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Hong Kong, December 22, 2004 Manulife launches Executive Select for middle–income group Manulife (International) Limited has launched Executive Select for Hong Kong’s middle–income group in response to market demand for prudent financial planning.
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Hong Kong, December 20, 2004 Manulife Centre Holds Christmas Day Camp for Children with Learning Disabilities The Manulife Centre for Children with Specific Learning Disabilities will hold a Children Christmas Day Camp.
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Hong Kong, December 17, 2004 Manulife agents honoured for half–century with firm Two senior insurance agents who have each clocked up an incredible 50 years’ service with Manulife were feted at a celebration dinner last night.
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Hong Kong, November 19, 2004 Manulife Announces New Senior Appointments Manulife Financial has announced the appointment of two senior executives in its Asian Division, while Manulife (International) Limited announced three senior executive appointments.
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Hong Kong, November 13, 2004 Manulife Volunteers Pitch in for "Qile" Charity Cake Drive Manulife International Limited staged the "Qile" Charity Cake Drive Kick–off Ceremony at Manulife Tower in North Point to kick start the fund–raising event.
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Toronto, November 4, 2004 Manulife Financial Corporation reports 81 per cent increase in shareholders' net income Manulife Financial Corporation today reported shareholders' net income of $717 million for the quarter, an increase of 81 per cent over a year earlier.
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Hong Kong, November 1, 2004 Manulife Announces New Senior Appointments Manulife Financial, has announced the appointment of three senior executives in its Asia regional actuarial division.
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Hong Kong, September 14, 2004 Manulife Announces New Senior Appointments Manulife Financial, has announced the appointment of one senior executive in its Asian Division, and also announced two senior executive appointments.
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Hong Kong, August 31, 2004 Manulife Financial becomes Worldwide Life Insurance Partner of the Olympic Games Manulife Financial is now the Official Worldwide Life Insurance Partner of the Olympic Games, supporting the Olympic Movement around the world, including Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong, August 27, 2004 All aboard as Manulife backs Hong Kong's big charity "drive"! Manulife (International) Limited will be pledging not only a monetary contribution but also volunteers to help in this donation "drive".
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Hong Kong, August 19, 2004 Manulife tops MPF customer–satisfaction poll again Manulife Hong Kong’s professional Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) services took pole position again.
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Toronto, August 5, 2004 Manulife Financial Corporation announces record quarterly earnings and increases shareholder dividend Manulife Financial Corporation today reported shareholders' net income of $660 million for the quarter.
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Hong Kong, July 26, 2004 Manulife pledges HK$720,000 to CUHK’s Cancer Patient Resource Centre for cancer patient counselling service Manulife Charitable Foundation, a not–for–profit organisation established in December 1998 by Manulife (International) Limited, today presented a HK$720,000 cheque to the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong, July 13, 2004 Manulife Announces New Senior Appointments Manulife Financial has announced the appointment of two senior executives in its Asian Division and Manulife (International) Limited, also announced two senior executive appointments.
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Hong Kong, July 9, 2004 Manulife Centre holds free seminar on teaching Chinese and English literacy skills to children with specific learning disabilities The Manulife Centre for Children with Specific Learning Disabilities will hold a free open seminar to introduce a series of programs on training approaches to Chinese and English literacy.
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Hong Kong, July 7, 2004 Manulife receives Top Fund Raiser Awards again in Walks for Millions 2003/04 Manulife (International) Limited has won two honorary awards at the Walks for Millions 2003/2004 event.
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Hong Kong, June 30, 2004 Manulife Expo Draws 50,000-Plus Visitors Manulife Expo, held recently at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, received overwhelming response from the public with more than 50,000 visitors.
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Hong Kong, June 14, 2004 Manulife Offers 500–Plus Career Opportunities to Hong Kongers Manulife Expo, a recruitment–fair and company exhibition, will be held on June 19, 2004 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Hong Kong, June 7, 2004 First–class service wins Manulife double recognition Manulife (International) Limited is elected as the winner of the Next Magazine’s Top Service Award 2004 in both the "Insurance Company" and the "MPF Service" categories, underscoring its leadership in providing excellent service to customers.
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Hong Kong, May 31, 2004 Manulife teams up with Red Cross to drive blood donation Some 544 staff, insurance/financial advisors and customers of Manulife (International) Limited volunteered to play a part in the company–wide blood–donation drive.
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Hong Kong, May 18, 2004 Manulife Hong Kong Web Site Wins Web Care Award 2004 Manulife (International) Limited has been presented with the Web Care Award by The Internet Professionals Association for the second year in a row.
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Hong Kong, May 12, 2004 Manulife wins Gold SuperBrand Award for its superior brand value and service Manulife (International) Limited has received the "Gold SuperBrand Award" from Reader’s Digest in recognition of its commitment to providing superior value and excellent service for its customers.
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Toronto, May 6, 2004 Peter Rubenovitch, Manulife Financial Group, Named Canada’s CFO of the Year for 2004 Peter Rubenovitch, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Manulife Financial Group, will be honoured as Canada's CFO of the Year™ for 2004.
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United States, May 3, 2004 Manulife New York strengthens investment lineup Continuing to provide clients with access to best–of–class investment platforms and asset allocation strategies, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of New York (Manulife New York) announced today enhancements to the Manufacturers Investment Trust (MIT).
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Boston, May 3, 2004 Manulife USA strengthens investment lineup Continuing to provide clients with access to best–of–class investment platforms and asset allocation strategies, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) (Manulife USA) announced today enhancements to the Manufacturers Investment Trust (MIT).
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Hong Kong, April 30, 2004 Manulife Announces New Senior Appointments Manulife Financial, has announced the appointment of one senior executive in its Asian Division.
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Toronto, April 28, 2004 Manulife Financial and John Hancock complete merger creating North America’s second largest life insurance company Manulife Financial Corporation and John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., including its Canadian subsidiary, The Maritime Life Assurance Company, today completed their merger after receiving all necessary regulatory approvals. John Hancock is now a subsidiary of Manulife Financial.
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Toronto, April 28, 2004 Manulife Financial Corporation receives TSX waiver to allow participation in MOC for normal course issuer bid Manulife Financial Corporation has received relief from the Toronto Stock Exchange in order to permit Manulife to participate in Market on Close (MOC) with respect to the purchase of Manulife common shares pursuant to Manulife’s previously announced normal course issuer bid.
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Toronto, April 26, 2004 Manulife Financial announces earnings of $428 million Manulife Financial Corporation today reported shareholders' net income of $428 million for the quarter, 28 per cent higher than the prior year despite the negative impact of a strengthened Canadian dollar, which reduced earnings by approximately $31 million.
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Hong Kong, April 22, 2004 Manulife GM weaves magic spell for children with specific learning difficulties The magic is working...what an adventure!" said one of the characters in the book–and the magic certainly worked on some 20 children at the Manulife Centre for Children with Specific Learning Disabilities.
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Toronto, April 20, 2004 Manulife/John Hancock merger receives Canadian regulatory approvals Manulife Financial has received approvals from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and the Minister of Finance to complete its merger with John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
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Waterloo, April 20, 2004 Canadians’ interest in investing holds near two-year high: Manulife Investor Sentiment Index Canadians’ interest in investing remained near a two-year high early in 2004, according to a recent national poll for Manulife Financial, one of Canada’s leading insurance and wealth management companies.
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Toronto, April 20, 2004 Manulife Financial’s First Quarter 2004 Financial Results Conference Call available through live webcast On Monday, April 26, 2004, Manulife Financial will webcast its first quarter 2004 financial results conference call with analysts.
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Boston, April 20, 2004 Manulife USA’s T–Pro rider offers variable annuity clients triple protection death benefit Providing retirement–aged clients with more affordable death benefit protection, Manulife USA introduced the new Triple Protection (T–Pro) Rider for use with their Venture family of Variable Annuities.
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Shanghai, April 13, 2004 Manulife-Sinochem granted operating license for Beijing branch by China Insurance Regulatory Commission Yesterday, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) formally granted an operating license to Manulife–Sinochem Life Insurance Co. Ltd. for its branch office in Beijing, China.
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Waterloo, April 13, 2004 Manulife Bank of Canada decreases prime lending rate Manulife Bank of Canada today announced a decrease of one quarter of one per cent in its Canadian dollar prime–lending rate.
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Toronto, April 13, 2004 Manulife receives approval from Massachusetts Division of Insurance for merger with John Hancock Manulife Financial Corporation has received approval from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) for its proposed merger with John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
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Ho Chi Minh City, April 7, 2004 Manulife launches Savings Care Plan, an advanced six-year savings and protection plan Manulife today announced the introduction of Savings Care Plan, designed for customers with short–term saving goals and life insurance protection needs for themselves and their loved ones.
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Boston, April 7, 2004 Manulife USA receives DALBAR service award for second consecutive year Recognizing the Company's continued excellence in client services and support, Manulife USA's Annuity division has been awarded the Financial Intermediary Service Award (FISQE) by DALBAR, Inc.
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Toronto, April 2, 2004 Manulife Financial Corporation's amended Normal Course Issuer Bid approved Manulife Financial Corporation has received acceptance from the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) of an amendment to the terms of Manulife's existing normal course issuer bid.
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Toronto, April 1, 2004 Manulife Financial Annual Report and Proxy Circular available online Manulife Financial's 2003 Annual Report, Proxy Circular and Public Accountability Statement are now available for download.
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Tokyo, March 30, 2004 Manulife Japan and The Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi to launch first new product under alliance Manulife Life Insurance Company (Manulife Japan; President and CEO: Trevor Matthews), together with The Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi, Ltd. (BTM; President: Shigemitsu Miki), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc. (MTFG; President: Shigemitsu Miki), today announced the development of a new investment–type annuity insurance.
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Toronto, March 26, 2004 Notice of live webcast: Manulife Financial at UBS Conference On Tuesday, March 30, 2004, Manulife Financial will participate in the UBS Asset Gathering Conference in Boston. At 3:00 p.m. (E.S.T.), Robert T. Cassato, President of Manulife Wood Logan will discuss the current and future role of wholesale distribution of insurance and annuity products.
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Hong Kong, March 26, 2004 Manulife Centre holds free seminar to help struggling child readers The Manulife Centre for Children with Specific Learning Disabilities will hold a free seminar that will focus on some advanced instructional strategies that help Cantonese-speaking children.
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Boston, March 24, 2004 Manulife USA enhances premium financing sales tool kit Improving upon and expanding the tools made available to financial advisors, Manulife USA has introduced an enhanced Premium Financing Sales Tool Kit.
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Shanghai, March 23, 2004 Manulife-Sinochem becomes first-ever insurer in Shanghai to be honored as "Most Trustworthy Company" Manulife-Sinochem received the "Most Trustworthy Company" award from the Shanghai Consumer Association and Shanghai Civil Office.
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Boston, March 16, 2004 Manulife USA helps advisors protect clients' retirement income with new rider, 100-city road show Continuing to provide financial advisors with superior tools for protecting their clients' retirement incomes, Manulife USA's Annuities Division introduced the new Principal Plus Rider for use with their Venture® family of Variable Annuities.
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Toronto, March 15, 2004 Manulife Mutual Funds proposes several fund mergers Changes designed to create operating efficiencies and achieve greater economies of scale.
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Toronto, March 12, 2004 Manulife Financial Corporation to Recommence Share Purchase Program Manulife Financial Corporation plans to recommence purchases of its common shares and purchases of common stock of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., subject to market conditions.
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Boston, March 11, 2004 Manulife USA donates $150,000 to families first parenting programs Families First Parenting Programs today announced that Manulife USA has donated $150,000 to support and promote healthy family relationships through a comprehensive sponsorship campaign.
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Boston, March 11, 2004 Manulife USA introduces survivorship universal life product with increased affordability, flexibility Enhancing its offering to clients seeking guaranteed coverage, Manulife USA introduced the enhanced Manulife Survivorship UL-G, a survivorship universal life insurance product that offers lifetime guaranteed coverage.
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Boston, March 4, 2004 Manulife USA and families first host event to unveil new partnership supporting homeless and low-income families in Boston Alison Alden, Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Communications for Manulife USA, will discuss the Company's continued commitment to enhancing the lives of children and strengthening neighborhoods in Boston through meaningful and impactful partnerships.
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Japan, March 2, 2004 Manulife Japan's 3,600 Producers Using NaviSys Front Office™ to Enable Straight-Through Processing of New Business NaviSys, Inc. announced today that Manulife Japan has processed 250,000 universal life illustrations and more than 51,000 applications since launching NaviSys Front Office™.
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Hong Kong, March 2, 2004 Manulife Announces New Senior Appointments Manulife Financial, has announced several new appointments of senior executives in its Asian division, including management changes in Manulife (International) Limited, a member of the Manulife Financial Group in Hong Kong.
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Jakarta, February 26, 2004 Manulife Indonesia launches Manulife Card in cooperation with GE Consumer Finance Manulife Indonesia) today launched its first credit card — Manulife Card — offering customers a convenient, hassle-free way to pay their premium installments.
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Hong Kong, February 26, 2004 Manulife Asset Management Wins Five Performance Awards for 2003 The remarkable performance of Manulife Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited's mutual funds has earned the Company five industry accolades in the annual Benchmark Fund of the Year Awards and the South China Morning Post Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2003.
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Toronto, February 24, 2004 Manulife welcomes strong endorsement from John Hancock shareholders on proposed merger Shareholders of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. overwhelmingly endorsed the union with Manulife Financial Corporation today, marking a major milestone in the process leading to the merger of these two leading insurance companies.
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Boston, February 24, 2004 John Hancock Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Merger with Manulife John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. announced that its shareholders today overwhelmingly approved the adoption of the company's merger agreement with Manulife Financial Corporation.
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Boston, February 23, 2004 Notice of teleconference: Manulife USA hosts call with Stephan Leimberg Manulife USA will present Stephan Leimberg, estate and financial planning expert, in a teleconference entitled "What's Cooking with Life Insurance and Estate Planning? Major Changes in Valuation of Life Insurance."
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Boston, February 23, 2004 Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) and Manulife USA partner for Adoption Public Information Meeting The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE), a private, non-profit organization dedicated to finding "a place to call HOME" for children living in foster care, announced today that Manulife USA will join them as a partner to host a public information session to recruit and educate new families about foster care adoption, the adoption process and the children MARE serves.
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Boston, February 19, 2004 S&P Provides Quality Evaluation For Manulife USA Investment Options Affirming the quality and high standards of the investment platform that underlies Manulife USA's annuity, 401(k), and life insurance products, Standard & Poor's—a leading provider of independent investment research, ratings, and indices has provided a quality evaluation of the Company's investment options and selection and monitoring process.
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Taipei, February 17, 2004 Total sales for Manulife Taiwan increase by 121 per cent for 2003 Manulife Taiwan continued to record excellent growth in all areas of the business in 2003, especially in total sales and contracted agents. As compared to last year, total new sales increased by 121 per cent.
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Hong Kong, February 16, 2004 Manulife Wins "Yahoo! Emotive Brand" Award In recognition of its success in building a meaningful relationship with the public, Manulife (International) Limited has been voted top of the insurance category in the "Yahoo! Emotive Brand Awards 2003-2004".
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Boston, February 10, 2004 Manulife USA Group Pensions Wins Awards For Outstanding Communications In recognition of excellence in participant communications, Manulife USA received gold and platinum awards from the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) in their 2003 Spotlight Awards program.
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Boston, February 9, 2004 Manulife College Savings gifting survey confirms advisors are making 529 plans a part of gifting season In an ongoing effort to better understand and respond to the needs of Financial Consultants, Manulife College Savings recently conducted an online Gifting Survey through which Financial Consultants registered on Manulife College Savings' Web site responded to a series of questions about their use of 529 plans with clients.
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Toronto, February 5, 2004 Manulife Financial announces record annual and quarterly results Manulife Financial Corporation today reported record shareholders' net income of $1,546 million for 2003, an increase of 12 per cent over 2002. Earnings per share were $3.33 in 2003, 15 per cent higher than the $2.90 reported for 2002.
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Hong Kong, February 4, 2004 Manulife recognized again as Caring Company for its ongoing community commitment Manulife (International) Limited has received the title of "Caring Company" from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, in recognition of its commitment to corporate citizenship.
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Toronto, February 2, 2004 Manulife Financial Corporation to release year-end financial results Manulife Financial Corporation will release its year-end financial results on Thursday, February 5, 2004.
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Boston, February 2, 2004 Manulife USA sales tool kit highlights benefits of funding life insurance with qualified plans Helping financial advisors to provide clients with innovative ways to meet estate planning challenges, Manulife USA is offering a new Qualified Plan Distribution Sales Tool Kit.
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Waterloo, February 1, 2004 Manulife Financial wins silver medal at New York Festivals for video on critical illness insurance Manulife Financial has been awarded a silver medal at the 46 annual New York Festivals for a video on how critical illness insurance could have helped a victim of a life-threatening disease.
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Hong Kong, January 30, 2004 Manulife Announces New Senior Appointments Manulife Financial, has announced the appointment of three senior executives in its Asian Division.
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Waterloo, January 29, 2004 Manulife Financial signs health and wellness agreement with Wilson Banwell-Human Solutions™ Manulife Financial, a leading Canadian provider of group benefits plans, and Wilson Banwell-Human Solutions™, a leading Canadian organization specializing in workplace health, productivity and performance solutions, have signed an agreement that allows Manulife to offer employers a selection of innovative products supporting the well-being of employees and enhancing workplace competitiveness.
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Jakarta, January 28, 2004 Manulife Indonesia achieves significant growth in its Employee Benefits business for 2003 Manulife Indonesia's employee benefit programs, consisting of Pension (DPLK), Group Savings, and Group Life and Health (GLH), experienced an outstanding year of significant growth, over the year 2002.
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Waterloo, January 28, 2004 Manulife Investments launches online tool to help advisors manage client portfolios Manulife Investments is offering its independent advisors across Canada a new online investment tool called Manulife Portfolio Select to help them manage their client's assets and establish documented investment strategies.
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Waterloo, January 26, 2004 Manulife Investments launches new funds Manulife Investments will add several investment funds to its segregated fund line-up, GIF and GIF encore.
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Tokyo, January 26, 2004 Manulife Financial, Manulife Japan and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi agree to product development and sales alliance Manulife Japan and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (BTM) have entered into a strategic alliance under which Manulife Japan's individual annuity insurance product will be distributed through the BTM network.
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Hong Kong, January 20, 2004 Manulife Volunteers Drive Sweet Success for "Qile" Charity Cake Sale Some 800 volunteers from Manulife (International) Limited helped contribute to the hugely successful "Qile" Charity Cake Drive held on November 21 — 22, 2003.
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Waterloo, January 15, 2004 Manulife Investments offers new Market Growth GIC Manulife Investments is launching a new innovative Market Growth investment option for its Guaranteed Interest Contracts (GICs) sold through independent financial advisors across Canada.
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Waterloo, January 7, 2004 Manulife Investor Sentiment Index shows Canadian investors remain positive through the past five years Canadians generally remained consistently positive about investing during the past five years, regardless of the political or economic climate .
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Waterloo, January 7, 2004 Canadian investors enter 2004 with more confidence in a broad range of investments Manulife Investor Sentiment Index, based on a national survey conducted in mid-December, found Canadians were regaining optimism about all types of investments.
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Boston, January 5, 2004 Manulife USA's Variable Annuities Web Site Launches New Investment Resource Expanding the set of investment tools they offer to financial advisors, Manulife USA introduced a new web resource on their Variable Annuities Web site.
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