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Manulife Fundamental Equity Fund Advisor Series

Canadian Focused Equity

FundGrade B Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade B

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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

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NAVPS
(09-19-2025)
$21.57
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 Equity Fund Advisor Series

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 26, 2003): 8.86%

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% 1.73% 2.23% 5.80% 6.70% 14.50% 14.04% 9.65% 12.86% 11.96% 11.34% 11.89% 11.12% 10.75%
Benchmark 3.86% 9.31% 11.00% 14.24% 22.47% 20.92% 17.44% 10.67% 13.67% 12.45% 10.96% 11.02% 10.71% 10.38%
Category Average 2.33% 6.61% 7.37% 10.09% 16.15% 16.70% 14.44% 8.72% 12.30% 10.89% 9.28% 9.28% 8.96% 8.57%
Category Rank 545 / 603 575 / 600 548 / 578 523 / 578 572 / 578 428 / 572 351 / 565 272 / 554 308 / 542 227 / 531 156 / 506 117 / 483 110 / 416 111 / 405
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 2

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund 0.47% -0.93% 4.30% -2.86% 3.36% 0.13% -2.28% -2.04% 4.98% 2.43% -1.28% 0.60%
Benchmark 2.88% 0.77% 5.65% -2.12% 3.61% -0.67% -2.52% -1.16% 5.40% 3.11% 2.07% 3.86%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.54% (May 2009)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.53% (October 2008)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 1.26% 8.99% 10.06% -3.30% 24.56% 8.99% 27.61% -6.49% 15.76% 19.00%
Benchmark -0.77% 14.44% 10.80% -7.14% 21.45% 7.58% 21.76% -8.87% 13.60% 22.75%
Category Average -2.47% 11.42% 8.06% -8.78% 18.54% 7.73% 22.26% -9.42% 13.34% 19.16%
Quartile Ranking 2 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3
Category Rank 145/ 379 360/ 412 170/ 435 94/ 485 68/ 520 244/ 534 81/ 542 177/ 554 198/ 565 316/ 572

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

27.61% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-6.49% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 51.35
US Equity 37.30
International Equity 11.03
Cash and Equivalents 0.30
Other 0.02

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 27.92
Technology 18.85
Healthcare 9.80
Industrial Services 9.53
Energy 7.82
Other 26.08

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 88.95
Europe 11.03
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 4.26
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 4.12
Suncor Energy Inc 3.63
TMX Group Ltd 3.58
Constellation Software Inc 3.50
AmerisourceBergen Corp 3.01
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 2.98
Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.97
Lowe's Cos Inc 2.95
Sun Life Financial Inc 2.93

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 Fundamental Equity Fund Advisor Series

Median

Other - Canadian Focused Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.91% 12.85% 11.72%
Beta 0.92% 0.96% 0.90%
Alpha -0.02% 0.00% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.81% 0.81% 0.83%
Sharpe 0.83% 0.81% 0.78%
Sortino 1.63% 1.34% 1.10%
Treynor 0.11% 0.11% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 83.18% 77.30% 80.11%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 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 9.18% 11.91% 12.85% 11.72%
Beta 0.83% 0.92% 0.96% 0.90%
Alpha -0.10% -0.02% 0.00% 0.01%
Rsquared 0.79% 0.81% 0.81% 0.83%
Sharpe 0.42% 0.83% 0.81% 0.78%
Sortino 0.78% 1.63% 1.34% 1.10%
Treynor 0.05% 0.11% 0.11% 0.10%
Tax Efficiency 61.83% 83.18% 77.30% 80.11%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A77.777.745.045.00%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 August 26, 2003
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $2,289

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF1231
MMF1331
MMF1424
MMF1724
MMF1930
MMF3969
MMF399
MMF40499
MMF40799
MMF499
MMF599
MMF799

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of the Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in Canadian equity securities. The fundamental investment objective of the Fund cannot be changed without the approval of investors who own securities in the Fund.

Investment Strategy

The portfolio advisor utilizes a fundamental, bottom-up investment approach to select securities. Proprietary analysis is used to construct and analyze the historical economic earnings of a company in order to gain an understanding of the business being studied. Factors such as the magnitude and volatility of a company's earnings, competitive advantages, products and other performance drivers are also considered in selecting securities for the Fund.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

  • Patrick Blais
  • Cavan Yie
  • Steve Belisle
  • Brian Chan
  • Derek Chan
  • Jakub Sulimierski
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 2.19%
Management Fee 1.71%
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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