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Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio Guaranteed Investment Fund Select Original

Global Equity Balanced

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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

Fundata ESG Grade D

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$24.44
Change
-$0.12 (-0.50%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 23, 2006): 4.83%

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 0.74% 4.31% 9.66% 11.69% 10.28% 14.38% 10.92% 5.92% 6.71% 7.13% 7.62% 6.11% 6.76% 6.32%
Benchmark -0.22% 6.14% 13.50% 14.42% 14.60% 19.27% 15.97% 9.42% 9.85% 10.05% 10.39% 9.26% 9.91% 9.39%
Category Average 0.49% 4.94% 10.38% 12.25% 11.04% 15.62% 12.12% 7.01% 7.99% 7.75% 8.07% 6.73% 7.19% 6.82%
Category Rank 377 / 938 629 / 938 533 / 938 402 / 911 425 / 911 474 / 890 459 / 832 504 / 807 485 / 789 312 / 735 258 / 699 252 / 602 220 / 588 215 / 542
Quartile Ranking 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -1.26% 2.85% -0.61% -1.79% -2.03% 3.55% 2.36% 0.80% 1.89% 2.67% 0.86% 0.74%
Benchmark 0.16% 3.26% -0.48% -3.00% -2.54% 3.76% 3.03% 2.10% 1.67% 4.09% 2.18% -0.22%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

7.11% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-11.66% (October 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 6.14% 4.00% 10.18% -7.31% 16.32% 10.91% 9.70% -12.32% 10.63% 13.83%
Benchmark 17.03% 3.66% 11.99% 0.72% 16.29% 12.17% 11.33% -12.03% 15.07% 21.57%
Category Average 4.87% 4.92% 9.31% -5.49% 15.12% 8.09% 12.42% -11.85% 11.42% 15.99%
Quartile Ranking 2 3 1 4 1 1 3 3 2 3
Category Rank 205/ 495 315/ 548 124/ 588 482/ 606 152/ 699 94/ 745 525/ 789 483/ 807 303/ 832 594/ 890

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

16.32% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-12.32% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 28.85
US Equity 22.65
Canadian Equity 20.91
Foreign Corporate Bonds 10.45
Canadian Corporate Bonds 4.80
Other 12.34

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 24.62
Technology 15.82
Financial Services 15.18
Consumer Services 5.70
Basic Materials 5.14
Other 33.54

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 67.14
Europe 16.25
Asia 14.57
Latin America 1.37
Africa and Middle East 0.49
Other 0.18

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Manulife Strategic Income Fund Advisor Ser 12.84
Manulife U.S. All Cap Equity Fund Advisor Ser 8.01
Manulife Covered Call U.S. Equity Class Adv Ser 7.10
Manulife Bond Fund Advisor Series 5.96
Manulife Growth Opportunities Fund Advisor Series 5.45
Manulife World Investment Class Advisor Series 5.11
Manulife Multifactor Cdn Large Cap Indx ETF (MCLC) 5.09
Manulife Fundamental Equity Fund Advisor Series 4.96
Manulife Canadian Investment Class Advisor Series 4.94
Manulife Smart Intl Dividend ETF (unh) (IDIV.B) 4.81

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio Guaranteed Investment Fund Select Original

Median

Other - Global Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 7.76% 8.94% 9.15%
Beta 0.92% 0.93% 0.96%
Alpha -0.03% -0.02% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.90% 0.93% 0.89%
Sharpe 0.87% 0.47% 0.52%
Sortino 1.82% 0.66% 0.57%
Treynor 0.07% 0.05% 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 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 6.59% 7.76% 8.94% 9.15%
Beta 0.74% 0.92% 0.93% 0.96%
Alpha 0.00% -0.03% -0.02% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.86% 0.90% 0.93% 0.89%
Sharpe 1.11% 0.87% 0.47% 0.52%
Sortino 2.00% 1.82% 0.66% 0.57%
Treynor 0.10% 0.07% 0.05% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

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 October 23, 2006
Instrument Type Segregated Fund (Wrap Program)
Share Class -
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Partially Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency No Distribution
Assets ($mil) $776

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MGS2005
MGS2105
MGS2205
MGS2305
MGS2405
MGS2505

Investment Objectives

To provide Long-term capital growth and increased foreign content exposure. Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio is a strategic asset allocation portfolio. It invests its assets in other mutual funds managed by us focusing on Canadian and foreign equity funds.

Investment Strategy

This Fund will invest in units of the underlying mutual fund or a substantially similar fund.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

  • James Robertson
Sub-Advisor

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC

  • Nathan Thooft

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 -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 2.77%
Management Fee 2.19%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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