Manulife Asset Management has seen growth in both sales and assets under management (AUM) during 2016, with total global assets managed by the firm at USD450 billion as of 30 September, 2016, up 10 per cent from 30 September last year.
The firm's long-term investment performance continues to be strong, with the majority of public asset classes outperforming their benchmarks on a three- and five-year basis. As at 30 September, 2016 , Manulife Asset Management advised or sub-advised funds that had a total of 110 Four- and Five-Star Morningstar ratings, an increase of 12 funds since 30 June, 2016. Our total institutional gross sales through 30 September, 2016, were USD7.6 billion, and total net sales were USD1.5 billion.
"We're very pleased that Manulife Asset Management continues to grow, and we are committed to investing in our people, leveraging our global capabilities and developing new solutions for our clients," says Warren A Thomson, Chairman of Manulife Asset Management.
“Our outlook remains positive given a robust sales pipeline, bolstered by many wins in our flagship strategies that provide numerous prospects for continued growth. Our institutional assets under management were USD74 billion as at 30 September., 2016, a 13 per cent increase from the prior year, and more than double what we managed in 2013. In its 2015 ranking of global asset managers, Pension and Investments ranked Manulife 28th, up four spots from the previous year, and a strong jump from ten years earlier, when we ranked 62nd.”
"In 2016, we continued to build our franchise and developed deeper relationships with our clients in retail and, notably, our institutional business. In the solutions space, our cumulative assets are now about USD134 billion as of 31 October," says Kai R Sotorp, President and CEO. "We're focusing our efforts going forward on enhancing our capabilities around multi-asset solutions so that we can help all our clients realise their goals."
In Asia, Manulife Asset Management continued to innovate, launching the first US Real Estate Investment Trust in Singapore, and bringing our expertise, developed through more than 70 years of real estate management, to the market
