Canadian Fixed Income Team
The 11-person-strong Canadian fixed-income team is led by Roshan Thiru and is closely supported by over 25 other fixed income investment professionals. The team is responsible for managing over $22 billion* of assets.
Mutual funds
Mutual funds have long been the cornerstone of Canadian investment portfolios, offering investors easy access to a diversified, liquid basket of securities overseen by expert fund managers. At Manulife Investment Management, we offer financial advisors a range of investment strategies and resources so you can help your clients reach their goals. Explore our range of Canadian mutual funds here.
Strengthen your portfolio by getting down to the core
Introducing Manulife Global Core Equity Fund and Manulife Global Core Balanced Fund
Featured funds
We offer a range of mutual funds designed to help you achieve your financial goals. Explore our suite of equity and fixed-income funds to find out how we could help you get where you want to be.
Canadian equity
Manulife Fundamental Equity Fund
Fund code: MMF699
Our fundamental equity team uses a bottom-up, style-agnostic approach to portfolio construction, focusing mainly on Canadian companies exhibiting sustainable business models, predictable cash flows, and growing dividends that can be returned to investors.
U.S. equity
Manulife U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund
Fund code: MMF8554
This fund targets companies with strong fundamentals and proven business models, but which have yet to reach their full potential. Discover a compelling solution focused on finding U.S. based opportunities for investors.
Global equity
Manulife Global Equity Class
Fund code: MMF4606
Tap into overseas markets, broaden your investment universe, and uncover pockets of opportunity worldwide with Manulife Global Equity Class. This portfolio is built from the bottom-up and seeks to add value in all market environments.
Canadian fixed income
Manulife Core Plus Bond Fund
Fund code: MMF620
This fund invests primarily in bonds issued or guaranteed by the Canadian government and provincial and municipal governments alongside investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds. The fund can also invest in debt securities issued by foreign issuers. The Canadian fixed-income team’s investment philosophy emphasizes sector allocation, credit quality, and security selection combined with active yield curve management and risk containment.
Alternative credit focused
Manulife Alternative Opportunities Fund
Fund code: MMF2400
Cushion market downturns, boost return potential, and maintain a solid foundation across market cycles with Manulife Alternative Opportunities Fund. Managed by our Canadian fixed-income team, this core bond plus complement relies on powerful tools to manage risks, pursue total return opportunities, and capitalize on market dislocations.
Alternative credit focused
Manulife Strategic Income Plus Fund
Fund code: MMF2402
Capture alpha potential, smooth out your downside, and explore nontraditional investing avenues with Manulife Strategic Income Plus Fund. Managed by our global multi-sector fixed-income team, this unconventional portfolio seeks both stability and growth and is a natural extension to our suite of traditional fixed-income products.
Important disclosures
The mutual funds featured on this page are all Series F funds. Series F funds do not include a trailing commission as a component of their Management Expense Ratio (MER).
Performance
Mutual funds offer a history of consistent returns, providing investors with the potential for long-term growth and the benefits of diversification to help manage risk.
Performance matters
Getting to the top isn’t only about performance but also consistency. See how four of Manulife Investment Management’s funds rise to the challenge over the long run.
Star performers
Recommending mutual funds to your clients just got easier. Find a complete list of our 4- and 5-star funds by Morningstar. Create customized reports of top-performing funds for your clients based on their specific investment needs.
Fund Compare
Compare up to five Canadian mutual funds and ETFs from Manulife Investment Management and other firms across a wide range of performance and risk metrics.
Discover three funds managed by our fundamental equity team and honoured with the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards!
Learn more
Manulife Investment Management won seven FundGrade A+ Awards for outstanding mutual fund performance in 2024
Discover our award-winning fundsPortfolio managers
Partner with us and our strategic subadvisory relationships and open the doors to a full range of investment solutions across asset classes and geographies—fixed income, equities, asset allocation, specialty mandates, and alternative strategies—along with a variety of investment styles.
Learn more about all of our portfolio managers
Essential Equity Team
Formed 25 years ago and based in Toronto, the Manulife Essential Equity Team members have a collective 190 years of investment experience. The team oversees more than $26 billion* in assets under management.
Fundamental Equity Team
The Manulife fundamental equity team averages over 10 years of experience and has more than $12 billion* in retail and institutional assets under management.
Global Multi-Sector Fixed Income Team
The Manulife Global Multi-Sector Fixed Income Team manages over $35 billion* in retail and institutional assets and averages over 30 years of experience managing portfolios, with portfolio managers located in Boston and Hong Kong.
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
Mawer has been managing portfolios for individual and institutional investors for more than three decades. Mawer is an independent, privately owned company and because investment management is their only business, they are able to focus on their primary objective: to preserve and create wealth for their clients.
U.S. Core Value Equity Team
Based in Boston, MA, the Manulife U.S. core value equity team, a boutique investment team within Manulife Investment Management, has been applying their proprietary seven-step investment process for over 17 years.
Investment solutions and insight
Discover tailored investment solutions and insightful market analysis.
Dollar-cost averaging for mutual funds
Dollar-cost averaging can give investors a systematic approach to investing in the markets over time. Manulife Investment Management has solutions for you to consider.
Tax-efficient solutions
With improved tax efficiency, you can be left with a larger pool of investments after you’ve paid your annual tax bill–a pool that can grow bigger still over the long term through the power of compounding.
Fixed-income unleashed
Introducing Manulife Alternative Opportunities Fund and Manulife Strategic Income Plus Fund. Manulife liquid alternatives have arrived.
Global Macroeconmic Strategy
We believe that global, cross-asset macro research is a pillar of informed investment decisions.
Tax, retirement & estate planning services
Our team is dedicated to navigating the complex world of taxation, retirement, and estate planning in order to help deliver positive outcomes for investors.
ETFs
We offer solutions across asset classes and geographies designed to help investors achieve their goals. Explore our suite of ETFs and discover how they can be a part of your journey.
ETF Series
ETF series offer a way to access traditional mutual funds through an ETF structure and provide choice to advisors when it comes to addressing varying investor needs.
Mutual funds 101
Mutual funds are one of the most relied on investment vehicles available, offering investors several distinct advantages over other products to help lower risk. Mutual funds offer investors an accessible way to diversify their investments, reduce risk, and potentially achieve long-term financial growth.
Diversification
Mutual funds pool investments from multiple individuals and institutions to purchase a diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, and other assets. This can help spread risk and reduce exposure to individual security fluctuations.
Professional management
Skilled fund managers make investment decisions on behalf of investors with the resources available to conduct thorough research and analysis to ensure the underlying public companies align with the fund’s objectives.
Liquidity
Mutual funds are typically highly liquid, allowing investors to buy or sell shares at the end-of-day net asset value (NAV). This liquidity ensures investors can access their funds relatively quickly should they need to.
Convenience
Mutual funds are easily accessible and user friendly, making them an attractive option for investors who prefer to leave the hard work to the experts.
Important disclosures
* AUM stated in Canadian dollars, as of September 30, 2024.
1 Notes: IFIC FA data, excludes Money Markets for September 2024. 2 Source: Morningstar Direct as December 31, 2024. Please refer to our Star Performers Tool for greater detail on the calculation of the Star Ratings. 3 Notes: IFIC FA data, excludes Money Markets for September 2024.
Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the fund facts as well as the prospectus before investing. The indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returns including changes in unit 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 are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.
Manulife Investment Management shall not assume any liability or responsibility for any direct or indirect loss or damage or any other consequence of any person acting or not acting in reliance on the information contained here. This material was prepared solely for informational purposes, does not constitute a recommendation, professional advice, an offer or an invitation by or on behalf of Manulife Investment Management to any person to buy or sell any security or adopt any investment approach, and is no indication of trading intent in any fund or account managed by Manulife Investment Management. No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risk in any market environment. Diversification or asset allocation does not guarantee a profit or protect against the risk of loss in any market. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Clients and prospects should seek professional advice for their particular situation. Neither Manulife Investment Management, nor any of its affiliates or representatives (collectively Manulife Investment Management) is providing tax, investment or legal advice.
Manulife Funds are managed by Manulife Investment Management Limited. Manulife Investment Management is a trade name of Manulife Investment Management Limited. Manulife, Manulife Investment Management, the Stylized M Design, and Manulife Investment Management & Stylized M Design are trademarks of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company and are used by it, and by its affiliates under license.
3762362