A division of Elliott & Page Limited, one of Canada's leading integrated financial services providers, Manulife Mutual Funds has rebranded and relaunched the Value Leaders Portfolios as the Manulife Leaders Portfolios. The goal is to take a more active approach to asset allocation by including leading mutual funds from the Manulife family of mutual funds.
“With the integration of AIC Funds in September of 2009, we saw the opportunity to take a strong product and make it even better,” said Jeff Ray, assistant vice president, Mutual Fund Products.
“By integrating some of Manulife’s most popular and award-winning mandates into an already strong line up of funds, and by applying an active approach to asset allocation, we believe the new Manulife Leaders Portfolios provide advisors and their clients with a highly competitive managed solution and a strong foundation for many investors’ financial plans.”
The new portfolios will be broken down into three categories: Manulife Leaders Balanced Income Portfolio, Manulife Leaders Balanced Growth Portfolio and Manulife Leaders Opportunities Portfolio.
Mark Schmeer, CFA, chief investment officer, asset allocation and Don Rich, Ph.D, head of tactical asset allocation at MFC Global Investment Management along with an asset allocation team intend to take an active, hands-on approach to allocating the assets within each portfolio.
“Asset allocation portfolios and other managed product solutions are becoming increasingly popular with advisors and their investors across Canada. The Manulife Leaders Portfolios provides real value for advisors through a highly experienced team of asset allocation specialists and a competitive suite of mutual funds,” said Ray.
Manulife Mutual Funds is a product of Manulife Financial, a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 22 countries and territories worldwide. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were C$446 billion as of March 31, 2010.
Source: Manulife Financial
“With the integration of AIC Funds in September of 2009, we saw the opportunity to take a strong product and make it even better,” said Jeff Ray, assistant vice president, Mutual Fund Products.
“By integrating some of Manulife’s most popular and award-winning mandates into an already strong line up of funds, and by applying an active approach to asset allocation, we believe the new Manulife Leaders Portfolios provide advisors and their clients with a highly competitive managed solution and a strong foundation for many investors’ financial plans.”
The new portfolios will be broken down into three categories: Manulife Leaders Balanced Income Portfolio, Manulife Leaders Balanced Growth Portfolio and Manulife Leaders Opportunities Portfolio.
Mark Schmeer, CFA, chief investment officer, asset allocation and Don Rich, Ph.D, head of tactical asset allocation at MFC Global Investment Management along with an asset allocation team intend to take an active, hands-on approach to allocating the assets within each portfolio.
“Asset allocation portfolios and other managed product solutions are becoming increasingly popular with advisors and their investors across Canada. The Manulife Leaders Portfolios provides real value for advisors through a highly experienced team of asset allocation specialists and a competitive suite of mutual funds,” said Ray.
Manulife Mutual Funds is a product of Manulife Financial, a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 22 countries and territories worldwide. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were C$446 billion as of March 31, 2010.
Source: Manulife Financial
