OREANDA-NEWS. July 23, 2015. Manulife Investments, a division of Manulife Asset Management Limited, today announced that it will lower the risk rating on five of its mutual funds and cap certain other funds.  

Manulife Investments has determined it is appropriate to lower the risk rating for the following funds, effective on or about July 31, 2015. No changes have been made to the investment objectives, strategies or management of these funds.

Manulife Diversified Strategies Fund from “low to medium” to “low”
Manulife Special Opportunities Class from “high” to “medium”
Manulife China Class from “high” to “medium to high”
Manulife Global Real Estate Class from “medium to high” to “medium”
Manulife Global Real Estate Fund from “medium to high” to “medium”.

Also, due to limited investor demand, on July 31, 2015, Manulife Investments will cease offering the U.S. Dollar Purchase Option series of all funds, listed below and all series of the Manulife Canadian Bond Fund.  Instead of the U.S. Dollar Purchase Option, investors interested in purchasing investments in U.S. dollars have the option of choosing U.S. Dollar Funds. Manulife Investments offers four pure U.S. dollar funds: two fixed income, one balanced and one equity.

The following funds are capped to all new and ongoing purchases. Any existing pre-authorized chequing plans, Group Plan Purchases and RESP incentives to the Manulife Canadian Bond Fund will be directed to a money market fund managed by Manulife Investments, unless securityholders advise otherwise.  

All Series Capping

MANULIFE CANADIAN BOND FUND

US Dollar Purchase Option Capping

MANULIFE ASIA TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND

MANULIFE CORPORATE BOND FUND

MANULIFE DIVERSIFIED STRATEGIES FUND

MANULIFE EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND

MANULIFE GLOBAL ALL CAP FOCUSED FUND 

MANULIFE GLOBAL BALANCED FUND

MANULIFE GLOBAL DIVIDEND FUND 

MANULIFE GLOBAL FOCUSED BALANCED FUND

MANULIFE GLOBAL FOCUSED FUND

MANULIFE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND 

MANULIFE GLOBAL REAL ESTATE FUND 

MANULIFE GLOBAL STRATEGIC BALANCED YIELD FUND 

MANULIFE GLOBAL TACTICAL CREDIT FUND

MANULIFE HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

MANULIFE INTERNATIONAL FOCUSED FUND 

MANULIFE INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY FUND

MANULIFE LEADERS OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO

MANULIFE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT GRADE GLOBAL BOND FUND

MANULIFE U.S. DIVIDEND REGISTERED FUND

MANULIFE U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY FUND

MANULIFE U.S. MONTHLY HIGH INCOME FUND

MANULIFE U.S. OPPORTUNITIES FUND

MANULIFE U.S. TACTICAL CREDIT FUND

MANULIFE VALUE FUND

MANULIFE WORLD INVESTMENT FUND

MANULIFE YIELD OPPORTUNITIES FUND

MANULIFE ASIA EQUITY CLASS

MANULIFE CANADIAN FOCUSED CLASS

MANULIFE GLOBAL DIVIDEND CLASS 

MANULIFE GLOBAL FOCUSED CLASS

MANULIFE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE CLASS 

MANULIFE GLOBAL REAL ESTATE CLASS 

MANULIFE MONTHLY HIGH INCOME CLASS 

MANULIFE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES CLASS

MANULIFE U.S. ALL CAP EQUITY CLASS

MANULIFE U.S. DIVIDEND CLASS

MANULIFE U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY CLASS

MANULIFE U.S. OPPORTUNITIES CLASS 

MANULIFE WORLD INVESTMENT CLASS

MANULIFE BALANCED INCOME PRIVATE TRUST

MANULIFE CORPORATE FIXED INCOME PRIVATE TRUST

MANULIFE GLOBAL BALANCED PRIVATE TRUST

MANULIFE GLOBAL FIXED INCOME PRIVATE TRUST

MANULIFE U.S. BALANCED PRIVATE TRUST

MANULIFE U.S. FIXED INCOME PRIVATE TRUST

MANULIFE BALANCED EQUITY PRIVATE POOL

MANULIFE GLOBAL EQUITY PRIVATE POOL

MANULIFE U.S. EQUITY PRIVATE POOL

MANULIFE U.S. BALANCED VALUE PRIVATE TRUST

For more information, please visit manulifemutualfunds.ca or contact Manulife Investments at the following telephone numbers:

English: 1-888-588-7999

French: 1-877-426-9991

About Manulife Investments
Manulife Investments, a division of Manulife Asset Management Limited, builds on 125 years of Manulife’s wealth and investment management expertise in managing assets for Canadian investors. As one of Canada's leading integrated financial services providers, Manulife Investments offers a variety of products and services including segregated fund contracts, mutual funds, annuities and guaranteed interest contracts.

About Manulife
Manulife is a leading Canada-based financial services group with principal operations in Asia, Canada and the United States. We operate as John Hancock in the U.S. and as Manulife in other parts of the world. We provide strong, reliable, trustworthy and forward-thinking solutions for our customers’ significant financial decisions. Our international network of employees, agents and distribution partners offers financial protection and wealth management products and services to millions of clients. We also provide asset management services to institutional customers. Assets under management by Manulife and its subsidiaries were approximately C\\$821 billion (US\\$648 billion) as at March 31, 2015.

Manulife Financial Corporation trades as ‘MFC’ on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under ‘945’ on the SEHK. Manulife can be found on the Internet at manulife.com.