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TORONTO, Sept. 13, 2021 /CNW/ - Manulife Investment
Management is introducing new offerings on the segregated fund
platform today. Now available are three new Manulife Smart Exchange
Traded Funds (ETFs) segregated funds. The one fixed income and two
dividend funds build on the popularity of Manulife Investment
Management's Smart ETFs launched last November and can offer
investors access to key asset classes via innovative, active
strategies, with competitive fees.
Manulife Investment Management is the first Canadian financial
institution to offer single asset category ETFs in a segregated
fund. These new segregated funds are available in the Manulife
Private Investment Pools—MPIP Segregated Pools and Manulife GIF
Select InvestmentPlus contracts. Manulife Smart Corporate Bond ETF
segregated fund aims to help investors earn income while preserving
capital. Manulife Smart Dividend ETF and Manulife Smart U.S.
Dividend ETF segregated funds are tailored for investors looking to
generate steady income with dividends that have potential for
consistency and growth.
"We're excited to bring these new Manulife Smart ETFs to the
segregated fund platform as innovative solutions for investors
and to make active ETFs available to a wider range of Canadians,"
says Marie Gauthier, Head of Pricing
& Guaranteed Investment Products. "The new Manulife Smart ETF
segregated funds bring together the quality of management
of our ETF platform, while embracing the easy-to-access and
flexible nature of our segregated fund contracts."
Contract
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Fund name
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GIF Select
InvestmentPlus
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Manulife Smart
Corporate Bond ETF GIF Select
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Manulife Smart
Dividend ETF GIF Select
|
Manulife Smart U.S.
Dividend ETF GIF Select
|
|
|
MPIP Segregated
Pools
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Manulife Smart
Corporate Bond ETF Private Segregated Pool
|
Manulife Smart
Dividend ETF Private Segregated Pool
|
Manulife Smart U.S.
Dividend ETF Private Segregated Pool
|
The offerings deliver an efficient and effective way to combine
actively managed ETFs with segregated fund contract estate planning
advantages:
- These funds benefit from Manulife Investment Management's
expertise, as each underlying ETF is actively managed by seasoned
investment teams.
- Advisors can use these single asset category funds as building
blocks to construct diversified portfolios tailored to each
investor's unique needs.
- Competitive pricing and benefits available with segregated fund
contracts, like potential creditor protection and estate planning
advantages.
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company is the issuer of
insurance contracts containing Manulife segregated funds and the
guarantor of any guarantee provisions therein. Any amount that
is allocated to a segregated fund is invested at the risk of the
contract holder and may increase or decrease in
value. Manulife Investment Management is a trade name of The
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company.
About Manulife Investment Management
Manulife
Investment Management is the global wealth and asset management
segment of Manulife Financial Corporation. We draw on more than a
century of financial stewardship and the full resources of our
parent company to serve individuals, institutions, and retirement
plan members worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto, our leading capabilities in public
and private markets are strengthened by an investment footprint
that spans 18 geographies. We complement these capabilities by
providing access to a network of unaffiliated asset managers from
around the world. We're committed to investing responsibly across
our businesses. We develop innovative global frameworks for
sustainable investing, collaboratively engage with companies in our
securities portfolios, and maintain a high standard of stewardship
where we own and operate assets, and we believe in supporting
financial well-being through our workplace retirement plans. Today,
plan sponsors around the world rely on our retirement plan
administration and investment expertise to help their employees
plan for, save for, and live a better retirement.
As of June 30, 2021, Manulife
Investment Management's assets under management and administration,
including assets managed for Manulife's other segments, totaled CAD
$1.0 trillion (US $834 billion). Not all offerings are available in
all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit
manulifeim.com.
About Manulife
Manulife Financial Corporation is a
leading international financial services provider that helps people
make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global
headquarters in Toronto, Canada,
we operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia,
and Europe, and primarily as
John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial
advice, insurance, and our global wealth and asset management
segment, Manulife Investment Management, serves individuals,
institutions and retirement plan members worldwide. At the end of
2020, we had more than 37,000 employees, over 118,000 agents, and
thousands of distribution partners, serving over 30 million
customers. As of June 30, 2021, we
had CAD$1.3 trillion (US$1.1 trillion) in assets under management and
administration, and in the previous 12 months we made $31.3 billion in payments to our customers. Our
principal operations are in Asia,
Canada and the United States where we have served
customers for more than 155 years. We trade as 'MFC' on the
Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges
and under '945' in Hong Kong.
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