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Manulife Global Dividend Fund Advisor Series

Global Div & Inc Equity

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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NAVPS
(12-05-2025)
$18.71
Change
-$0.11 (-0.60%)

As at October 31, 2025

As at September 30, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Manulife Global Dividend Fund Advisor Series

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 01, 2014): 8.90%

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 0.21% 5.05% 13.62% 10.17% 11.17% 16.85% 14.60% 8.73% 11.62% 9.17% 9.79% 8.35% 8.81% 8.29%
Benchmark 2.78% 9.76% 23.30% 17.91% 23.32% 28.06% 22.53% 12.74% 15.64% 13.95% 13.79% 12.12% 12.86% 12.07%
Category Average 0.88% 5.49% 13.66% 14.01% 15.30% - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank 232 / 264 153 / 260 187 / 254 194 / 249 220 / 249 224 / 240 182 / 216 175 / 211 179 / 209 162 / 196 146 / 194 144 / 184 135 / 174 116 / 152
Quartile Ranking 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 3.19% -2.22% 4.82% 0.98% -2.99% -5.57% 4.27% 2.49% 1.21% 1.84% 2.94% 0.21%
Benchmark 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18% -2.97% 5.37% 3.64% 2.87% 1.95% 4.75% 2.78%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.27% (October 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.19% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 14.84% 3.89% 8.87% -3.93% 22.44% 3.30% 18.31% -10.48% 14.85% 17.39%
Benchmark 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37% 26.84%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 3 4 3 1 3 3 4 1 4
Category Rank 65/ 144 86/ 155 135/ 174 103/ 185 38/ 195 107/ 200 125/ 209 176/ 211 55/ 220 209/ 240

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.44% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-10.48% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 48.90
International Equity 48.59
Cash and Equivalents 2.52

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 22.06
Technology 15.51
Consumer Services 10.88
Industrial Goods 10.20
Consumer Goods 9.26
Other 32.09

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 51.40
Europe 36.30
Asia 12.28
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 4.99
ING Groep NV 3.01
Wells Fargo & Co 2.57
L3harris Technologies Inc 2.48
Crh PLC 2.33
Bank of America Corp 2.21
Citigroup Inc 2.19
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc 2.17
CSX Corp Sr 9 2.16
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd - Pfd 2.12

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)

Manulife Global Dividend Fund Advisor Series

Median

Other - Global Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.73% 11.21% 11.03%
Beta 0.85% 0.84% 0.87%
Alpha -0.04% -0.01% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.79% 0.80% 0.83%
Sharpe 1.05% 0.80% 0.62%
Sortino 1.99% 1.28% 0.75%
Treynor 0.12% 0.11% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 90.46% 88.90% 86.89%
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 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 10.80% 9.73% 11.21% 11.03%
Beta 0.88% 0.85% 0.84% 0.87%
Alpha -0.08% -0.04% -0.01% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.77% 0.79% 0.80% 0.83%
Sharpe 0.77% 1.05% 0.80% 0.62%
Sortino 1.15% 1.99% 1.28% 0.75%
Treynor 0.10% 0.12% 0.11% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 69.81% 90.46% 88.90% 86.89%

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 01, 2014
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $510

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF14439
MMF4239
MMF4323
MMF4339
MMF4439
MMF44439
MMF44739
MMF4539
MMF4739

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of dividend paying global 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

In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the portfolio sub-advisors seek to identify undervalued companies that represent solid business franchises, and have strong management teams, strong balance sheets, disciplined capital allocation and attractive valuations.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

Sub-Advisor

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC

  • Paul Boyne
  • Stephen Hermsdorf

Manulife Investment Management (Europe) Limited

  • Felicity Smith
  • Edward Ritchie

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 100

Fees

MER 2.40%
Management Fee 1.91%
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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