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Manulife Corporate Bond Fund Advisor Series

Multi-Sector Fixed Income

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FundGrade B

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NAVPS
(12-03-2025)
$8.73
Change
$0.01 (0.11%)

As at October 31, 2025

As at September 30, 2025

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Manulife Corporate Bond Fund Advisor Series

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 26, 2003): 4.25%

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 0.29% 2.28% 4.54% 4.31% 5.62% 9.76% 7.30% 2.69% 3.35% 3.11% 3.46% 2.87% 3.08% 3.43%
Benchmark 0.61% 3.71% 5.08% 6.02% 7.75% 10.11% 8.64% 2.75% 0.90% 1.89% 3.07% 2.62% 2.32% 2.96%
Category Average 0.46% 2.34% 4.40% 5.50% 5.67% 8.28% - - - - - - - -
Category Rank 231 / 316 178 / 316 141 / 306 238 / 302 173 / 301 97 / 287 114 / 278 94 / 260 86 / 250 88 / 234 96 / 213 89 / 187 70 / 160 62 / 123
Quartile Ranking 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 1.17% 0.08% 0.98% 0.66% -0.42% -1.42% 0.93% 1.01% 0.25% 0.75% 1.23% 0.29%
Benchmark 0.96% 0.67% 1.41% 1.02% 0.37% -1.88% -0.45% 1.36% 0.41% 0.79% 2.27% 0.61%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

3.96% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.41% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -1.30% 8.96% 3.84% -2.95% 8.57% 5.33% 2.65% -9.26% 8.01% 8.03%
Benchmark 16.14% 1.29% 1.23% 6.50% 4.01% 7.35% -4.31% -10.27% 5.25% 9.76%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - 3.89%
Quartile Ranking 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 2 1
Category Rank 60/ 106 35/ 124 79/ 171 163/ 197 93/ 218 106/ 239 66/ 252 148/ 260 84/ 278 60/ 287

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

8.96% (2016)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-9.26% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Foreign Corporate Bonds 49.67
Canadian Corporate Bonds 43.37
Foreign Government Bonds 2.81
Cash and Equivalents 2.53
Canadian Government Bonds 1.40
Other 0.22

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 97.47
Cash and Cash Equivalent 2.53

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.35
Asia 1.68
Latin America 0.97
Europe 0.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Brookfield Finance Inc 6.30% 15-Oct-2034 1.79
Enbridge Inc 8.25% 15-Oct-2028 1.55
TELUS CORP FRN 6.63% 15-Oct-2055 1.46
UNITED STATES TREASURY NO 4.75% 15-Aug-2055 1.45
Rogers Communications Inc 5.25% 15-Mar-2082 1.38
United States Treasury 4.13% 15-Aug-2044 1.28
GOEASY LTD 6.00% 15-May-2030 1.20
Brookfield Infra Finance ULC 5.44% 25-Jan-2034 1.19
Bank of Nova Scotia 4.50% 16-Dec-2025 1.07
Algonquin Power & Utils Corp 4.75% 18-Jan-2082 0.98

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: S. Average Credit Quality: M.
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Manulife Corporate Bond Fund Advisor Series

Median

Other - Multi-Sector Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 4.22% 5.08% 5.43%
Beta 0.62% 0.56% 0.32%
Alpha 0.02% 0.03% 0.03%
Rsquared 0.56% 0.45% 0.13%
Sharpe 0.76% 0.15% 0.32%
Sortino 1.93% 0.12% 0.13%
Treynor 0.05% 0.01% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 77.53% 57.03% 57.88%
Volatility Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 2 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 2.67% 4.22% 5.08% 5.43%
Beta 0.59% 0.62% 0.56% 0.32%
Alpha 0.01% 0.02% 0.03% 0.03%
Rsquared 0.62% 0.56% 0.45% 0.13%
Sharpe 1.01% 0.76% 0.15% 0.32%
Sortino 1.39% 1.93% 0.12% 0.13%
Treynor 0.05% 0.05% 0.01% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 69.46% 77.53% 57.03% 57.88%

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 Monthly
Assets ($mil) $814

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF1423
MMF1723
MMF3898
MMF40498
MMF40798
MMF498
MMF598
MMF798

Investment Objectives

The objective of the Fund is to provide long-term returns and a steady flow of income. The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of Canadian and U.S. investment grade corporate and high yield bonds. The fundamental investment objective of the Fund cannot be changed without the approval of investors who own securities in the Fund.

Investment Strategy

The investment grade corporate bond component of the Fund will be managed based on a combination of top-down macroeconomic research and bottom-up fundamental credit analysis. This approach has a greater emphasis on sector, credit and security selection. In-depth credit analysis is complemented with the extensive use of external management interviews in the selection of holdings in the portfolio.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

  • Jonathan Crescenzi
  • Roshan Thiru
  • Sivan Nair
  • Altaf Nanji
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 1.29%
Management Fee 1.01%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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