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Manulife Yield Opportunities Fund Advisor Series

Global Fixed Inc Balanced

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FundGrade C

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014

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NAVPS
(02-03-2026)
$6.23
Change
-$0.03 (-0.50%)

As at December 31, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (December 29, 2009): 4.69%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -0.47% -0.25% 2.27% 3.94% 3.94% 6.35% 6.81% 1.57% 2.08% 3.00% 4.29% 3.09% 3.60% 4.09%
Benchmark -1.50% -0.74% 3.72% 6.36% 6.36% 8.93% 8.19% 3.00% 2.29% 3.40% 3.81% 4.02% 4.00% 3.63%
Category Average -0.54% 0.66% 4.17% 7.43% 7.43% 7.90% 7.84% 2.76% 3.10% 3.76% 4.62% 3.66% 3.86% 3.91%
Category Rank 179 / 983 919 / 975 920 / 974 938 / 965 938 / 965 838 / 937 730 / 885 739 / 842 692 / 797 571 / 745 404 / 690 431 / 586 263 / 508 183 / 442
Quartile Ranking 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fund 1.25% 0.54% -1.27% -1.39% 1.36% 1.19% 0.14% 0.79% 1.58% 0.47% -0.25% -0.47%
Benchmark 1.92% 0.64% -0.65% -1.67% 0.54% 1.79% 0.55% 1.09% 2.79% 1.00% -0.23% -1.50%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

4.53% (November 2023)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.03% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund 8.61% 7.73% -4.94% 12.38% 7.76% 4.12% -12.63% 7.72% 8.81% 3.94%
Benchmark 0.39% 3.81% 5.53% 6.30% 9.09% -0.49% -11.13% 6.74% 11.56% 6.36%
Category Average 4.39% 5.49% -2.85% 9.97% 7.08% 4.51% -11.10% 7.71% 8.38% 7.43%
Quartile Ranking 1 1 4 1 2 3 4 3 3 4
Category Rank 12/ 442 20/ 508 573/ 586 49/ 690 217/ 745 466/ 797 731/ 842 459/ 885 541/ 937 938/ 965

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

12.38% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-12.63% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Foreign Corporate Bonds 35.77
Canadian Corporate Bonds 24.66
Foreign Government Bonds 14.02
US Equity 9.93
Canadian Equity 7.33
Other 8.29

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 76.14
Technology 8.04
Financial Services 4.63
Cash and Cash Equivalent 2.76
Consumer Services 1.90
Other 6.53

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 87.55
Europe 10.68
Asia 1.24
Latin America 0.52
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
United Kingdom Government 0.50% 31-Jan-2029 2.26
United States Treasury 4.75% 15-Aug-2055 2.17
Enbridge Inc 8.25% 15-Oct-2028 2.10
United States Treasury 5.00% 15-May-2045 2.03
United States Treasury 4.25% 15-Aug-2054 1.43
Brookfield Finance Inc 6.30% 15-Oct-2034 1.32
United Kingdom Government 4.25% 31-Jul-2034 1.30
Microsoft Corp 1.15
TELUS CORP FRN 6.63% 15-Oct-2055 0.97
United Kingdom Government 0.25% 31-Jul-2031 0.93

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Manulife Yield Opportunities Fund Advisor Series

Median

Other - Global Fixed Inc Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 5.42% 6.17% 6.49%
Beta 0.84% 0.75% 0.53%
Alpha 0.00% 0.00% 0.02%
Rsquared 0.71% 0.63% 0.24%
Sharpe 0.53% -0.08% 0.37%
Sortino 1.24% -0.17% 0.26%
Treynor 0.03% -0.01% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 79.42% 8.78% 64.09%
Volatility Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 2 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 3.47% 5.42% 6.17% 6.49%
Beta 0.66% 0.84% 0.75% 0.53%
Alpha 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.02%
Rsquared 0.80% 0.71% 0.63% 0.24%
Sharpe 0.38% 0.53% -0.08% 0.37%
Sortino 0.39% 1.24% -0.17% 0.26%
Treynor 0.02% 0.03% -0.01% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 60.76% 79.42% 8.78% 64.09%

Fund Details

Start Date December 29, 2009
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $1,908

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF1481
MMF1781
MMF4424
MMF44424
MMF44724
MMF4524
MMF4724
MMF4879

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s primary objective is to generate income and its secondary objective is long term capital appreciation. The Fund will seek to achieve its objective by investing directly in a diversified portfolio primarily consisting of Canadian and/or global fixed income and/or equity securities. The Fund may also indirectly invest in such securities through investments in other investment funds.

Investment Strategy

The portfolio advisor uses an actively managed strategy that tactically allocates among different fixed income and equity asset classes and investment strategies. The tactical asset allocation decisions are made by the portfolio advisor taking into consideration a broad range of fundamental, market and economic variables as well as available yields from securities markets globally.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

  • Roshan Thiru
  • Sivan Nair
  • Altaf Nanji
  • Conrad Dabiet
  • Prakash Chaudhari
  • Jonathan Crescenzi
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Registrar

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 2.01%
Management Fee 1.60%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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