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Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 145508

Filed as MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PRIVATE MARKETS (US) LLC

Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2007, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2007
$48,314,848,825
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
5
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC located?

Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 9 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 145508.

How much does Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC manage?

Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC reports $48,314,848,825 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (83% discretionary).

How have Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $34,887,083,711 in the October 2021 data and $48,314,848,825 in the October 2026 data, up 38%. Total employees: 607 in October 2021 and 730 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (51); insurance companies (9); investment companies (2).

Which custodians does Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC use?

Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon and Standard Chartered Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), 11.F (authorization as an attorney, accountant, or federal contractor revoked or suspended), and 11.H(2) (pending civil proceeding). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/145508

What changed in Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 5 yes answers, previously 4 (now yes: 11.D(1)). Employees performing advisory functions went from 156 to 119. Regulatory assets under management went from $42,594,377,300 to $48,314,848,825 (+13%). Changed its office addresses in Dallas, TX. No longer lists an office in Chicago, IL.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$48,314,848,825

$48,314,848,825 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $40,157,535,146.Non-discretionary: $8,157,313,679.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $748,813,301 (2%)
Investment companies
Clients 2 Assets $3,533,697,940 (7%)
Business development companies
Clients 1 Assets $171,075,540 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 51 Assets $19,037,987,238 (39%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $265,777,652 (1%)
Insurance companies
Clients 9 Assets $24,455,794,493 (51%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $101,702,661 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2007 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 730. Performing investment advisory functions: 119.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Bank of New York MellonStandard Chartered Bank

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
9 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Atlanta, GACharlotte, NCChicago, ILDallas, TXIrvine, CANew York, NYSan Francisco, CATorontoWashington, DC
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
MATX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

5 Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.F Has an authorization to act as an attorney, accountant, or federal contractor granted to the firm or an advisory affiliate ever been revoked or suspended?

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(2) Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a civil proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.H(1)?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$34.9B 2021 $40.3B 2022 $38.8B 2023 $42.7B 2024 $42.6B 2025 $48.3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$48,314,848,825730March 31, 2026
October 2025$42,594,377,300825June 27, 2025
October 2024$42,658,837,5761,086June 3, 2024
October 2023$38,832,370,355930July 27, 2023
October 2022$40,306,637,335625June 17, 2022
October 2021$34,887,083,711607July 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $34,887,083,711 in the October 2021 data and $48,314,848,825 in the October 2026 data, up 38%.

Total employees: 607 in October 2021 and 730 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 5 yes answers, previously 4 (now yes: 11.D(1)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 156 to 119.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $42,594,377,300 to $48,314,848,825 (+13%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Dallas, TX.
    • No longer lists an office in Chicago, IL.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
manulifeim.com/institutional/us/en

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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