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Manulife Ideal U.S. Monthly High Income Fund Signature 2.0 Ideal 75/100 Series (BE, NL, LL)

Global Neutral Balanced

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FundGrade C

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$16.74
Change
-$0.12 (-0.73%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Manulife Ideal U.S. Monthly High Income Fund Signature 2.0 Ideal 75/100 Series (BE, NL, LL)

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 14, 2016): 6.01%

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 -0.45% 4.84% 8.89% 5.51% 4.39% 9.35% 6.70% 0.27% 4.13% 5.62% 6.38% 5.81% 6.28% -
Benchmark -0.22% 5.11% 10.94% 11.83% 12.03% 15.79% 12.94% 6.94% 6.96% 7.45% 8.02% 7.17% 7.63% 7.34%
Category Average 0.56% 4.18% 8.48% 10.38% 8.98% 12.86% 9.79% 5.33% 6.08% 6.03% 6.57% 5.53% 5.91% 5.69%
Category Rank 1,072 / 1,206 353 / 1,206 440 / 1,206 1,123 / 1,206 1,107 / 1,205 1,020 / 1,111 969 / 1,063 1,017 / 1,022 846 / 1,001 430 / 934 364 / 884 212 / 693 193 / 674 -
Quartile Ranking 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -1.06% 2.60% -0.79% -2.00% -4.89% 2.14% 2.10% 1.47% 0.25% 3.48% 1.77% -0.45%
Benchmark 0.17% 2.72% -0.03% -2.06% -2.19% 2.47% 2.53% 1.48% 1.44% 3.57% 1.71% -0.22%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

7.08% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.15% (January 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 10.27% -4.10% 18.86% 14.27% 20.24% -19.07% 4.71% 11.87%
Benchmark 17.05% 2.39% 8.66% 2.68% 12.26% 11.12% 6.48% -11.62% 11.69% 17.48%
Category Average 2.99% 5.05% 7.69% -3.99% 13.52% 7.16% 9.69% -11.26% 9.53% 12.15%
Quartile Ranking - - 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 3
Category Rank - - 66/ 674 390/ 705 48/ 884 53/ 941 36/ 1,002 1,005/ 1,023 1,035/ 1,063 637/ 1,111

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

20.24% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-19.07% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 58.50
Foreign Corporate Bonds 16.14
Mortgages 14.69
Foreign Government Bonds 6.08
Cash and Equivalents 1.73
Other 2.86

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 38.19
Technology 26.94
Financial Services 11.37
Healthcare 5.45
Consumer Services 5.26
Other 12.79

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.97
Europe 1.75
Latin America 0.17
Asia 0.07
Africa and Middle East 0.03
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
NVIDIA Corp 5.16
Microsoft Corp 4.24
Apple Inc 4.14
Alphabet Inc Cl A 3.12
Federal National Mortgage Association 2.88
Amazon.com Inc 2.54
Broadcom Inc 1.82
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 1.64
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.58
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 1.48

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

Manulife Ideal U.S. Monthly High Income Fund Signature 2.0 Ideal 75/100 Series (BE, NL, LL)

Median

Other - Global Neutral Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 6.91% 9.73% -
Beta 0.95% 1.03% -
Alpha -0.05% -0.03% -
Rsquared 0.85% 0.70% -
Sharpe 0.41% 0.19% -
Sortino 0.78% 0.21% -
Treynor 0.03% 0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 3 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.18% 6.91% 9.73% -
Beta 1.22% 0.95% 1.03% -
Alpha -0.09% -0.05% -0.03% -
Rsquared 0.91% 0.85% 0.70% -
Sharpe 0.23% 0.41% 0.19% -
Sortino 0.27% 0.78% 0.21% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% -

Fund Details

Start Date October 14, 2016
Instrument Type Segregated Fund
Share Class -
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Partially Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency No Distribution
Assets ($mil) $1,392

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
SLI40325
SLI40326
SLI40327

Investment Objectives

Steady flow of monthly income and capital growth. The Fund invests primarily in Canadian fixed-income and large-cap Canadian equity securities. The Fund may also invest in units of royalty trusts and real estate investment trusts.

Investment Strategy

This Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in U.S. equity and fixed income securities. For the equity portion, the portfolio advisor uses a fundamental, value based investment approach that seeks attractively priced securities that offer the potential for growth and income. For the fixed income portion, the portfolio sub-advisor invests primarily in U.S. government and corporate debt, high yield bonds, preferred shares, convertibles and other types of debt securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

  • Alan Wicks
  • Chris Hensen
  • Prakash Chaudhari
  • Jonathan Popper
  • Conrad Dabiet
  • Howard Greene
Sub-Advisor

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC

  • Jeffrey Given
  • Saurabh Moudgil

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Registrar

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Distributor

Manulife Asset Management Limited

Investment Minimums

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

Fees

MER 3.27%
Management Fee 2.35%
Load Choice of Front or Back
FE Max -
DSC Max 6.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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