Manulife has announced the availability of Manulife Real Asset Pooled Fund to Canadian defined contribution (DC) retirement plans on its group retirement platform. The addition of real assets can bring increased potential diversification, inflation protection and risk adjusted return to a portfolio and this offering represents one of the first implementations of diversified real asset exposure in the Canadian DC market.
This new offering brings direct access to real assets — including real estate, farmland, infrastructure and timber — to DC plans through multi-asset class investment portfolios including the Manulife Retirement Date Funds, Manulife Retirement Date Index Plus (RDI+) Funds and Manulife Asset Allocation Funds. DC plan sponsors with custom target date funds or custom balanced funds will also have access to the strategy.
Manulife Real Asset Pooled Fund seeks to provide real return for investors over a long-term time horizon through diversified exposure t
