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Manulife Global Franchise Class Advisor Series

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NAVPS
(05-16-2025) 		$28.66
Change
$0.12 (0.43%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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Manulife Global Franchise Class Advisor Series

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 11, 2016): 5.87%

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 -3.41% -7.74% -2.75% -5.24% 4.94% 8.08% 8.95% 4.62% 7.95% 6.01% 5.62% 5.25% 6.38% -
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 -2.36% -7.61% -0.68% -3.44% 8.76% 11.25% 9.41% 5.89% 10.36% 7.80% 7.70% 7.48% 8.67% 7.40%
Category Rank 1,381 / 2,117 874 / 2,105 1,615 / 2,092 1,300 / 2,101 1,630 / 2,031 1,583 / 1,907 1,109 / 1,772 1,254 / 1,617 1,306 / 1,480 1,193 / 1,422 1,096 / 1,222 940 / 1,070 831 / 921 -
Quartile Ranking 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 4.86% -1.52% 2.85% 0.25% 2.42% -1.05% 3.08% -0.44% 2.71% -0.38% -4.12% -3.41%
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

14.23% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.03% (February 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 13.47% -12.30% 23.73% 9.02% 15.16% -19.74% 20.60% 17.52%
Benchmark 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37% 26.84%
Category Average 8.98% 3.86% 14.23% -5.38% 19.94% 11.73% 16.21% -13.86% 15.08% 20.13%
Quartile Ranking - - 3 4 1 3 3 4 1 3
Category Rank - - 593/ 1,036 1,086/ 1,183 318/ 1,382 984/ 1,464 1,014/ 1,583 1,411/ 1,735 366/ 1,883 1,436/ 2,000

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

23.73% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-19.74% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 58.64
International Equity 41.95
Cash and Equivalents -0.59

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Consumer Goods 31.89
Technology 20.33
Consumer Services 15.55
Telecommunications 13.74
Healthcare 10.75
Other 7.74

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 58.05
Europe 38.50
Asia 2.02
Africa and Middle East 1.43

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Manulife Global Franchise Fund Advisor Series 100.69
Cash and Cash equivalents -0.24
Canadian Dollar -0.45

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)

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Manulife Global Franchise Class Advisor Series

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.95% 14.89% -
Beta 1.12% 1.16% -
Alpha -0.05% -0.06% -
Rsquared 0.84% 0.85% -
Sharpe 0.38% 0.43% -
Sortino 0.75% 0.63% -
Treynor 0.05% 0.05% -
Tax Efficiency 95.26% 94.75% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 9.60% 14.95% 14.89% -
Beta 0.89% 1.12% 1.16% -
Alpha -0.05% -0.05% -0.06% -
Rsquared 0.76% 0.84% 0.85% -
Sharpe 0.16% 0.38% 0.43% -
Sortino 0.36% 0.75% 0.63% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.05% 0.05% -
Tax Efficiency 96.62% 95.26% 94.75% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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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

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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

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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

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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 11, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Corporation
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $8

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF1273
MMF1274
MMF13432
MMF13732
MMF1672
MMF1673
MMF1872
MMF1873
MMF3432
MMF3532
MMF3732
MMF3870

Investment Objectives

To provide capital appreciation over the medium to longer term. The Fund primarily invests, directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of equity and equity-type securities of multinational companies throughout the world. It may also invest in companies that the portfolio sub-advisors expect will achieve multinational status.

Investment Strategy

The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in securities of Manulife Global Franchise Fund. However, if the portfolio sub-advisors determine that it may be more beneficial for securityholders, the Fund may invest primarily in a diversified portfolio of equities and equity-type securities, either directly or indirectly.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited
Sub-Advisor

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC

  • Sandy Sanders
  • Jonathan White

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 2.37%
Management Fee 1.90%
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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