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Manulife Fundamental Balanced Class Advisor Series

Canadian Equity Balanced

FundGrade A Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade A

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

Fundata ESG Grade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

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NAVPS
(09-17-2025)
$19.54
Change
$0.02 (0.09%)

As at August 31, 2025

As at July 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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Manulife Fundamental Balanced Class Advisor Series

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 23, 2012): 7.37%

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 0.60% 1.16% 1.51% 4.42% 6.12% 11.69% 10.64% 6.85% 8.92% 8.34% 8.18% 8.39% 7.78% 7.67%
Benchmark 3.81% 7.24% 10.10% 13.26% 19.73% 17.87% 13.96% 8.84% 11.02% 9.93% 9.34% 9.16% 8.69% 8.62%
Category Average 1.71% 3.80% 4.28% 6.97% 11.00% 12.25% 10.09% 5.91% 8.34% 7.26% 6.53% 6.51% 6.23% 6.25%
Category Rank 349 / 389 363 / 388 327 / 369 340 / 369 362 / 369 272 / 365 204 / 363 160 / 355 179 / 327 108 / 325 65 / 312 57 / 285 60 / 267 60 / 252
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund 1.23% -0.91% 3.41% -2.03% 2.46% 0.39% -1.70% -1.43% 3.57% 1.76% -1.19% 0.60%
Benchmark 2.82% 0.37% 5.15% -2.58% 2.89% -0.02% -1.20% -0.27% 4.19% 2.20% 1.08% 3.81%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

6.62% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.66% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 1.53% 6.79% 6.26% -2.34% 18.24% 7.08% 17.10% -6.25% 12.26% 14.42%
Benchmark -5.39% 15.95% 7.50% -6.34% 18.83% 6.85% 17.62% -7.12% 10.48% 17.11%
Category Average -2.09% 10.63% 6.12% -6.63% 14.36% 4.77% 15.38% -7.74% 9.70% 12.92%
Quartile Ranking 2 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 2
Category Rank 80/ 251 229/ 259 159/ 268 29/ 297 24/ 317 150/ 325 121/ 351 144/ 359 66/ 363 174/ 365

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

18.24% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-6.25% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 36.74
US Equity 22.76
Canadian Corporate Bonds 11.26
Canadian Government Bonds 10.12
Cash and Equivalents 8.20
Other 10.92

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 25.93
Financial Services 19.02
Technology 11.76
Cash and Cash Equivalent 8.19
Energy 6.67
Other 28.43

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 92.98
Europe 6.91
Asia 0.13

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Manulife Bond Fund Advisor Series 16.32
Manulife Core Plus Bond Fund Advisor Series 10.06
Microsoft Corp 2.79
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 2.41
Canada Government 10-Sep-2025 2.29
Suncor Energy Inc 2.22
Constellation Software Inc 2.18
Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.09
TMX Group Ltd 2.01
Lowe's Cos Inc 2.01

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)

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Manulife Fundamental Balanced Class Advisor Series

Median

Other - Canadian Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.22% 9.63% 8.57%
Beta 0.82% 0.84% 0.75%
Alpha -0.01% 0.00% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.82% 0.82% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.71% 0.67% 0.70%
Sortino 1.41% 1.02% 0.87%
Treynor 0.08% 0.08% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 95.23% 91.53% 89.82%
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 4 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 6.90% 9.22% 9.63% 8.57%
Beta 0.75% 0.82% 0.84% 0.75%
Alpha -0.08% -0.01% 0.00% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.79% 0.82% 0.82% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.45% 0.71% 0.67% 0.70%
Sortino 0.81% 1.41% 1.02% 0.87%
Treynor 0.04% 0.08% 0.08% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 86.39% 95.23% 91.53% 89.82%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A75.475.443.543.50%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

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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 23, 2012
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Corporation
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $2,140

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF18444
MMF48444
MMF48744
MMF8044
MMF8244
MMF8344
MMF8444
MMF8544
MMF8744

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks to provide long-term total return by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of Canadian equity, fixed income and money market securities. The equity portion of the Fund will primarily be invested in a portfolio of Canadian securities. A smaller portion of the equity portfolio may be invested in U.S. and/or international equity securities. The fixed income portion of the Fund will primarily be invested in a diversified portfolio of fixed income and money market securities.

Investment Strategy

Asset allocation decisions are based on the judgment and discretion of the portfolio advisor. In considering asset allocation decisions, the portfolio advisor will consider the overall market environment and the relative attractiveness of each asset class. For the equity portion of the Fund, the portfolio advisor utilizes a fundamental, bottom-up investment approach to select securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

  • Patrick Blais
  • Sivan Nair
  • Cavan Yie
  • Steve Belisle
  • Brian Chan
  • Derek Chan
  • Altaf Nanji
  • Jakub Sulimierski
  • Roshan Thiru
Sub-Advisor

-

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 50

Fees

MER 2.09%
Management Fee 1.68%
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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