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Ideal Segregated Funds

  • Product Name

    Ideal Segregated Funds

  • Description

    Closed to new contract sales effective May 13, 2016 and to subsequent deposits effective October 28, 2022.

  • Product type

    Segregated Fund Contract

  • Original Company

    Standard Life

Product snapshot

Important Information

Closed to new contracts, new premiums and additional premiums. New PAC arrangements may not be set up and existing PAC arrangements cannot be increased.

Withdrawals⁴

Ad Hoc:

  • $250 per fund
  • Platinum No-load: $5,000 per fund

Scheduled (SWP) for Non-registered Savings Plan only:

  • $100 per frequency ($5,000 minimum balance must be met)
  • Platinum No-load: $5,000 per frequency³

Switches²

Savings plans¹: $250 per fund

Payout plans²: $1,000 per fund

Platinum No-load: $5,000 per fund

Age Limits

Additional premiums: age 100 or earlier where required by legislation

Additional premiums are only permitted via an existing PAC agreement and cannot be increased.

Note: 

All transfers and switches will be processed in accordance to our administrative guidelines and may impact your guarantees.

Features

Death guarantee

Savings Plan¹: Greater of Contract Value or 100% of Net Premium⁶ (75% if the Annuitant is 80 years old of age or older at the time of the first premium payment).

Payout Plans²: Greater of Contract Value or 100% of Net Premium⁶ (75% if the annuitant is 80 years old of age or older at the time of the first premium payment) less sum of retirement income payments.

  • Dollar‑for‑dollar reductions on scheduled retirement income payment.

Maturity guarantee

Savings Plans only:

  • Maturity Benefit Guarantee is equal to the greater of Contract Value or 75% of Net Premium⁷ on the Annuity Commencement Date.

Payout guarantee

Payout Plans only:

  • Payout Benefit Guarantee equal to at least 75% of Net Premium⁶ paid as income payments over the lifetime of the Contract.
  • Contract must be in force at least 10 years from 1ˢᵗ premium payment or last reset date, if applicable.
  • Dollar‑for‑dollar reductions on scheduled retirement income payment.

Income guarantee

N/A

Ability to bypass estate costs

Yes

Potential for creditor protection

Yes

Waiving redemption fees upon death

Yes

Ability to name a successor annuitant

Yes

Ability to name successor owner

Contingent contract holder Non-Registered contracts only

Joint Life Option

No

Fees

Management Expense Ratio (MER)

MERs vary by Fund for more details visit Price and Performance.

Other Fees

Charges may apply for certain transactions including withdrawals and Fund switches.

For additional detail, refer to the Information Folder and Contract documentation.

Load Options

No‑load and Platinum No‑load⁵ options

Other features

Resets:

  • No reset for Back-end load and No-load options.
  • No-load with reset and Platinum No-load options include up to 2 client-initiated resets of the Net Premium⁶ per calendar year until age 70.

Sales Charge Options %

 

No-load with reset option (chargeback)

Back‑end load option

Up to 1 year

 3%

6%

1‑2 years

2%

5%

2‑3 years

 1%

4%

3‑4 years

0%

3%

4‑5 years

0%

2%

5 years or more

0%

0%

1 Savings plans include: Non‑registered savings plan, TFSA, RSP (including spousal RSP), LIRA, LRSP and RLSP. 2 Payout plans include: RIF (including spousal RIF), LIF, LRIF, Prescribed RIF and RLIF. 3 Platinum No‑load contract minimum must be respected prior to setting up a Systematic withdrawal plan (SWP). 4 Withdrawals and fund switches may result in tax consequences. 5 Platinum No‑load option requires a minimum of $250,000 per contract. 6 The Net Premium is equal to the sum of premiums paid less the sum of proportional reductions for prior withdrawals.

 

Notes:

  • Effective May 26, 2023, the back-end sales charge option no longer allows new deposits, subsequent deposits, new PAC setups, PAC increases and switches in from other sales charges. Switches within the same sales charge option are permitted. Existing investments in back-end will remain and the existing sales charge schedule will apply to any withdrawals.
  • There are no withdrawal charges for the No‑load and Platinum No‑load options.
  • Under the Back‑end load and No‑load with reset options, withdrawal charges are waived for payment of the Death Benefit Guarantee.

 

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Important disclosure

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife) is the issuer of insurance contracts containing Manulife segregated funds and the guarantor of any guarantee provisions therein.

This is a quick reference guide only. For full contract provisions, refer to the product’s Information Folder, Contract & Fund Facts.