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Manulife Strategic Dividend Bundle Advisor Series

Global Neutral Balanced

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021, 2019, 2018

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NAVPS
(08-12-2025)
$12.29
Change
$0.02 (0.15%)

As at July 31, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 05, 2015): 5.99%

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 0.40% 4.56% 0.31% 2.94% 6.91% 9.35% 7.40% 2.55% 5.30% 5.63% 5.79% 5.75% 5.69% -
Benchmark 1.48% 6.62% 2.10% 4.88% 10.66% 13.20% 11.58% 5.69% 6.45% 7.05% 6.81% 7.24% 6.89% 6.68%
Category Average 0.83% 5.39% 1.91% 4.51% 8.17% 10.08% 8.17% 4.05% 5.88% 5.59% 5.32% 5.40% 5.31% 4.86%
Category Rank 1,596 / 1,788 1,333 / 1,784 1,459 / 1,738 1,426 / 1,738 1,359 / 1,722 1,214 / 1,656 1,218 / 1,598 1,286 / 1,454 896 / 1,329 726 / 1,275 526 / 1,149 503 / 1,031 413 / 925 -
Quartile Ranking 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Fund 0.75% 1.03% 0.22% 3.77% -1.88% 2.62% -0.83% -1.52% -1.78% 2.79% 1.32% 0.40%
Benchmark -0.07% 2.25% 0.21% 2.87% 0.17% 2.72% -0.03% -2.06% -2.19% 2.47% 2.53% 1.48%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.12% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.93% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - 10.30% 8.47% -4.57% 15.22% 15.75% 11.50% -16.69% 10.18% 12.74%
Benchmark 17.05% 2.39% 8.66% 2.68% 12.26% 11.12% 6.48% -11.62% 11.69% 17.48%
Category Average 2.99% 5.05% 7.69% -3.99% 13.52% 7.16% 9.69% -11.26% 9.53% 12.15%
Quartile Ranking - 1 2 4 1 1 1 4 2 3
Category Rank - 30/ 870 252/ 948 855/ 1,087 182/ 1,204 33/ 1,294 335/ 1,380 1,485/ 1,522 695/ 1,630 958/ 1,683

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

15.75% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.69% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 32.03
US Equity 23.22
Foreign Corporate Bonds 22.97
Foreign Government Bonds 8.29
Cash and Equivalents 4.56
Other 8.93

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 36.30
Financial Services 16.25
Technology 12.10
Industrial Services 5.86
Consumer Services 5.57
Other 23.92

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 88.45
Europe 5.81
Asia 4.50
Latin America 0.94
Multi-National 0.17
Other 0.13

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Manulife Dividend Income Fund Advisor Series 40.18
Manulife Strategic Income Fund Advisor Ser 29.97
Manulife Dividend Income Plus Fund Advisor Series 20.06
Manulife Global Unconstrained Bond Fund Advisor Sr 10.00
Canadian Dollar -0.09
Cash and Cash equivalents -0.11

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 Strategic Dividend Bundle Advisor Series

Median

Other - Global Neutral Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.43% 9.63% -
Beta 1.04% 1.08% -
Alpha -0.04% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.89% 0.81% -
Sharpe 0.42% 0.32% -
Sortino 0.88% 0.39% -
Treynor 0.03% 0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 84.76% 79.24% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 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 6.45% 8.43% 9.63% -
Beta 0.89% 1.04% 1.08% -
Alpha -0.02% -0.04% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.75% 0.89% 0.81% -
Sharpe 0.57% 0.42% 0.32% -
Sortino 1.08% 0.88% 0.39% -
Treynor 0.04% 0.03% 0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 68.77% 84.76% 79.24% -

Fund Details

Start Date August 05, 2015
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $1,457

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
MMF14476
MMF4176
MMF4276
MMF4277
MMF44476
MMF4476
MMF44776
MMF4576
MMF4776

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks to provide a combination of income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to accomplish its objective by investing primarily in securities of other mutual funds to gain exposure to Canadian and foreign equity and fixed income 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 equity component of the Fund, the portfolio advisor invests in equity securities through investments in the following Underlying Funds: Manulife Dividend Income Fund and Manulife Dividend Income Plus Fund. Manulife Dividend Income Fund provides exposure to a diversified portfolio, of which the equity portion will be comprised of mainly Canadian dividend paying common and preferred equity securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Manulife Investment Management Limited

  • Prakash Chaudhari
  • Conrad Dabiet
  • Jason Zhang
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 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.28%
Management Fee 1.83%
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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