LP interview: Manulife Investment Management
Manulife Investment Management is easing into its first Asian private markets drive with a focus on optionality. Private credit, infrastructure, and real estate are early areas of interest
Canadian insurance giant Manulife has been active in Hong Kong since the 1890s, but its asset management division didn’t establish an office in the city until 2000. And it was only last year that Manulife...
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