Proud recipient of two prestigious LSEG Lipper Fund Awards
Manulife Investments achieved one ETF Group Award and one mutual fund award for 2025.
Press ReleaseBest ETF Group Award
Bond Class Over Three Years—2nd consecutive win
Best Global Fixed Income Fund
Over 10 Years
“We're honoured to once again receive recognition from the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards. Demonstrating consistently strong risk-adjusted returns is testament to the skill and expertise of our investment teams, and I congratulate them on this achievement. These awards highlight the work they're doing every day to help build resilient investor portfolios for our clients.”
—Kristie Feinberg, Head of Retail, Manulife Wealth & Asset Management
“Creating client value, especially over the long term, drives everything we do. With the uncertainty and volatility in today's market, we're thrilled to share these funds that have consistently outperformed in these categories. Thank you to Canadian advisors and investors for their continued support and confidence in us.”
—Jordy Chilcott, Head of Retail Intermediary Distribution, Canada, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Manulife Investments
The LSEG Lipper Fund Awards, granted annually, highlight funds and fund companies that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers.
ETF award
Winning on repeat: Best ETF Group Award, Bond Class, Over Three Years
For the second straight year, the ETF group award was based on risk-adjusted performance over 3 years for the following ETF strategies:
Mutual fund award
Best Global Fixed Income Fund, Over 10 Years
| Performance | 1 year |
3 years |
5 years |
10 years |
Since inception |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MMF4675 |
5.45% | 5.79% | 0.88% | 2.11% | 2.00% |
Global fixed income category |
3.94% | 4.32% | -0.76% | 1.04% | — |
Morningstar rating |
— | ★★★★ | ★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
— |
| Percentage of peers beaten | 83% | 84% | 82% | 92% |
— |
| # funds in category | 194 | 144 | 95 | 36 | — |
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About the Lipper Awards Methodology
LSEG Lipper Fund Awards, © 2025 LSEG. All rights reserved. Used under license.
The LSEG Lipper Fund Awards, granted annually, highlight funds and fund companies that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers.
The LSEG Lipper Fund Awards are based on the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return rating, which is a risk-adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 months. The fund with the highest Lipper Leader for Consistent Return (Effective Return) value in each eligible classification wins the LSEG Lipper Fund Award. For more information, see lipperfundawards.com. Although LSEG makes reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained herein, their accuracy is not guaranteed by LSEG Lipper.
Manulife Strategic Investment Grade Global Bond Fund - series F was awarded the 2025 LSEG Lipper Fund Award in the global fixed income category for the 10 year period and calculation periods are through the end of July 2025. The corresponding Lipper Leader ratings of the fund as of October 31, 2025 are as follows: N/A (1 year), 4 (3 years) [174 funds], 4 (5 years) [112 funds], 5 (10 years) [47 funds].
Manulife Smart Core Bond ETF (BSKT) was awarded the 2025 LSEG Lipper Fund Awards Canada ETF Group Award for Best Bond Group, Over Three Years. The corresponding Lipper Leader ratings of the fund as of October 31, 2025 are as follows: N/A (1 year), 5 (3 years) [370 funds].
Manulife Smart Short-Term Bond ETF (TERM) was awarded the 2025 LSEG Lipper Fund Awards Canada ETF Group Award for Best Bond Group, Over Three Years. The corresponding Lipper Leader ratings of the fund as of October 31, 2025 are as follows: N/A (1 year), 5 (3 years) [193 funds].
Manulife Smart Corporate Bond ETF (CBND) was awarded the 2025 LSEG Lipper Fund Awards Canada ETF Group Award for Best Bond Group, Over Three Years. The corresponding Lipper Leader ratings of the fund as of October 31, 2025 are as follows: N/A (1 year), 5 (3 years) [120 funds].
Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. The indicated rates of return are the historical annual compound total returns net of fees and expenses payable by the fund (except for figures of one year or less, which are simple total returns) including changes in security value and reinvestment of all distributions and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds and ETFs are not guaranteed, their values change frequently, and past performance may not be repeated. You will usually pay brokerage fees to your dealer if you purchase or sell units of an ETF on recognized Canadian exchanges. If the units are purchased or sold on these Canadian exchanges, investors may pay more than the current net asset value when buying units of the ETF and may receive less than the current net asset value when selling them.
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Morningstar Ratings reflect performance as of October 31, 2025 and are subject to change monthly. The ratings are calculated from a fund’s 3, 5 and 10-year returns measured against 91-day Treasury bill and peer group returns. For each time period the top 10% of the funds in a category get five stars. The Overall Rating is a weighted combination of the 3, 5 and 10-year ratings. For greater detail see www.morningstar.ca.
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