John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund Announces Conference Call On Monday, April 30, 2012, At 4 PM ET
BOSTON, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund (NYSE: HEQ - News), a closed-end fund managed by John Hancock Advisers, LLC  and subadvised by Wellington Management Company, LLP, announced ...

John Hancock Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Distributions
BOSTON, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The five John Hancock closed-end funds listed below declared their monthly distributions today as follows: Declaration Date:         May 1, 2012 Ex Date:                       ...

Manulife Financial reports 1Q12 income of $1.2 billion and 35 per cent growth in insurance sales, including all-time ...
C$ unless otherwise statedTSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC   SEHK:945 Delivered net income attributed to shareholders of $1,206 million.Strengthened underlying earnings from 4Q11.Grew total Company insurance sales 1 ...

Manulife, Great-West profits rise, but disappoint
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's top two life insurers - Manulife Financial Corp and Great-West Lifeco Inc - reported stronger first-quarter results on Thursday, but analysts and investors weren't impressed as they looked ahead to what could be a gloomy second quarter. Shares of Manulife, the country's biggest insurer, initially rose 1 percent after the company reported a bigger than expected 22 ...

Lifecos and dead stocks: strange bedfellows stuck with each other
Once the envy of the industry, both Sun Life and Manulife Financial Corp. now trade close to book value as markets fret about their ability to meet their own financial targets