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Manulife Global Small Cap Balanced Fund Advisor Series

Global Equity Balanced

FundGrade E Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade E

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Fundata ESG Grade D

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

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NAVPS
(04-04-2025)
$13.32
Change
-$0.45 (-3.26%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at January 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 23, 2011): 7.96%

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 -2.04% 1.76% -2.33% 1.93% -1.98% 2.65% 0.50% -1.29% 2.15% 2.94% 2.78% 4.21% 4.56% 4.39%
Benchmark -0.48% 2.93% 9.60% 2.77% 18.61% 17.79% 10.47% 8.79% 10.41% 9.84% 8.71% 9.07% 9.67% 8.55%
Category Average -0.62% 1.59% 6.79% 2.69% 14.35% 13.27% 7.37% 6.84% 8.16% 7.46% 6.40% 6.44% 7.17% 5.71%
Category Rank 1,247 / 1,340 647 / 1,340 1,326 / 1,327 1,125 / 1,340 1,316 / 1,317 1,235 / 1,236 1,192 / 1,205 1,084 / 1,090 1,009 / 1,031 970 / 1,001 843 / 876 725 / 778 674 / 708 530 / 597
Quartile Ranking 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 0.84% -3.61% 3.60% -2.78% 2.88% -0.36% -0.04% -4.84% 0.90% -0.17% 4.05% -2.04%
Benchmark 2.30% -1.69% 2.36% 2.01% 3.06% -0.02% 2.38% 0.42% 3.57% 0.16% 3.26% -0.48%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

7.00% (January 2015)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.67% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 21.66% -0.36% 15.71% -3.03% 18.17% 12.74% 2.32% -16.08% 10.59% -2.61%
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 1 4 1 2 1 1 4 4 3 4
Category Rank 18/ 593 661/ 683 20/ 777 246/ 850 127/ 944 190/ 1,029 1,051/ 1,078 1,049/ 1,184 791/ 1,233 1,315/ 1,316

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

21.66% (2015)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.08% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 53.65
US Equity 11.49
Foreign Corporate Bonds 11.11
Cash and Equivalents 8.12
Foreign Government Bonds 7.39
Other 8.24

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 23.28
Industrial Services 14.68
Technology 13.91
Healthcare 12.35
Consumer Goods 9.35
Other 26.43

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Europe 51.06
North America 39.71
Asia 5.93
Latin America 3.05
Africa and Middle East 0.10
Other 0.15

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Manulife Global Small Cap Fund Advisor Series 69.87
Manulife Strategic Income Fund Advisor Ser 24.08
Canadian Dollar 5.16
Manulife Canadian Bond Fund Advisor Series 0.96
Cash and Cash equivalents -0.06

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Manulife Global Small Cap Balanced Fund Advisor Series

Median

Other - Global Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.49% 11.25% 9.69%
Beta 0.87% 0.97% 0.93%
Alpha -0.08% -0.07% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.71% 0.76% 0.76%
Sharpe -0.26% 0.03% 0.32%
Sortino -0.25% -0.03% 0.26%
Treynor -0.03% 0.00% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency 59.20% 52.55% 61.19%
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 9.76% 10.49% 11.25% 9.69%
Beta 1.18% 0.87% 0.97% 0.93%
Alpha -0.22% -0.08% -0.07% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.50% 0.71% 0.76% 0.76%
Sharpe -0.58% -0.26% 0.03% 0.32%
Sortino -0.61% -0.25% -0.03% 0.26%
Treynor -0.05% -0.03% 0.00% 0.03%
Tax Efficiency - 59.20% 52.55% 61.19%

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 August 23, 2011
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Capped
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $12

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF14418
MMF4218
MMF4318
MMF4418
MMF4518
MMF4718

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of the Fund is to provide long-term capital growth and income by investing primarily in equity securities of global small-cap companies and government and corporate debt securities from developed and emerging markets. The Fund may also invest in U.S. government and agency securities, high yield bonds and preferred shares and other types of debt securities. The Fund may seek to accomplish its objective by investing in securities of other mutual funds.

Investment Strategy

The Fund will normally invest between 65–85% of its assets in equity securities and the balance in fixed income or money market securities. The equity component of the Fund, to be invested by the portfolio sub-advisor, will be invested primarily in small-cap companies from around the world.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Sub-Advisor

Mawer Investment Management Ltd.

  • Paul Moroz
  • Christian Deckart

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 -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 2.41%
Management Fee 1.99%
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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