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Manulife Fundamental Balanced Class Advisor Series

Canadian Equity Balanced

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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

Fundata ESG Grade C

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

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NAVPS
(06-08-2026)
$20.11
Change
-$0.06 (-0.30%)

As at May 31, 2026

As at April 30, 2026

As at April 30, 2026

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Manulife Fundamental Balanced Class Advisor Series

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (March 23, 2012): 7.33%

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 0.49% -0.31% 1.95% 2.49% 6.08% 9.48% 10.64% 8.95% 7.55% 8.95% 8.32% 8.30% 7.77% 7.70%
Benchmark 2.24% 1.25% 9.09% 8.38% 27.02% 22.44% 19.27% 13.68% 11.62% 13.61% 11.62% 10.67% 10.09% 10.07%
Category Average 2.15% 1.51% 5.24% 5.21% 13.86% 12.83% 12.33% 9.15% 7.57% 9.57% 7.94% 7.19% 6.67% 6.91%
Category Rank 354 / 360 305 / 358 293 / 355 285 / 358 314 / 354 285 / 334 274 / 329 246 / 326 229 / 319 253 / 316 195 / 315 135 / 292 122 / 273 140 / 255
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Fund 1.76% -1.19% 0.60% 1.26% 0.17% 1.41% -0.52% 0.24% 2.56% -3.16% 2.44% 0.49%
Benchmark 2.20% 1.08% 3.81% 4.50% 0.91% 2.96% 0.65% 0.78% 6.21% -3.73% 2.87% 2.24%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

6.62% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.66% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund 6.79% 6.26% -2.34% 18.24% 7.08% 17.10% -6.25% 12.26% 14.42% 6.85%
Benchmark 15.95% 7.50% -6.34% 18.83% 6.85% 17.62% -7.12% 10.48% 17.11% 23.78%
Category Average 10.63% 6.12% -6.63% 14.36% 4.77% 15.38% -7.74% 9.70% 12.92% 11.54%
Quartile Ranking 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 4
Category Rank 223/ 252 155/ 261 28/ 290 25/ 310 151/ 315 122/ 317 110/ 325 67/ 329 173/ 331 293/ 335

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 40.97
US Equity 26.05
Canadian Government Bonds 14.77
Canadian Corporate Bonds 10.96
International Equity 3.68
Other 3.57

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 29.65
Financial Services 18.55
Technology 10.08
Healthcare 8.68
Consumer Services 6.82
Other 26.22

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.54
Europe 4.33
Asia 0.09
Other 0.04

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Manulife Bond Fund Advisor Series 15.09
Manulife Core Plus Bond Fund Advisor Series 9.82
Royal Bank of Canada 3.40
CANADIAN TREASURY BILL 3.36
Toronto-Dominion Bank 3.32
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.12
Microsoft Corp 2.95
Waste Connections Inc 2.78
Cencora Inc 2.61
Abbott Laboratories 2.47

Equity Style

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Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Manulife Fundamental Balanced Class Advisor Series

Median

Other - Canadian Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 7.28% 9.17% 8.56%
Beta 0.70 0.80 0.74
Alpha -0.02 -0.02 0.00
Rsquared 0.73% 0.81% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.94 0.52 0.69
Sortino 1.85 0.81 0.87
Treynor 0.10 0.06 0.08
Tax Efficiency 95.07% 90.14% 89.94%
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 5.57% 7.28% 9.17% 8.56%
Beta 0.57 0.70 0.80 0.74
Alpha -0.08 -0.02 -0.02 0.00
Rsquared 0.76% 0.73% 0.81% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.67 0.94 0.52 0.69
Sortino 0.81 1.85 0.81 0.87
Treynor 0.07 0.10 0.06 0.08
Tax Efficiency 85.24% 95.07% 90.14% 89.94%

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 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) $2,483

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 2.10%
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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