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Manulife Ideal Balanced Fund - No Load Option

Canadian Neutral Balanced

FundGrade B Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2025, 2024

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NAVPS
(03-20-2026)
$93.46
Change
-$0.83 (-0.88%)

As at February 28, 2026

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 10, 2000): 3.67%

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 2.98% 2.70% 5.22% 3.21% 6.46% 8.99% 9.82% 6.87% 7.78% 7.65% 7.24% 6.89% 6.37% 6.35%
Benchmark 5.01% 5.91% 13.36% 5.79% 21.26% 18.62% 14.53% 9.69% 9.66% 9.46% 9.13% 8.68% 7.95% 8.46%
Category Average 3.22% 3.80% 8.41% 4.06% 12.57% 12.57% 10.86% 6.96% 7.00% 7.22% 6.85% 6.23% 5.87% 6.33%
Category Rank 734 / 1,029 861 / 1,029 930 / 1,028 854 / 1,029 939 / 1,028 919 / 1,006 693 / 973 461 / 971 216 / 965 299 / 963 282 / 916 140 / 712 154 / 706 215 / 667
Quartile Ranking 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund -1.62% -1.38% 3.26% 1.61% -1.10% 0.51% 1.17% -0.26% 1.54% -0.50% 0.22% 2.98%
Benchmark -0.96% -0.40% 3.10% 1.62% 0.59% 2.90% 3.78% 0.87% 2.24% 0.12% 0.74% 5.01%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.74% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.18% (September 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund 0.37% 4.42% -3.31% 14.88% 5.19% 15.20% -7.81% 9.72% 12.92% 6.26%
Benchmark 11.97% 6.22% -4.30% 15.62% 7.61% 11.90% -8.20% 9.43% 13.55% 17.74%
Category Average 6.65% 5.72% -4.72% 12.57% 6.33% 10.85% -9.35% 8.27% 11.70% 11.06%
Quartile Ranking 4 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 4
Category Rank 662/ 667 455/ 700 137/ 712 85/ 916 673/ 962 44/ 965 189/ 971 145/ 973 237/ 1,006 971/ 1,028

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

15.20% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-7.81% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Sector Allocation

Geographic Allocation

Top Holdings

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Manulife Ideal Balanced Fund - No Load Option

Median

Other - Canadian Neutral Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 6.71% 8.59% 7.87%
Beta 0.77% 0.91% 0.84%
Alpha -0.01% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.75% 0.82% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.88% 0.59% 0.59%
Sortino 1.82% 0.90% 0.67%
Treynor 0.08% 0.06% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 5.60% 6.71% 8.59% 7.87%
Beta 0.78% 0.77% 0.91% 0.84%
Alpha -0.09% -0.01% -0.01% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.75% 0.75% 0.82% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.71% 0.88% 0.59% 0.59%
Sortino 1.15% 1.82% 0.90% 0.67%
Treynor 0.05% 0.08% 0.06% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Fund Details

Start Date October 10, 2000
Instrument Type Segregated Fund
Share Class -
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Partially Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency No Distribution
Assets ($mil) $95

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
SLI10096

Investment Objectives

The investment objective is to provide superior long-term capital appreciation and steady income while limiting risk through asset diversification with an emphasis on quality and liquidity. To achieve its objective, the Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of Canadian and foreign equities and fixed income securities.

Investment Strategy

To comply with the risk control objective, investment in equities is limited to a maximum of 65% of the Fund assets. To ensure proper diversification, the Canadian equity portfolio will comprise a minimum of 40 securities and will be diversified by sector and industry. The Foreign equity component will comprise a minimum of 10 foreign securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Asset Management Accord (2015) Inc.

Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Manulife Asset Management Accord (2015) Inc.

Custodian

Manulife Asset Management Accord (2015) Inc.

Registrar

Manulife Asset Management Accord (2015) Inc.

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.84%
Management Fee 2.55%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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