX) Wins 2025 FundGrade A+ Award

OAKVILLE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. (“Harvest”) is proud to announce that the Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF (HHL:TSX) “HHL” has been named a 2025 FundGrade A+® Award winner by Fundata Canada Inc.

The award recognizes Canadian investment funds that have delivered strong, risk-adjusted performance over multiple time periods. The recognition comes following a challenging year for the global healthcare sector, which faced ongoing uncertainty, political scrutiny and negative headlines. Against this backdrop, HHL stood out, reflecting the resilience of healthcare as an essential, long-term sector and the benefits of a diversified, income-oriented investment approach.

"This award is an honour and a testament to the strength of our investment process, as well as the dedication of our investment team," said Harvest ETFs President and Co-CIO Paul MacDonald, the portfolio manager of HHL. "We remain focused on identifying high-quality healthcare leaders while delivering long-term value and consistent income for our unitholders."

HHL is the largest Healthcare ETF in Canada and provides exposure to leading global healthcare companies across pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare services and biotechnology, while also seeking to deliver monthly income to its investors. The fund’s diversified structure helped it navigate market volatility during a challenging period for the sector.

"Healthcare is a superior good. A vital sector in constant demand. HHL has a track record that spans more than 10 years. I'm grateful to our clients and partners for their continued trust and support," said MacDonald.

The FundGrade A+ Award is given annually to investment funds and managers who have shown consistent, outstanding, risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers, over a full calendar year. Determined through independent, quantitative analysis, the award reflects disciplined portfolio management and the ability to navigate changing market conditions. Earning this recognition underscores the strength of a fund’s investment approach and focus on long-term fundamentals. The FundGrade A+ Award provides investors, advisors, and fund managers with a single, reliable, easy-to-understand fund-performance rating that is completely quantitative.

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About Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.

Founded in 2009, Harvest is an independent Canadian Investment Fund Manager managing over $10 billion in assets for Canadian Investors. At Harvest ETFs, we believe that investors can build and preserve wealth through the long-term ownership of high-quality businesses. This fundamental philosophy is at the core of our investment approach across our range of ETFs. Our core offerings centre around covered call strategies, available in many variations: Equity, Enhanced, Premium Yield, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset, Specialty, Digital Assets and Single Stock ETFs.

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