Canada-based Manulife Financial has launched Manulife Private Investment Pools, offering affluent Canadian investors asset management via 15 investment pools covering a variety of asset classes.

The program offers tax efficiency primarily through a corporate class structure and a lower fee structure, with a minimum investment requirement of $150,000 per pool. The portfolio management services are provided by Manulife Asset Management and Mawer Investment Management.

Pools offered within the corporate class include:

- Manulife Equity Private Pools: Canadian Equity Private, Dividend Income Private, Global Equity Private and US Equity Private;

- Manulife Balanced Private Pools: Balanced Income Private, Canadian Balanced Private, Balanced Private and Balanced Equity Private; and

- Manulife Fixed Income Private Pools: Canadian Fixed Income Private, Corporate Fixed Income Private and Manulife Global Fixed Income Private.

Pools offered in trust include:

- Manulife Fixed Income Private Pools: Canadian Fixed Income Private, Corporate Fixed Income Private, Global Fixed Income Private and Money Market Private.