Manulife Investments, the global asset management arm of Manulife Financial, has launched two new private trust products with minimum investment requirements of $150,000.

The income-oriented Manulife Balanced Income Private Trust has a target asset allocation of 70 per cent fixed income and 30 per cent equities. It is managed by the firm’s portfolio solutions group, which is comprised of Steve Medina, Bob Boyda, and Scott McIntosh. 

The Manulife Balanced Private Trust is designed to offer investors 50 per cent exposure to dividend-paying equities and 50 per cent exposure to global fixed income securities. It is managed by Sandy Sanders, Walter McCormick, Dan Janis, Tom Goggins and Dennis McCaffert of Manulife Asset Management.

Manulife Asset Management has offices in the US, Canada, the UK, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.