| | FEATURED NEWS We’ve made enhancements to Repsource to serve you better You spoke. We listened. We’ve made two more enhancements to Repsource based directly on your feedback. More specifically, now there’s an even easier way to provide your feedback – by clicking on the new feedback button on every Repsource page. We’ve also enhanced our alerts to make them more intuitive and clear. Read more 
Solutions article: Broaden your investment horizons Strategic, active asset allocation is about more than diversifying a portfolio - it’s an approach that can help investors stay focused on their short-term and long-term financial goals. Share this article with your clients by visiting manulifesolutions.ca/advisor. Read more | | | |
 | | | | INVESTMENTS The Fed Strikes a Hawkish Tone While the rate rise was widely predicted, the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) ‘dot plot’ suggests the Fed has become more hawkish than expected. Read more
Sticking to the plan To no one’s surprise, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), under new leader Jerome Powell, raised the overnight rate by 25 bps to a range of 1.50 – 1.75%. Read more
in*vest*ments: Unplugged Episode 3a Our experts’ views on Canada Philip Petursson, featuring Macan Nia, Terry Carr, CIO, Canadian Fixed Income, Duncan Anderson & Chris Hensen, Senior Portfolio Managers, Manulife Value Equity Team & Frances Donald, Senior Economist (recorded March 01, 2018). Read more | | | |
| | | | INSURANCE Health and Dental: What’s New for 2018? The annual rate increase and benefit enhancements for Flexcare and Association Health and Dental Plans take effect May 1, 2018. Updated marketing materials will be available on Repsource as of April 1, 2018.Read more | | | |
| | | | TAX, RETIREMENT & ESTATE PLANNING SERVICES (TREPS) Investments Did you know? Clients’ can choose to use their spouse’s age for calculating the RRIF minimum. They may want to do this if one spouse is younger than the other and they do not wish to take as much from their RRIF as would be required for their age. Read more
Insurance As a Matter of Tax The Golini case involved a complex, aggressive, offshore, leveraged insurance arrangements. Although the case was not heard on appeal, it still poses many questions you need to consider around leveraged insurance that includes shareholder borrowing. Read more The tax environment in the United States recently changed significantly with the passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). These changes affect U.S. citizens who live in the U.S. or Canada, and Canadian residents with U.S. situs assets. Find out how the changes affect your clients. Read more | | | |
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| | | | | Product and services news for our MGA and Dealer partners April 17, 2018 | | | |
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