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Manulife Global Dividend Class Advisor Series

Global Div & Inc Equity

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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

Fundata ESG Grade A

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NAVPS
(05-21-2025)
$24.47
Change
-$0.47 (-1.89%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 01, 2014): 8.27%

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 -5.53% -7.40% -2.07% -2.91% 3.74% 10.24% 10.29% 7.21% 10.12% 7.24% 8.26% 6.85% 8.37% 7.32%
Benchmark -2.97% -7.99% 0.02% -4.37% 12.05% 15.36% 12.95% 8.94% 12.87% 10.21% 10.09% 9.79% 11.46% 10.10%
Category Average -2.84% -4.14% 1.44% 0.30% 11.57% - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank 245 / 257 202 / 254 211 / 253 205 / 253 238 / 248 196 / 239 121 / 218 174 / 215 158 / 206 159 / 199 113 / 187 128 / 176 107 / 162 104 / 149
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 2.44% -0.35% 4.39% -0.88% 0.36% -0.08% 3.17% -2.24% 4.85% 0.99% -2.95% -5.53%
Benchmark 3.15% 2.29% 2.79% 0.04% 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.32% (October 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.29% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 15.12% 3.83% 8.99% -3.63% 22.88% 3.48% 18.49% -10.41% 15.15% 17.45%
Benchmark 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37% 26.84%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 4 1 4
Category Rank 61/ 144 90/ 157 133/ 176 84/ 187 35/ 199 101/ 203 123/ 213 178/ 215 50/ 224 209/ 244

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.88% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-10.41% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 58.13
International Equity 39.64
Cash and Equivalents 2.24
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 19.32
Technology 15.42
Consumer Goods 12.55
Consumer Services 11.52
Industrial Goods 9.38
Other 31.81

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 60.36
Europe 25.53
Asia 14.12
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Philip Morris International Inc 4.42
Microsoft Corp 3.90
ING Groep NV 3.35
ConocoPhillips 2.87
TotalEnergies SE 2.86
Crh PLC 2.76
Wells Fargo & Co 2.51
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd - Pfd 2.43
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd 2.31
Bank of America Corp 2.30

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)

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Risk (Annualized Standard Deviation)ReturnMedian DeviationMedian Return910111213141516174%6%8%10%12%14%16%18%

Manulife Global Dividend Class Advisor Series

Median

Other - Global Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.74% 11.43% 11.51%
Beta 0.87% 0.87% 0.89%
Alpha -0.01% -0.01% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.82% 0.81% 0.84%
Sharpe 0.56% 0.69% 0.52%
Sortino 1.05% 1.04% 0.60%
Treynor 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 10.63% 11.74% 11.43% 11.51%
Beta 0.95% 0.87% 0.87% 0.89%
Alpha -0.07% -0.01% -0.01% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.70% 0.82% 0.81% 0.84%
Sharpe 0.04% 0.56% 0.69% 0.52%
Sortino 0.17% 1.05% 1.04% 0.60%
Treynor 0.01% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A90.790.784.284.20%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A89.889.880.080.00%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A88.388.384.584.50%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A88.288.282.382.30%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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 August 01, 2014
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Corporation
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $106

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF18451
MMF8051
MMF8251
MMF8351
MMF8451
MMF8551
MMF8751

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of dividend paying global equity securities. The Fund may seek to accomplish its objective by investing in securities of other mutual funds. The fundamental investment objective of the Fund cannot be changed without the approval of investors who own securities in the Fund.

Investment Strategy

In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the portfolio sub-advisors seek to identify undervalued companies that represent solid business franchises, and have strong management teams, strong balance sheets, disciplined capital allocation and attractive valuations. The portfolio sub-advisors employ an unconstrained, bottom-up stock selection process based on disciplined fundamental research with the aim to create a diversified portfolio of quality global equity securities of any market capitalization.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Sub-Advisor

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC

  • Paul Boyne
  • Stephen Hermsdorf

Manulife Investment Management (Europe) Limited

  • Felicity Smith

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 100

Fees

MER 2.39%
Management Fee 1.91%
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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