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Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106435

Filed as MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (US) LLC

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1992, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026.

34 years
registered since 1992
$228,040,017,631
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
6
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC compensated?

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

Where is Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC located?

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

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

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1992. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106435.

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

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC reports $228,040,017,631 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $214,188,876,707 in the October 2021 data and $228,040,017,631 in the October 2026 data, up 6%. Total employees: 266 in October 2021 and 267 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 (US) LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (3,373); charitable organizations (762); corporations or other businesses not listed above (203).

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

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Northern Trust Corporation, State Street Bank and Trust Company and The Bank of New York Mellow Corporation as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

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

Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 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.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation), 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/106435

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

In the April 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name John Hancock Investment Management a Division of Manulife Investment Management US. Added the business name Manulife John Hancock Investments. Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 6 yes answers, previously 5 (now yes: 11.D(1)). Employees performing advisory functions went from 144 to 146. Regulatory assets under management went from $201,358,536,273 to $228,040,017,631 (+13%). No longer lists an office in Toronto.

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

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 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$228,040,017,631

$228,040,017,631 as of October 2026, filing dated March 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $228,003,022,485.Non-discretionary: $36,995,146.

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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 3,373 Assets $1,129,172,150 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 151 Assets $270,317,388 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 113 Assets $145,836,923,316 (64%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 110 Assets $45,117,505,524 (20%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 105 Assets $4,856,942,403 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 762 Assets $760,874,571 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 15 Assets $5,322,296,609 (2%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 11 Assets $15,638,165,008 (7%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 10 Assets $5,395,991,096 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 203 Assets $3,077,361,421 (1%)
Other
Clients 8 Assets $634,468,145 (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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • 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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, MANULIFE JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENTS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1992 (34 years)
Employees
Total: 267. Performing investment advisory functions: 146.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Chicago, IL
States registered or notice-filed
51 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

6 Reports 6 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.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 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.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

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
$214B 2021 $221B 2022 $173B 2023 $189B 2024 $201B 2025 $228B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$228,040,017,631267March 25, 2026
October 2025$201,358,536,273270July 22, 2025
October 2024$188,781,027,999246May 29, 2024
October 2023$173,184,999,458266June 20, 2023
October 2022$220,729,279,323267September 7, 2022
October 2021$214,188,876,707266March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $214,188,876,707 in the October 2021 data and $228,040,017,631 in the October 2026 data, up 6%.

Total employees: 266 in October 2021 and 267 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
    • No longer lists the business name John Hancock Investment Management a Division of Manulife Investment Management US.
    • Added the business name Manulife John Hancock Investments.
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 6 yes answers, previously 5 (now yes: 11.D(1)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 144 to 146.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $201,358,536,273 to $228,040,017,631 (+13%).
    • No longer lists an office in Toronto.

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.commanulifeim.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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