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Manulife Fundamental Balanced Class Advisor Series

Canadian Equity Balanced

FundGrade B Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade B

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Fundata ESG GradeD Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade D

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

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NAVPS
(02-05-2026)
$20.04
Change
-$0.02 (-0.12%)

As at December 31, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

As at December 31, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 23, 2012): 7.37%

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 -0.52% 1.05% 1.72% 6.85% 6.85% 10.57% 11.13% 6.50% 8.54% 8.30% 9.66% 8.09% 7.88% 7.77%
Benchmark 0.65% 4.58% 14.68% 23.78% 23.78% 20.40% 17.00% 10.44% 11.84% 10.99% 12.08% 9.59% 9.36% 10.00%
Category Average 0.03% 1.83% 6.57% 11.54% 11.54% 12.23% 11.38% 6.25% 8.02% 7.47% 8.43% 6.42% 6.39% 6.80%
Category Rank 303 / 392 308 / 392 353 / 392 320 / 372 320 / 372 284 / 368 257 / 366 233 / 362 190 / 354 159 / 327 106 / 319 71 / 299 74 / 270 102 / 261
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fund 2.46% 0.39% -1.70% -1.43% 3.57% 1.76% -1.19% 0.60% 1.26% 0.17% 1.41% -0.52%
Benchmark 2.89% -0.02% -1.20% -0.27% 4.19% 2.20% 1.08% 3.81% 4.50% 0.91% 2.96% 0.65%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

6.62% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.66% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund 6.79% 6.26% -2.34% 18.24% 7.08% 17.10% -6.25% 12.26% 14.42% 6.85%
Benchmark 15.95% 7.50% -6.34% 18.83% 6.85% 17.62% -7.12% 10.48% 17.11% 23.78%
Category Average 10.63% 6.12% -6.63% 14.36% 4.77% 15.38% -7.74% 9.70% 12.92% 11.54%
Quartile Ranking 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 4
Category Rank 231/ 261 161/ 270 29/ 299 25/ 319 151/ 327 122/ 354 146/ 362 68/ 366 174/ 368 320/ 372

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

18.24% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-6.25% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 37.67
US Equity 24.31
Canadian Government Bonds 13.17
Canadian Corporate Bonds 9.96
Cash and Equivalents 5.85
Other 9.04

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 27.81
Financial Services 15.89
Technology 11.96
Energy 7.42
Industrial Services 7.18
Other 29.74

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 94.73
Europe 5.14
Asia 0.13
Latin America 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Manulife Bond Fund Advisor Series 15.47
Manulife Core Plus Bond Fund Advisor Series 9.96
Microsoft Corp 3.22
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.00
Becton Dickinson and Co 2.39
Royal Bank of Canada 2.39
Loblaw Cos Ltd 2.35
National Bank of Canada 2.30
Suncor Energy Inc 2.30
Intact Financial Corp 2.25

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 Fundamental Balanced Class Advisor Series

Median

Other - Canadian Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 7.41% 9.18% 8.52%
Beta 0.69% 0.83% 0.75%
Alpha 0.00% -0.01% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.76% 0.80% 0.80%
Sharpe 0.94% 0.64% 0.71%
Sortino 2.05% 0.99% 0.89%
Treynor 0.10% 0.07% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 95.49% 91.37% 90.29%
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 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% 7.41% 9.18% 8.52%
Beta 0.69% 0.69% 0.83% 0.75%
Alpha -0.08% 0.00% -0.01% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.64% 0.76% 0.80% 0.80%
Sharpe 0.75% 0.94% 0.64% 0.71%
Sortino 1.24% 2.05% 0.99% 0.89%
Treynor 0.06% 0.10% 0.07% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 87.93% 95.49% 91.37% 90.29%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date March 23, 2012
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Corporation
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $2,432

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF18444
MMF48444
MMF48744
MMF8044
MMF8244
MMF8344
MMF8444
MMF8544
MMF8744

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks to provide long-term total return by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of Canadian equity, fixed income and money market securities. The equity portion of the Fund will primarily be invested in a portfolio of Canadian securities. A smaller portion of the equity portfolio may be invested in U.S. and/or international equity securities. The fixed income portion of the Fund will primarily be invested in a diversified portfolio of fixed income and money market securities.

Investment Strategy

Asset allocation decisions are based on the judgment and discretion of the portfolio advisor. In considering asset allocation decisions, the portfolio advisor will consider the overall market environment and the relative attractiveness of each asset class. For the equity portion of the Fund, the portfolio advisor utilizes a fundamental, bottom-up investment approach to select securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

  • Patrick Blais
  • Sivan Nair
  • Cavan Yie
  • Steve Belisle
  • Brian Chan
  • Derek Chan
  • Altaf Nanji
  • Jakub Sulimierski
  • Roshan Thiru
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 2.10%
Management Fee 1.68%
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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