Manulife Global Fund – Diversified Real Asset Fund
Strategically designed to seek growth and resilience across changing market condition
Why invest in real assets?
Real assets can help navigate a changing macro market environment
Traditional equities and bonds portfolios may face challenges when inflation remains elevated or uncertain.
Real assets, including infrastructure, real estate, natural resources, and inflation-linked securities have historically demonstrated stronger resilience during inflationary cycles.
Source: Bloomberg, as of 31 May 2026. Investment involves risks. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Investing across key real asset sectors:
Natural Resources
Exposure to energy, metals and mining companies supported by demand for essential resources and materials
Infrastructure
Essential services with high barriers to entry and potentially inflation-linked revenue streams
Real Estate investment Trust
(REITs)
Access to income-generating real estate assets with potentially inflation-linked cash flows
Inflation-Resilient
Fixed income
Exposure to U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) and short-duration credit
For illustration purposes only.
Structural trends unlocking growth opportunities
Several long-term trends are supporting demand for real assets:
- Persistent inflation, supply constraints and underinvestment
- AI-driven infrastructure, electrification and energy demand
- Geopolitical realignment and supply-chain resilience
Real assets behind tomorrow's growth
While AI may be digital, its foundations are built on real assets. Every AI application relies on physical stack of energy, semiconductors and infrastructure, from power grids, data centres to connectivity networks. This creates potentially opportunities across infrastructure, energy and natural resources.
AI's physical backbone is built on real assets
Infrastructure and energy are true foundations of AI acceleration.
Hear from the investment team
In this video, Senior Portfolio Manager, Christopher Walsh, Multi-Asset Solutions explains why real assets are becoming increasingly important and how a diversified approach provides exposure to these structural growth trends while providing portfolio resilience across different inflation environments.
Source: NVIDIA Blog. For illustration purposes only.
Learn more about the real assets and infrastructure behind AI.
Why this fund?
R.A.R.E opportunity
The Fund is built around 4 key pillars:
Real Asset Focussed
Provides diversified exposure to infrastructure, real estate, natural resources, and inflation-linked securities such as tips.
AI Beneficiary
Seeks to benefit from growing demand for network of data centres, power systems, cooling facilities, and critical materials supporting AI adoption.
Resilient Income and Return Potential
Aims to achieve resilient income and total return potential through multiple real asset sectors.
Effective Inflation Protection
Offers potential inflation hedge through
a diversified asset classes.
For illustration purposes only.
Fund information
| Class AA (USD) MDis (G) | Class AA (SGD Hedged) MDis (G) | |
| Investment objective | The Fund aims to maximise inflation-adjusted return (primarily relative to U.S. inflation) and generate income over the long term by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of securities issued by companies operating within or generating a significant portion of their revenues from the sourcing, development, processing and/or management of real assets. | |
| Inception date | 11-Dec-24 | |
| ISIN code | LU2606318702 | LU2606319189 |
| Bloomberg ticker | MDRAAUM LX | MDRAASM LX |
| Base currency | USD | |
| Share class currency | USD | SGD |
| Mode of subscription | Cash | |
| Minimum investment | USD 1,000 | USD 1,000 |
| Distribution frequency2 | Monthly | Monthly |
| Management fee | 1.25% p.a. | 1.25% p.a. |
| Initial sales charge | Up to 5.0% | |
| Dealing frequency | Daily | |
| Investment manager | Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC Manulife Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited |
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| Fund size | USD 64.20 million (as of 30 June 2026) | |
Portfolio managers
Christopher Walsh, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, Multi-Asset Solutions
Based in United States, Chris’s responsibilities include the day-to-day monitoring and portfolio management of many of the multi-asset solutions team’s alternative, multi-asset income, opportunistic, and absolute return-oriented strategies. In addition, he has been responsible for developing many of the multifactor models the team uses to augment its opportunistic investment process, as well as providing asset class research and recommendations.
Prior to joining the firm, Chris was a quantitative investment associate for Putnam Investments, where he conducted quantitative factor research, portfolio backtests, risk and performance reporting, and quantitative model maintenance. Chris holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society Boston and the CFA Institute.
Jeffrey Kan, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, Multi-Asset Solutions
Susan Curry is head of developed market equity at Manulife Investment Management and Co-head of the Capital Appreciation team. As Head of Developed Market Equity, she oversees our US- and Canadian-based investment teams, as well as our Japan Equity team, and is responsible for oversight of investment performance and process execution. She is also the lead portfolio manager of the financial industries strategy, and a portfolio manager of the bank opportunities and balanced strategies. In addition to her portfolio management responsibilities, she provides fundamental research on the financial sector for all diversified and thematic-based strategies managed by the Capital Appreciation team. Prior to joining the firm as an investment analyst, Susan worked as a portfolio officer for Manulife’s private client group. She began her career at Fidelity Investments, where she served as a research analysts.
Susan has a B.A., Economics from University of Massachusetts and a M.S., Finance from Brandeis University.
1 Formally known as Manulife Global Fund – Global Resource Fund.
2 The intention of the Manager to make monthly distribution and the distribution yield for the Fund is not guaranteed, and the Manager may in future review the distribution policy depending on prevailing market
Manulife Global Fund (the “Company”) is an open-ended investment company registered in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Manulife Global Fund – Diversified Real Asset Fund (the "Fund") is recognised under the Securities and Futures Act of Singapore for retail distribution. The Company has appointed Manulife Investment Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Company Registration Number: 200709952G) as its Singapore Representative and agent for service of process in Singapore. The information provided herein does not constitute financial advice, an offer or recommendation with respect to the Fund. Opinions, forecasts and estimates on the economy, financial markets or economic trends of the markets mentioned herein are not necessarily indicative of the future or likely performance of the Fund. The Fund may use financial derivative instruments for the purposes of investment, efficient portfolio management and/or hedging.
Investments in the Fund are not deposits in, guaranteed or insured by the Manager and involve risks. Past performance of the manager or sub-manager is not necessarily indicative of its future performance. The value of units in the Fund and any income accruing to them may fall or rise. Past performance of the Fund is not necessarily indicative of future performance. Investors should read the Singapore prospectus, and seek advice from a financial adviser before deciding whether to purchase units in the Fund. A copy of the Singapore prospectus and the product highlights sheet can be obtained from Manulife or its distributors. In the event an investor chooses not to seek advice from a financial adviser, he should consider whether the Fund is suitable for him.
Distributions are not guaranteed. Investors should refer to the Singapore prospectus for the distribution policy of the Fund. The Directors of the Company shall have the absolute discretion to determine whether a distribution is to be made in respect of the Fund as well as the rate and frequency of distributions to be made. Distributions may be made out of (a) income, or (b) net realized gains, or (c) capital of the Fund, or (d) gross income while charging all or part of the fees and expenses to capital, or (e) any combination of (a), (b), (c) and/or (d). Past distribution yields and payments are not necessarily indicative of future distribution yields and payments. Any payment of distributions by the Fund is expected to result in an immediate decrease in the net asset value per share of the Fund.
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