VOLATILITY METER

Low (1) High (25) Volatility meter showing a volatility of >25

Based on 3 year standard deviation from Globefund.com

Fund facts

Date of inception
August 2000
AUM
$49.7 million
MER
2.39%

Fund Numbers*

FE
EPL594
DSC
EPL494
LL
EPL794

Portfolio Manager

Sub-advisor
SEAMARK Asset Management Ltd.
Fund manager
SEAMARK - Mgmt. Team

*Also available in Series F Series

Fund objectives and accomplishments

  • Focus on capital preservation - The Fund represents a balanced approach to capital preservation and long-term growth potential
  • Conservatively managed - The manager's fundamental bottom-up approach seeks to identify high quality mid- to large-cap companies at reasonable prices

How your money is managed

  • The Fund is managed with the objective of maximizing total return while maintaining safety of capital
  • The managers use fundamental, bottom-up analysis to choose individual securities
  • For the fixed-income portion, the team uses an interest rate anticipation approach, seeking to preserve capital and liquidity by investing in issues rated A or better by Dominion Bond Rating Service

How the fund is invested

How the fund is invested
Canadian Equity39.05
United States Equity17.45
International Equity11.25
Bond32.14
Other0.10

Top Holdings

%

Province of Ontario 6.5%, 03/08/293.76
Canada Housing Trust 4.8%, 06/15/123.51
Royal Bank of Canada2.54
TD Bank1.90
Canada Housing Trust 3.15%, 06/15/141.87
Gov't of Canada 6.0%, 06/01/111.83
Province of Quebec 9.375%, 01/16/231.81
TD Bank 5.141%, 11/19/121.73
Royal Bank of Canada 5.06%, 07/17/131.72
Suncor Energy1.69
Total22.36

ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURNS (%)

1 Year3 Year5 Year10 YearSince Inception
Manulife Growth & Income Fund17.33-2.542.25-2.39
Globe Canadian Eqt Balanced Peer Index21.89-2.202.824.54-

Calendar year returns (%)

2009200820072006200520042003200220012000
15.35-16.21-0.7511.127.192.9810.82-6.843.73-

Growth of a $10,000 investment

Growth of a $10,000 investment

For illustration purposes only

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. The indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returns including changes in share value and reinvestment of distributions and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any security holder that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. Manulife Investments is the brand name identifying the personal wealth management lines of business offered by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife Financial) and its subsidiaries in Canada. Manulife Funds, Manulife Corporate Classes and Manulife Simplicity Portfolios are managed by Manulife Mutual Funds, a division of Elliott & Page Limited. Manulife and the block design are registered service marks and trademarks of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company and are used by it and its affiliates including Manulife Financial Corporation.

Source: CTVglobemedia Publishing Inc.