Manulife Greystone Balanced Fund

BALANCED

Code 5481

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UNDERLYING FUND à Greystone Balanced

Objective The Greystone Balanced Fund seeks superior long-term total returns (current income and capital appreciation) by investing in a balanced portfolio of equity and fixed income asset classes, including foreign equities.

Managed by Greystone Managed Investments Inc.

Fund managers Greystone Mgd. Invest. - Mgmt. Team

Inception date January 1993

Total assets N/A


 

Top holdings within the underlying Fund
(As at July 31, 2010)

TD Bank 2.26%
Royal Bank of Canada 1.92%
Canada Housing Trust, 1.01%, March 15, 2015 1.90%
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.78%
Canada Housing Trust, 3.15%, June 15, 2015 1.78%
Canadian Natural Resources 1.75%
Suncor Energy 1.61%
Teck Resources 1.60%
Goldcorp Inc. 1.58%
Power Corp of Canada 1.52%
Total 17.70%

How the underlying fund is invested


Historical gross returns

Gross rates of return are before investment management fees have been deducted. The solid area represents the gross returns of the Manulife fund since its inception in March 2007. To provide further historical information, the shaded area represents the returns of the underlying fund for the period before the start date of the Manulife fund.


* Only full calendar year returns are shown.


Overall past performance

This graph shows how a $10,000 investment in this fund would have changed in value over time, based on gross returns.


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


Annual compound returns (As at July 31, 2010)

This table shows the historical annual compound total return of the Fund compared with the composite benchmark, as outlined in the Rate of return expectation below.
1-year 2-year 3-year 5-year Since inception Manulife inception date
MLI Greystone Balanced 8.87% -1.38% -0.85% - -0.74% Mar 2007
Blend: MLI Greystone Balanced 8.14% -0.08% -0.23% 3.59% -

Rate of return expectation

Over the long term, this fund is expected to outperform a benchmark comprised of the following:

• 37.0% DEX Universe Bond Index
• 35.0% S&P/TSX Composite Index
• 12.5% S&P 500 Index ($ Cdn)
• 12.5% MSCI EAFE Index ($ Cdn)
• 3.0% DEX 91-Day T-Bill Index