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Manulife Asset Management expands business, delivers strong investment performance in 2017


TORONTO and BOSTON, Dec. 21, 2017 /CNW/ -- Manulife Asset Management, the investment management arm of Manulife, saw strong growth in both sales and assets under management in 2017. The firm continued to build its global capabilities and delivered strong long-term investment performance for clients.

Total global assets managed by the firm were CAD$477 billion1 as of September 30, 2017*, up six per cent from September 30 last year. The firm's institutional assets under management were CAD$86 billion as at September 30, 2017, a 16 per cent increase from the prior year.

"We remain focused on serving our clients' needs through our deep local expertise and execution strength," said Christopher Conkey, President and CEO of Manulife Asset Management and CIO of the firm's public markets business. "I'm pleased by our solid performance across all asset categories, as well as the overall investment performance of our publicly traded assets this year. Manulife Asset Management's public markets capabilities continue to be an important part of Manulife's global Wealth and Asset Management platform."

"Our teams leveraged our broad capabilities to create innovative investment solutions for the benefit of our clients across our private asset classes," said Kevin Adolphe, President & CEO, Manulife Asset Management Private Markets. "We are committed to growing across geographies and broadening the solutions we offer."

The firm's long-term investment performance continued to be strong, with more than three quarters of public asset classes outperforming their benchmarks on a 3- and 5-year basis2. As at September 30, 2017, Manulife Asset Management advised or sub-advised funds that had 127 Four- and Five-Star Morningstar ratings, an increase of 17 funds since September 30, 2016. Total institutional gross flows through September 30, 2017, were CAD$10.7 billion, and total net flows were CAD$4.9 billion.

Milestones and Capabilities
Manulife Asset Management continued to expand its business in 2017. In Chile, the firm began marketing eight UCITS (Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) sub-funds of the Manulife Global Fund, through a distribution partnership with Banchile Administradora General de Fondos (AGF), one of the largest financial services providers in the country.

In Asia, Manulife Asset Management further expanded its differentiated product capabilities. The Manulife US Real Estate Income Trust in Singapore acquired two office buildings in New Jersey, including its largest acquisition to date, raising equity via a rights offering to partially fund the acquisition of a 30-floor, Class A office building in Jersey City.3

Manulife launched Manulife Investment (Shanghai) Limited Company, an Investment Company Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise, to bring its global public and private assets solutions and co-investment opportunities to the fast-growing institutional asset management market in China.

In addition, senior economist Frances Donald was named one of the top 40 social influencers in Canada in finance, innovation, and risk by Thomson-Reuters.

Mandates
New mandates in 2017 include:

Global Thought Leadership
Manulife Asset Management's Thought Leadership program continues to provide clients with insights to help make sense of an increasingly complex and sometimes unpredictable investing environment.

Key pieces this year included:

* All figures Canadian dollars, as of September 30, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

1 Information shown represents advised and sub-advised, public and private assets as of September 30, 2016 managed by Manulife Asset Management (Manulife AM) and certain of its affiliates on behalf of Manulife AM, its clients, and the general accounts of the insurance company affiliates of Manulife AM. Manulife AM assets under management include assets of Manulife TEDA Fund Management Company Ltd.'s 49% joint venture ownership structure. The methodologies used to compile the total assets under management are subject to change.

2 Past performance is no guarantee of future results

3 Not available in all markets.

About Manulife Asset Management
Manulife Asset Management is the global asset management arm of Manulife Financial Corporation ("Manulife"). We provide comprehensive asset management solutions for investors across a broad range of public and private asset classes, as well as asset allocation solutions. We also provide portfolio management for affiliated retail Manulife and John Hancock product offerings. Our investment solutions include public and private equities and fixed income, timberland, farmland, real estate, power and infrastructure, oil and gas, renewable energy, and mezzanine debt. We operate in the United States, Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, as well as through a China joint venture, Manulife TEDA. We also serve investors in select European, Middle Eastern and Latin American markets. As at September 30, 2017, assets under management for Manulife Asset Management were approximately C$477 billion (US$383 billion, GBP£286 billion, EUR?324 billion). Additional information may be found at ManulifeAM.com.

About Manulife
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people achieve their dreams and aspirations by putting customers' needs first and providing the right advice and solutions. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States and Manulife elsewhere. We provide financial advice, insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2016, we had approximately 35,000 employees, 70,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving more than 22 million customers. As of September 30, 2017, we had over $1 trillion (US$806 billion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made $27.1 billion in payments to our customers. Our principal operations are in Asia, Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 100 years. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges and under '945' in Hong Kong.

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SOURCE John Hancock Financial


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