Manulife Simplicity Income Portfolio GIF

Canadian Neutral Balanced

BALANCED FUNDS

VOLATILITY METER

Low (1) High (25)
Volatility Meter: 9

Based on 3 year standard deviation from Globefund.com

UNDERLYING FUNDà Manulife Simplicity Income Portfolio

OBJECTIVE Income generation and long-term growth consistent with preservation of capital. The Portfolio is a strategic asset allocation portfolio. It invests its assets in other mutual funds, focusing on fixed income and dividend paying Canadian equity funds.

MANAGED BY MFC Global Investment Management (Canada)

SUB-ADVISORS MFC Global Investment Management (Canada)


FUND MANAGERS Steve Orlich

INCEPTION DATE November 2005

TOTAL ASSETS $233.6 million


 

How the underlying fund is invested
(as at January 31, 2010)

Top holdings within the underlying fund
(as at January 31, 2010)

Manulife Corporate Bond Fund 22.22%
Bissett Income-F 11.01%
Manulife Canadian Bond Plus Fund 10.56%
Manulife Cdn Univ Bond-I (CIBC) 9.32%
Tmpltn Global Bond-O 6.90%
Manulife Canadian Equity Fund-A 6.24%
Manulife Dividend-I (MFC) 6.14%
Manulife Strategic Income Fund 5.95%
MLI U.S. Div Grwth Eq (Wellington) 5.20%
Manulife U.S. Large Cap Value Class 3.61%
Total 87.15%

PERFORMANCE DATA

The performance data shown assumes that all income/realized net gains are retained by the segregated fund and are reflected in higher unit values of the segregated fund. It does not take into account any charges or income taxes payable that would have reduced performance. Performance histories are not indicative of future performance. Investment returns will fluctuate and are not guaranteed. Any subsequent offerings have different returns and growth values due to the different inception dates and MERs.

YEAR BY YEAR RETURNS*

This chart shows you the fund's annual performance and how an investment made on January 1st would have changed by December 31st.


OVERALL PAST PERFORMANCE* (as at January 31, 2010)

This graph shows how a $10,000 investment in this fund would have changed in value compared with the Blend: 50% S&P/TSX, 50% DEX Universe.


*For illustration purposes only. Includes mutual/pooled fund performance as indicated. Actual segregated fund performance could be expected to vary.


ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURNS (as at January 31, 2010)

This table shows the historical annual compound total return of the segregated fund compared with the Blend: 50% S&P/TSX, 50% DEX Universe.
1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception Date of Inception MER(%)
GIF Series 1 19.02%  0.56%  1.54%  Dec 2005 2.99
GIF Series 2 19.44%  0.92%  1.93%  Dec 2005 2.65
GIF encore Sr 1 19.02%  0.56%  1.54%  Dec 2005 2.99
GIF encore Sr 2 19.44%  0.92%  1.93%  Dec 2005 2.65
Blend: 50% S&P/TSX, 50% DEX Universe 20.07%  2.17%  6.38%  6.31%  -

Investment Strategy

The portfolio advisor employs strategic asset allocation to achieve the fundamental investment objective. The portfolio advisor allocates assets among the underlying Funds and the sub-advisors within the target weightings set for this portfolio and rebalances the portfolio's assets among the underlying funds and the sub-advisors to maintain the target weightings as well as monitoring the underlying funds on an ongoing basis through a thorough review of each advisor of an underlying fund on a semi-annual basis.

Fund Codes

Investment Option Sales Charge Option Fund Number
GIF Series 1 BE MIF088
GIF Series 1 FE MIF288
GIF Series 2 BE MIF768
GIF Series 2 FE MIF668
GIF encore Sr 1 BE MGE588
GIF encore Sr 1 FE MGE488
GIF encore Sr 2 BE MGE968
GIF encore Sr 2 FE MGE868