Investments
Too much information on investing can cause confusion for our clients. We try to keep the business of investing simple, concise and understandable.
Together, we can find the right investment structure
Our process is straight forward, yet ensures your investments are appropriate for you:
- Determine your risk tolerance using a Risk Profile Survey.
- Invest to your risk tolerance.
- Diversify your Portfolio.
- Adjust to your time horizon.
- Protect your investments.
- Review your investments regularly with us.
We can help you choose the right investments
Our investment vehicles include:
- Guaranteed Investment Products (GIC's)
- Annuities (registered and non-registered)
- Banking Products - Personal and corporate high interest savings and chequing accounts (with Manulife Bank)
- Mutual Fund Products (non-registered, RRSP)
- Segregated Funds
- Education Savings Products
Note: we are not licensed in Securities.
Because we have access to products from over 70 different companies, we can ensure that our clients have the right investment mix.
Some of the mutual fund companies we feature include:
- TD Mutual Funds
- AIM Trimark
- CI Funds
- Manulife Investments
- Fidelity
- Franklin Templeton
- Mackenzie
- Standard Life Mutual Funds
For Guaranteed Investment products (GIC's):
- Manulife
- M.R.S. Trust
- Standard Life
- Home Trust Company
Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.
Subject to any applicable death and maturity guarantee, any part of the premium or other amount that is allocated to a segregated fund is invested at the risk of the contract holder and may increase or decrease in value according to fluctuations in the market value of the assets in the segregated fund.
Travel Insurance
For travel outside your home province or Canada you can choose between: emergency medical, Travel Canada, or All inclusive plans.
Visitors to Canada covers Canadians who are not eligible for a government health insurance plan; persons who are in Canada on a work or student visa; or new immigrants who are awaiting government health insurance plan coverage.
Get a quote or apply online.
Life, Disability & Critical Illness Insurance
How much protection is enough? We have the process, tools and insurance options that will ensure you have the right coverage for you.
Determining your insurance needs
- We first determine the immediate cash needs as well as mortgage and loans that must be paid.
- We then determine the amount of money required as income for your survivors. INSURE Right software adjusts for inflation, investment returns and the number of years the income is required.
- The amounts from Step 1 and Step 2 are added to get the Total Amount of Money Required in the event of death.
- Assets that you expect to be usable by your survivors are deducted.
- We then calculate your insurance needs (the difference between Steps 3 and 4)
- For insurance for lives that are inter-dependent such as through marriage or business partnership, we repeat Steps 1 to 5.
Life Insurance
- Term Insurance — Affordable coverage designed to meet immediate needs such as business loans or mortgage protection.
- Whole Life Coverage — Participating life insurance with a fixed premium.
- Universal Life — Life insurance that also offers an investment component.
Disability Insurance
The peace of mind that income protection can provide is available for professionals, business owners, business executives, and full-time, part-time or home-based workers. Whether you need to secure your main source of income or supplement coverage received from your employer or an association, we can help by providing a portable plan that you can rely on throughout your working years.
Critical Illness Protection
Living benefits are designed to alleviate the financial strain that can accompany a critical illness. It lets you and your loved ones focus on what really matters — recovery. Critical Illness insurance does not just deal with survival. It deals with something far more important — quality of life.
- One in four Canadians has some form of heart disease
- 75,000 Canadians suffer heart attacks each year
- More than 134,000 cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in Canada
- 50,000 Canadians suffer a stroke each year
(Information obtained from Heart & Stroke Foundation, Canadian Cancer Society & Alzheimer Society of Canada).
Surviving a critical illness can create overwhelming medical & financial anxieties. Are you prepared?
Long Term Care
It has been said that the fear of dying too soon has been replaced by the consequences of living too long.
Canada's population is aging and we're facing increasing health care costs. What will the future hold for those who need long term care?
Long term care insurance may be the answer. It provides clients with the financial assistance to enable them to maintain their quality of life. Benefits can be used for the service and support required to maintain their day-to-day activities should a chronic illness or cognitive impairment keep them from being able to take care of themselves.
Travel Insurance
Planning a vacation, are you aware of the costs related to our of country medical emergencies?
Be sure to not only pack the sunscreen but also pack the peace of mind travel insurance can provide, from emergency medical only to family plans we can help.
Supplemental Health Insurance
If you are one of the millions of Canadians without an employee health plan - and therefore, vulnerable to health care expenses not covered by your Government Health Insurance Plan - supplemental health care coverage from Manulife Financial could be right for you. Flexcare covers you when your provincial health plan doesn't. FollowMe™ Health insurance allows you to continue enjoying health and dental benefits even if your employment benefits end. There's no need to worry about interruption of coverage for you or your loved ones.
Get a quote or apply online.
Home, Auto or Corporate Insurance
Looking for information about home and auto insurance? Our colleagues at Hubbard Insurance can help you out.
Visit their website.
Group Savings & Retirement
Our Group Savings & Retirement Solutions include:
- defined contribution pension plans
- group registered retirement savings plans
- deferred profit-sharing plans
- Employee Share Ownership Plan
- group non-registered retirement savings plans
We offer two comprehensive products in the defined contribution and investment only markets: Group Retirement Options (GRO) and Corporate Investment Options (CIO).
Manulife FutureStep
FutureStep is an affordable group retirement plan designed specifically for small businesses.
- No cost to you – as the employer, you don't pay for administration because fees are covered in one low Investment Management Fee (IMF) associated with each fund
- Quick and easy online application – the plan takes little effort to set up
- Convenient online administration – administer your plan online when it’s convenient for you
- Competitive fees – lower fees mean more of your employees' savings go toward their retirement income
- Leading funds – Manulife's rigorous selection and monitoring process ensures the availability of only top quality investments for your plan
- First-class employee services – online retirement planning tools, statements and education materials mean youremployees have support when they need it
Learn more about Manulife FutureStep
Group Retirement Options (GRO)
GRO is one of the most comprehensive, technologically-advanced products in the group savings market. With GRO, we provide group savings products that give employers and their employees the right solutions for retirement savings with significant value-added features:
- leading-edge Internet Technology to enroll members, submit contributions and process payments
- fully secure web access for members to transfer between funds
- change investment direction and access personal rate of return
- comprehensive educational investment material
- detailed member statements with customized messaging
- 24-hour, 7-day Interactive Voice Response system
- wide choice of funds and a broad selection of fund managers.
Corporate Investment Options (CIO)
CIO is an investment-only management product for investing defined benefit assets administered by third parties. It is designed for corporate clients, offering the investment diversity only available through a multi manager approach. CIO provides both registered and non-registered plans and offers an extensive line of high-quality investment options - all in one contract.
Life, Disability and Critical Illness Insurance
How much protection is enough? We have the process, tools and insurance options that will ensure you have the right coverage for you.
Determining your insurance needs
- We first determine the immediate cash needs as well as mortgage and loans that must be paid.
- We then determine the amount of money required as income for your survivors. INSURE Right software adjusts for inflation, investment returns and the number of years the income is required.
- The amounts from Step 1 and Step 2 are added to get the Total Amount of Money Required in the event of death.
- Assets that you expect to be usable by your survivors are deducted.
- We then calculate your insurance needs (the difference between Steps 3 and 4)
- For insurance for lives that are inter-dependent such as through marriage or business partnership, we repeat Steps 1 to 5.
Life Insurance
- Term Insurance — Affordable coverage designed to meet immediate needs such as business loans or mortgage protection.
- Whole Life Coverage — Participating life insurance with a fixed premium.
- Universal Life — Life insurance that also offers an investment component.
Disability Insurance
The peace of mind that income protection can provide is available for professionals, business owners, business executives, and full-time, part-time or home-based workers. Whether you need to secure your main source of income or supplement coverage received from your employer or an association, we can help by providing a portable plan that you can rely on throughout your working years.
Critical Illness Protection
Living benefits are designed to alleviate the financial strain that can accompany a critical illness. It lets you and your loved ones focus on what really matters — recovery. Critical Illness insurance does not just deal with survival. It deals with something far more important — quality of life.
- One in four Canadians has some form of heart disease
- 75,000 Canadians suffer heart attacks each year
- More than 134,000 cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in Canada
- 50,000 Canadians suffer a stroke each year
(Information obtained from Heart & Stroke Foundation, Canadian Cancer Society & Alzheimer Society of Canada).
Surviving a critical illness can create overwhelming medical & financial anxieties. Are you prepared?
Long Term Care
It has been said that the fear of dying too soon has been replaced by the consequences of living too long.
Canada's population is aging and we're facing increasing health care costs. What will the future hold for those who need long term care?
Long term care insurance may be the answer. It provides clients with the financial assistance to enable them to maintain their quality of life. Benefits can be used for the service and support required to maintain their day-to-day activities should a chronic illness or cognitive impairment keep them from being able to take care of themselves.
Travel Insurance
Planning a vacation, are you aware of the costs related to our of country medical emergencies?
Be sure to not only pack the sunscreen but also pack the peace of mind travel insurance can provide, from emergency medical only to family plans we can help.
Call us for a quote.
Retirement & Estate Preservation
It's never too early to think about your retirement. Whether you are just starting out, or are getting ready to wind down, we can help you grow and manage your retirement savings, as well as plan for all of the other aspects of retirement.
Retirement Planning
Our unique planning process, the Financial Fitness Solution™ can help you ensure you have a solid strategy in place to retire comfortably. We have investment vehicles through a variety of companies, which means we can ensure you have the right investment mix for you.
Our retirement vehicles include:
- RRIF (Registered Retirement Income Fund)
- LIF (Life Income Fund)
- IPP (Individual Pension Plan)
More Information
- Manulife PensionBuilderTM
- Manulife Investments RRSP Resource Centre
- Manulife Investments - Benefits of Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIF)
- Mackenzie Investments - Investment Calculators
Estate Preservation
Having a well-thought out estate plan can help you to avoid unfortunate situations in the future.
More Information
- AIM Trimark - Why You Need an Estate Plan
- AIM Trimark - Tax & Estate Bulletins
- Mackenzie Investements - Tax & Estate Planning
Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the fund's simplified prospectus before investing. Mutual fund securities are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.
Financial Planning
Wouldn't it be great to have a written plan, so that regardless of what is happening in the market, at work, or in the world, you still feel confident that you will achieve your goals?
We help our clients understand what is possible and what needs to be done to get there — and feel confident all along the way.
Our Process - The Financial Fitness Solution™
Our unique and comprehensive financial planning process, the Financial Fitness Solution™ takes into account all of the relevant factors in your life and focuses on follow-through, ensuring that your plans will succeed, for life.

Plans for all aspects of life
We develop financial plans for a wide range of situations:
- Goal Projections
Will I be able to achieve my financial goals? - Retirement Projections
How much money will I need to retire? How soon can I retire? How much Income can I take in retirement? How do I get the money out of the business efficiently when I retire? - Tax Planning
How can I reduce my taxes? - Risk Analysis
Will my family be okay if I become ill, disabled or pass away? - Investment Analysis
Am I on track given the market conditions? - Education Planning
How much will it cost? Will I be able to afford it? What is the best way for me to go about funding for education? - Eldercare Planning
What do I need to know? Where do I find it? What should I do to prepare? What are the financial consequences? - Estate Planning
Who are my heirs? What do I want to leave them? Do my wills track with my financial plan? What are the taxes? Can they be minimized? Should I use a trust? See Retirement & Estate Preservation for more information.
Manulife Securities Investment Services Inc. is registered as a Mutual Fund Dealer, or its equivalent, with the provincial securities commissions and as such our Advisors are entitled to sell mutual funds and other approved securities as permitted under our registration. They may also be able to provide other services or products to you through their own business. As a member of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA"), Manulife Securities Investment Services Inc. is obligated to disclose to you that you may be dealing with companies other than Manulife Securities Investment Services Inc. when purchasing services or products from your Associate (remuneration to your Associate may also come from various sources depending on the services or products purchased). For example, your Associate may offer any one or more of the following through a separate business, which would not be the responsibility of Manulife Securities Investment Services Inc.:
* Deposit Instruments: GICs, Canada Savings Bonds;
* Fee for Service Financial Planning;
* Estate Planning;
* Tax Planning or Income Tax Preparation;
* Insurance: Life, Accident, Sickness, Disability, General.
Please be sure that you have a clear understanding of which company you are dealing with for each of your services and products. Your Associate would be happy to provide any clarification you require.

