Manulife PH&N Bond Fund

FIXED INCOME

Code 4271

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VOLATILITY METER  4

Based on 3 year standard deviation of the Fund

UNDERLYING FUND à PH&N Bond-O

Objective The PH&N Bond Fund is managed to provide relatively high yields and stability of capital by investing primarily in a well-diversified portfolio of fixed income securities issued by Canadian governments and corporations.

Managed by Phillips, Hager & North Inv Mgmt

Fund managers Phillips, Hager & North - Mgmt. Team

Inception date November 1970

Total assets $3,318.4 million


 

Top holdings within the underlying Fund
(As at June 30, 2010)

Province of Ontario, 7.60%, June 2, 2027 11.18%
Province of Ontario, 4.40%, June 2, 2019 6.36%
Canada Housing Trust, 4.10%, December 15, 2018 4.23%
TD Bank, 5.38%, November 1, 2012 2.84%
Morgan Stanley, 4.50%, February 23, 2012 2.70%
Bank of Montreal, 3.93%, April 27, 2015 2.40%
Canada Housing Trust, 3.75%, March 15, 2020 1.93%
Merrill Lynch Capital Trust, 4.50%, January 30, 2012 1.89%
Province of Ontario, 8.50%, December 2, 2025 1.87%
JP Morgan Chase & Co., 3.88%, September 8, 2010 1.86%
Total 37.26%

How the underlying fund is invested


Historical gross returns

Gross rates of return are shown before investment management fees have been deducted. The solid area represents the gross returns of the Manulife Fund since its inception in January 2003. 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 DEX Universe Bond Total Return Index.
1-year 2-year 3-year 5-year Since inception Manulife inception date
MLI PH&N Bond 8.14% 7.89% 7.65% 5.65% 6.37% Jan 2003
DEX Universe Bond Total Return Index 6.67% 6.71% 7.03% 5.09% -

Rate of return expectation

The Fund seeks to outperform the DEX Universe Bond Index by 0.50% per annum over a market cycle before management fees.