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 Manulife Financial Corporation – Third Quarter 2013
 
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MESSAGE TO SHAREHOLDERS
 
We are making real tangible progress against our longer-term objectives.  Insurance sales increased modestly, but most importantly, were accompanied by much higher margins; wealth sales were extremely positive across the board.  Strong net wealth flows contributed to the 20th consecutive quarter of record funds under management, and institutional advisory assets under management increased 30 per cent over the same quarter last year.  Our capital ratio was further strengthened by seven points in the third quarter to 229 per cent.

In the third quarter of 2013, we reported net income attributed to shareholders of $1,034 million, compared to a net loss of $211 million in the third quarter of 2012.  We generated core earnings of $704 million compared with $570 million in the third quarter of 2012. Fully diluted core earnings per common share (“Core EPS”) were $0.36 and core return on common shareholders’ equity (“Core ROE”) was 11.3 per cent.   As we predicted last quarter, a number of items with unusual timing reversed themselves this quarter, contributing to the increase in net income.  Investment performance also made a significant contribution.  Our core earnings give an indication of the underlying earnings capacity of the business going forward.

The overall plan is unfolding extremely well and we made substantive progress on our growth strategies in the third quarter of 2013.

·
Developing our Asian opportunity to the fullest – Double digit growth in wealth sales over the third quarter of 2012; maintained leading position in net cash flows in the Mandatory Provident Fund in Hong Kong. While insurance sales were below the same quarter last year, we have seen good momentum building in both Hong Kong and Japan in September and expect this to carry forward to the fourth quarter.
 
·
Growing our wealth and asset management businesses in Asia, Canada, and the U.S. – Strong net wealth flows contributed to the 20th consecutive quarter of record funds under management; institutional advisory assets under management increased 30 per cent over the same quarter last year.
 
·
Continuing to build our balanced Canadian franchise – Mutual fund assets under management increased 29 per cent over the same quarter in the prior year, double the industry growth rate; double digit growth in our group pension business; strong new loan volume growth at Manulife Bank; first company in Canada to be licensed to administer the new federal Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPP); launched RetirementPlus, an innovative new segregated fund product; and expanded our travel insurance business through a transaction with RBC Insurance.
 
·
Continuing to grow higher ROE, lower risk U.S. businesses – Robust mutual fund sales were nearly double the third quarter of 2012; solid insurance sales with improved new business mix; and rebranded mutual fund business to John Hancock Investments and broker-dealer network to Signator Investors.  Sales in the U.S. 401(k) business declined as a result of lower plan turnover and competitive pressures but we received additional commitments on the new mid-market 401(k) platform.

We are very pleased to see our strategy unfolding into strong operating results.  We are confident that our growth strategies will continue to yield results for our shareholders and position us to achieve our long-term goals.




Donald A. Guloien
President and Chief Executive Officer



 
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SALES AND BUSINESS GROWTH
 
Asia Division
 
Our insurance sales were disappointing in the third quarter of 2013, flat compared to the prior quarter and down four per cent year-over-year, largely due to lower corporate product sales in Japan. However, we did see good momentum building in both Hong Kong and Japan in September, and we expect this to carry forward to the fourth quarter1. Our third quarter wealth sales increased by 21 per cent over the third quarter of 2012, and were down as expected from our sales in the second quarter of 2013 as we had fewer fund launches during the third quarter. We remain confident in the long-term trends of our wealth strategy.
 
Asia Division third quarter 2013 insurance sales of US$251 million were four per cent lower than the same quarter of 2012 primarily due to lower corporate product sales in Japan following pricing actions in the fourth quarter of 2012. All insurance sales growth percentages quoted below are based on third quarter 2013 versus third quarter 2012, unless stated otherwise.
 
·
Japan insurance sales of US$95 million decreased by 20 per cent primarily due to the pricing actions discussed above, partly offset by contributions from new product launches.
 
·
Hong Kong insurance sales of US$59 million were up seven per cent driven by growth in our agency force and higher par and critical illness product sales.
 
·
Indonesia insurance sales of US$27 million were consistent with last year as the 44 per cent growth in Bank Danamon sales was offset by lower sales from other bank partners.
 
·
Asia Other insurance sales (Asia excluding Japan, Hong Kong and Indonesia) of US$70 million increased 13 per cent driven by strong universal life product sales in Singapore and higher agency sales in Vietnam.
 
 
Third quarter 2013 wealth sales of US$1.3 billion were 21 per cent higher than the third quarter of 2012.  Sales growth percentages quoted below are based on third quarter 2013 versus third quarter 2012, unless stated otherwise.
 
·
Japan wealth sales were US$226 million, an increase of 60 per cent, driven by higher sales of the Strategic Income Fund, launched in the fourth quarter of 2012.
 
·
Hong Kong wealth sales of US$243 million, an increase of 46 per cent, continued to benefit from higher Pension sales following the launch of the Mandatory Provident Fund’s new Employee Choice Arrangement late last year.
 
·
Indonesia wealth sales of US$137 million decreased by 12 per cent due to lower single premium unit-linked product sales from the bank channel, partly offset by higher pension sales.
 
·
Asia Other wealth sales of US$659 million were up 14 per cent driven by higher mutual fund sales in Taiwan and the continued success of single premium unit-linked product sales in the Philippines, partly offset by lower mutual fund sales in China. Record sales in Malaysia, boosted by the launch of a new bond fund and a new single premium unit-linked product through our expanded bank distribution, also contributed.
 
 
Asia Division continues to execute on our longer-term growth strategy by expanding agency and bank channel distribution capacity.  Contracted agents stood at approximately 54,600 as at September 30, 2013, a six per cent increase from September 30, 2012, with double digit growth in Indonesia and Vietnam. Bank channel sales, expressed as total annualized insurance and wealth premium equivalent (“APE”) basis sales2, decreased by 11 per cent primarily due to lower term and whole life product sales in Japan following pricing actions last year.

Canadian Division
 
We made progress across all our diverse business lines in the third quarter.  We have strong momentum in both Manulife Mutual Funds and Group Retirement Solutions.  Our market leadership continued and we were the first company in Canada licensed by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions to administer the new federal Pooled Registered Pension Plans which are expected to be available for sale in certain provinces in 2014.  We launched our innovative RetirementPlus, the next step in the evolution of our segregated fund product portfolio.  Manulife Bank reported growth in new loan production and Group Benefits continued to produce strong results with solid sales growth in key markets. Individual Insurance sales continued to reflect the impact of deliberate product re-positioning.  We also expanded our travel insurance business through a transaction with RBC Insurance Company of Canada.
 
Individual wealth management sales of $2.8 billion for the third quarter of 2013 increased 33 per cent compared with the third quarter of 2012, driven by continued strong momentum in mutual funds and higher new loan volumes in Manulife Bank.
 
·
Manulife Mutual Funds gross deposits of $1.5 billion in the third quarter were more than 70 per cent higher than in the third quarter of 2012. We continue to leverage our global asset management expertise, driving strong fund performance across a diverse global platform.  At September 30, 2013, Manulife Mutual Funds offered 19 Four- or Five- Star Morningstar3 rated mutual funds.  Record year-to-date net sales, in combination with favourable market performance, drove assets under management to a record $25.3 billion, up 29 per cent from September 30, 2012, double the industry growth rate4.
 


 
1
See “Caution regarding forward-looking statements” below.
 
 
2
This is a non-GAAP measure.  See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” below.
 
 
3
For each fund with at least a 3-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return that accounts for variation in a fund’s monthly performance (including effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each category, the next 22.5%, 35%, 22.5% and bottom 10% receive 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 star, respectively. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance associated with its 3-, 5- and 10 year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The overall rating includes the effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees, while the load-waived does not. Load-waived rating for Class A shares should only be considered by investors who are not subject to a front-end sales charge.
 
 
4
Based on publicly available information from Investor Economics and the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC).
 
 


 
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Manulife Bank’s net lending assets were a record $18.5 billion, an increase of nine per cent from the third quarter of 2012, which outpaced industry growth5 and reflects good retention and strong new lending volumes. Third quarter new loan production of $1.3 billion increased 14 per cent from the third quarter of 2012.
 
·
Variable annuity sales were $313 million, 32 per cent lower than the third quarter of 2012, reflecting the evolution of our product strategy. During the quarter, we launched Manulife RetirementPlus, an innovative, flexible retirement savings and income solution which customers can personalize to meet their retirement needs.  Fixed product sales were $108 million in the third quarter, up significantly from third quarter 2012, reflecting more competitive rate positioning.
 
Individual Insurance third quarter 2013 annualized premium sales were $61 million or eight per cent lower than the same period in 2012 as we continue to focus on products with more favourable risk profiles.  Third quarter single premium sales of $90 million were 11 per cent higher than third quarter 2012 sales driven by growth in travel insurance.
 
In our Group businesses, Group Benefits sales were $116 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 63 per cent compared with the third quarter of 2012 and Group Retirement Solutions sales of $273 million were 23 per cent higher than the same period last year.  According to the most recently published industry information, Group Benefits continued to lead the industry in sales in the second quarter of 20136.

U.S. Division
 
The U.S. Division (formerly John Hancock Mutual Funds) reported another strong quarter of operating results and we are executing well in all of our businesses.  Robust sales in John Hancock Investments contributed to record funds under management in the Wealth Management businesses.  On the insurance front, we continued to record strong sales in our repriced, lower risk insurance products. We also increased the number of Signator agents, expanded our expertise in wealth management products, and strengthened our geographic presence in the western and northern parts of the United States through the acquisition of Symetra Investment Services in October.
 
 
Wealth Management third quarter 2013 sales were US$6.7 billion, an increase of 37 per cent compared with the same quarter of the prior year.
 
·
John Hancock Investments (“JH Investments”) third quarter 2013 sales of US$5.8 billion increased 87 per cent compared with our third quarter 2012 results, and included increases across all distribution channels. Sales were driven by a strong product lineup which leverages our manager-of-managers investment model, strong distribution partnerships, improved productivity of the sales force, and a shift in investor money back to equity funds.  At September 30, 2013, JH Investments offered 26 Four- or Five-Star Morningstar rated equity and fixed income mutual funds. JH Investments redemption rates remained below the industry average, contributing to its eighth consecutive quarter of positive net sales7 . These sales and retention results propelled funds under management as at September 30, 2013 to a record high of US$56 billion, a 38 per cent increase from September 30, 2012.
 
 
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John Hancock Retirement Plan Services third quarter sales were US$870 million, a decrease of 43 per cent compared with third quarter 2012 results, driven in part by lower plan turnover in the market. Funds under management grew to a record US$79 billion as at September 30, 2013, a 12 per cent increase from September 30, 2012. Our recently launched “Enterprise” product (a mutual fund offering geared toward the mid-market) continues to gain traction.  Enterprise sales commitments now total approximately US$100 million.
 
 
·
The John Hancock Lifestyle and Target Date funds had assets under management of US$86.7 billion as at September 30, 2013, an eight per cent increase over September 30, 2012, and we were the fourth largest manager of assets in the U.S. for Lifestyle and Target Date funds offered through retail mutual funds and variable insurance products as of September 30, 20138.  In the third quarter of 2013, new deposits included US$484 million of JH Investments sales and US$2.0 billion of deposits from our 401(k) products.
 
 
Overall U.S. Insurance sales of US$154 million for the third quarter of 2013 were in line with the same period in the prior year but continued to include a higher proportion of sales from products with higher margins and more favourable risk profiles.
 
·
John Hancock Life (“JH Life”) sales of US$139 million were relatively flat compared with the third quarter of 2012. The business generated strong sales of the Protection universal life (“UL”) and Indexed UL products, driven by growing market acceptance of these products as alternatives to No-Lapse Guarantee.  This offset lower sales compared to the prior year of Corporate Owned Life Insurance which can vary significantly by quarter. JH Life also launched a new Survivorship Indexed Universal Life product in the third quarter, which complements its single life offering, Protection Indexed Universal Life, by offering survivorship protection.
 
·
John Hancock Long-Term Care sales of US$15 million in the third quarter of 2013 grew 15 per cent compared with the same period in 2012, as a key competitor pulled back in the market.

Manulife Asset Management
General Fund investment results were very strong in the third quarter 2013. We were pleased with the favourable returns from our timber, agricultural and private equity investments, part of our alternative long-duration asset portfolio where we have significant investment management expertise and a history of strong performance. Our credit experience continues to outperform, with Q3 marking the tenth quarter out of the last twelve quarters where we met or exceeded our pricing assumptions.  This quarter, we also reported reinvestment gains from the redeployment of government securities into higher yielding assets and the completion of planned asset allocation activities that enhanced surplus liquidity and resulted in better asset-liability matching in the respective liability segments.”
 
Strong, long-term investment performance continues to be a differentiator for Manulife Asset Management; we reported strong results, with all asset classes outperforming quarterly, and on a 1, 3, and 5-year basis.
 
Assets managed by Manulife Asset Management (“MAM”) were $265 billion as at September 30, 2013, an increase of $3 billion from June 30, 2013.  At September 30, 2013, MAM had a total of 60 Four-and Five-Star Morningstar rated funds, in line with June 30, 2013.
 


 
5
As per McVay and Associates, The Personal Banking Product Market Share, August  2013.
 
 
6
Based on quarterly LIMRA industry sales reports as at June 30, 2013.
 
 
7
Source: Strategic Insight SIMFUND. Net sales (net new flows) is calculated using retail long-term open end mutual funds for managers in the Intermediary-Sold channel. Figures exclude money market and 529 share classes.
 
 
8
Source: Strategic Insight. Includes Lifestyle and Lifecycle (Target Date) mutual fund assets and fund-of-funds variable insurance product assets (variable annuity and variable life).
 
 


 
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
 
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) is current as of November 7, 2013, unless otherwise noted. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the MD&A and audited consolidated financial statements contained in our 2012 Annual Report.
 
For further information relating to our risk management practices and risk factors affecting the Company, see “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Information Form, “Risk Management and Risk Factors” and “Critical Accounting and Actuarial Policies” in the MD&A in our 2012 Annual Report, and the “Risk Management” note to the consolidated financial statements in our most recent annual and interim reports.
 
In this MD&A, the terms “Company”, “Manulife Financial” and “we” mean Manulife Financial Corporation (“MFC”) and its subsidiaries.
 
 
 
Contents
   
A
OVERVIEW
D
RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK FACTORS UPDATE
   1.
Third quarter highlights
1.
Regulatory, actuarial and accounting risks
   2.
Other items of note
2.
Variable annuity and segregated fund guarantees
   
3.
Caution related to sensitivities
B
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
4.
Publicly traded equity performance risk
1.
Third quarter earnings analysis
5.
Interest rate and spread risk
2.
Premiums and deposits
 
 
3.
Funds under management
E
ACCOUNTING MATTERS AND CONTROLS
4.
Capital
1.
Critical accounting and actuarial policies
5.
U.S. GAAP results
2.
Actuarial methods and assumptions
   
3.
Sensitivity of policy liabilities to updates to assumptions
C
PERFORMANCE BY DIVISION
4.
Accounting and reporting changes
1.
Asia
5.
Quarterly financial information
2.
Canadian
6.
Change in internal control over financial reporting
3.
U.S.
7.
Audit Committee
4.
Corporate and Other
   
   
F
OTHER
   
1.
Quarterly dividend
   
2.
Outstanding shares
   
3.
Performance and Non-GAAP measures
   
4.
Key planning assumptions and uncertainties
   
5.
Caution regarding forward-looking statements



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A         OVERVIEW
 
A1
Third quarter highlights
 
Net income attributed to shareholders was $1,034 million in the third quarter of 2013 compared with a loss of $211 million in the third quarter of 2012.
 
Third quarter 2013 earnings included core earnings of $704 million, $491 million favourable investment-related experience (in addition to the $52 million included in core earnings) and market-related factors of $94 million, partly offset by a charge of $252 million related to the annual review of actuarial methods and assumptions.
 
The third quarter of 2012 results included $570 million of core earnings and $365 million of favourable investment-related experience, in excess of the amount reported in core earnings.  These items were more than offset by a charge of $1.0 billion related to the annual review of actuarial methods and assumptions and a $200 million charge for goodwill impairment.
 
Net income attributed to shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $1,833 million as compared to $733 million for the first nine months of 2012.
 
Core earnings increased $134 million compared to the third quarter 2012.  The increase reflects improved new business margins on our insurance businesses, higher fee income as a result of the growth of our wealth management businesses, improved policyholder claims experience, a higher release of tax provisions from the closure of prior years’ tax filings and lower hedging costs.
 
Total investment-related experience was $543 million, of which $52 million was included in core earnings.  The experience included $284 million primarily attributable to favourable returns from our timber, agriculture and private equity assets; gains from the redeployment of government securities into higher yielding assets; and continued excellent credit experience.  In addition, we reported net gains of $259 million related to planned asset allocation activities that enhanced surplus liquidity and resulted in better asset-liability matching in the respective liability segments.
 
Market-related factors of $94 million consisted of a $306 million gain related to the direct impact of equity markets and variable annuity guarantees that are dynamically hedged, partially offset by charges of $212 million related to the direct impact of interest rates.
 
The annual review of actuarial methods and assumptions was completed in the third quarter, resulting in a total net charge of $252 million.  The net charge included:
 
·
a $530 million charge related to lapse and policyholder behavior assumption changes.  This included updates to John Hancock Insurance premium persistency assumptions for universal life and variable universal life products as well as lapse and policyholder behavior assumptions across insurance and variable annuity businesses, primarily in Canada and in Japan.
·
a $12 million charge due to the John Hancock Long-Term Care (“JH LTC”) triennial review. The net amount includes charges related to updated mortality and morbidity assumptions, offset by the updated assumptions related to the previously filed in-force rate increases as a result of the 2010 review, refinements to the future tax reserve methodology and more favourable lapse assumptions.  As a result of the mortality and morbidity experience review, additional in-force rate increases will be filed for and the estimated benefit of these are included in the net charge.
 
This was partly offset by:
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a $203 million increase in earnings from the annual update to the market based parameters used in the stochastic valuation of our segregated fund business, mostly related to the impacts of foreign exchange and bond fund parameter updates.  The bond fund parameters review includes updates to interest rates and volatility assumptions.  The impact of interest rate movements between the last review effective March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013 led to a charge, which was more than offset by the impact of the increase in interest rates in the second quarter of 2013. Effective in the third quarter 2013, bond fund parameters are updated quarterly, and the impact is reported in the direct impact of equity markets and interest rates.
·
an $87 million net increase in earnings from other changes to actuarial methods and assumptions which includes the favourable impact of refinements related to the projection of asset and liability cash flows, partially offset by updates to mortality and morbidity assumptions on business other than JH LTC.
 
The Minimum Continuing Capital and Surplus Requirements (“MCCSR”) ratio for The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (“MLI”) closed the quarter at 229 per cent compared with 222 per cent at the end of the second quarter of 2013.  This seven point increase was driven in part by lower required capital on segregated funds, as a result of both higher equity markets and changes to the assumptions used in the required capital calculation consistent with the third quarter changes in actuarial assumptions.  Third quarter earnings also contributed to the increase.
 
Insurance sales9 of $605 million in the third quarter of 2013 increased four per cent10 compared with the third quarter of 2012. Insurance sales in Asia declined four per cent due to lower corporate product sales in Japan partially offset by increased sales in Hong Kong and Other Asia.  In Canada, although Individual Insurance annualized premium sales were eight per cent lower than the prior year, sales in Group Benefits drove an increase of 27 per cent in total insurance sales compared with third quarter 2012.  In the U.S., insurance sales were in line with the prior year but reflected a more favourable product mix.
 
Wealth sales were $11.3 billion in third quarter 2013, an increase of 34 per cent compared with the third quarter of 2012. Asia wealth sales increased by 21 per cent with strong double-digit growth across most territories.  In Canada, strong growth in mutual fund deposits and bank lending volumes contributed to a 32 per cent increase in wealth sales.  U.S. Division’s wealth sales rose 37 per cent as mutual fund sales nearly doubled, but were partially offset by a 43 per cent decline in Retirement Plan Services sales driven in part by lower plan turnover in the market.

 
A2
Other items of note
 
We noted in our second quarter report that we expected that the impact of a number of positive one-time items in the second half of the year, when offset with the third quarter review of actuarial assumptions, would result in an amount that would not be substantial in either direction.
 
In the third quarter, the $259 million investment experience related to the asset allocation activities that enhanced surplus liquidity and resulted in better asset-liability matching in the liability segments and the $252 million charge related to the review of actuarial assumptions, net to a positive $7 million.

 
9
This item is a non-GAAP measure.  See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” below.
 
10
Growth (declines) in sales, premiums and deposits and funds under management are stated on a constant currency basis.  Constant currency basis is a non-GAAP measure.  See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” below.
 
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In the fourth quarter, we will be completing our review of our modeling of future tax cash flows for our U.S. Variable Annuity business and we expect that this could result in a charge to earnings.  The amount is dependent upon the potential implementation of changes to the investment objectives of separate accounts that support our Variable Annuity products, which require policyholder approval.  Separately, as previously announced, we expect the sale of our Taiwan insurance business to close in the fourth quarter or early 2014, subject to regulatory approvals.  We expect the net impact of all these items, if completed, would be neutral to positive11.
 
 
B         FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
   
Quarterly Results
   
YTD Results
 
C$ millions, unless otherwise stated
unaudited
    3Q 2013       2Q 2013    
(restated)(1)
3Q 2012
      2013    
(restated)(1)
2012
 
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 1,034     $ 259     $ (211 )   $ 1,833     $ 733  
Preferred share dividends
    (33 )     (32 )     (31 )     (97 )     (83 )
Common shareholders’ net income (loss)
  $ 1,001     $ 227     $ (242 )   $ 1,736     $ 650  
Reconciliation of core earnings to net income (loss) attributed to shareholders:
                                       
Core earnings(2)
  $ 704     $ 609     $ 570     $ 1,932     $ 1,695  
Investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
    491       (97 )     365       491       628  
Core earnings plus investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
  $ 1,195     $ 512     $ 935     $ 2,423     $ 2,323  
Other items to reconcile core earnings to net income attributed to shareholders:
                                       
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates and variable annuity guarantee liabilities that are dynamically hedged
    94       (242 )     34       (255 )     (664 )
Changes in actuarial methods and assumptions, excluding URR
    (252 )     (35 )     (1,006 )     (356 )     (994 )
Other items(3)
    (3 )     24       (174 )     21       68  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 1,034     $ 259     $ (211 )   $ 1,833     $ 733  
Basic earnings (loss) per common share (C$)
  $ 0.54     $ 0.12     $ (0.13 )   $ 0.95     $ 0.36  
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share (C$)
  $ 0.54     $ 0.12     $ (0.13 )   $ 0.94     $ 0.36  
Diluted core earnings per common share (C$)(2)
  $ 0.36     $ 0.31     $ 0.29     $ 0.99     $ 0.87  
Return on common shareholders’ equity (“ROE”) (%)
    16.8 %     3.9 %     (4.4 )%     10.1 %     4.0 %
Core ROE (%)(2)
    11.3 %     10.0 %     9.9 %     10.6 %     9.8 %
U.S. GAAP net income (loss) attributed to shareholders(2)
  $ 148     $ (692 )   $ 481     $ (889 )   $ 2,320  
Sales(2)
 Insurance products
  $ 605     $ 929     $ 596     $ 2,153     $ 2,420  
  Wealth products
  $ 11,299     $ 13,718     $ 8,229     $ 37,440     $ 25,501  
Premiums and deposits(2)
 Insurance products
  $ 6,057     $ 6,321     $ 5,597     $ 18,380     $ 17,592  
   Wealth products
  $ 14,645     $ 17,358     $ 11,149     $ 48,334     $ 33,781  
Funds under management (C$ billions)(2)
  $ 575     $ 567     $ 514     $ 575     $ 514  
Capital (C$ billions)(2)
  $ 31.1     $ 30.8     $ 28.0     $ 31.1     $ 28.0  
MLI’s MCCSR ratio
    229 %     222 %     204 %     229 %     204 %

(1)
The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013.   For a detailed description of the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
(2)
This item is a non-GAAP measure. See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” below.
(3)
 For a more detailed description see Section B1 below.
 
 

 
11
See “Caution regarding forward-looking statements” below.


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B1         Third quarter earnings analysis
 
The table below reconciles the third quarter 2013 core earnings of $704 million to the reported net income attributed to shareholders of $1,034 million.
 
C$ millions, unaudited
    3Q 2013       2Q 2013    
(restated)(1)3Q 2012
 
Core earnings (losses)(2)
                     
Asia Division
  $ 242     $ 226     $ 230  
Canadian Division
    268       225       229  
U.S. Division
    361       343       288  
Corporate and Other (excluding expected cost of macro hedges and core investment gains)
    (135 )     (105 )     (103 )
Expected cost of macro hedges(3)
    (84 )     (128 )     (124 )
Investment-related experience in core earnings(4)
    52       48       50  
Core earnings
  $ 704     $ 609     $ 570  
Investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings(4)
    491       (97 )     365  
Core earnings plus investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
  $ 1,195     $ 512     $ 935  
(Charges) gains on direct impact of equity markets and interest rates and  variable annuity guarantee liabilities that are dynamically hedged (see table below)(5)
    94       (242 )     34  
(Charges) gains from changes in actuarial methods and assumptions, excluding URR
    (252 )     (35 )     (1,006 )
Impact of the enactment of tax rate changes in Canada(6)
    (3 )     50       -  
Restructuring charge related to organizational design(7)
    -       (26 )     -  
Goodwill impairment charge
    -       -       (200 )
Favourable impact of major reinsurance transactions
    -       -       26  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 1,034     $ 259     $ (211 )

(1)
The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013.   For a detailed description of the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 
(2)
Core earnings is a non-GAAP measure. See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” below.
 
(3)
The third quarter 2013 net loss from macro equity hedges was $329 million and consisted of a $84 million charge related to the estimated expected cost of the macro equity hedges relative to our long-term valuation assumptions and a charge of $245 million because actual markets outperformed our valuation assumptions (included in direct impact of equity markets and interest rates below).
 
(4)
As outlined under Critical Accounting and Actuarial Policies, net insurance contract liabilities under IFRS for Canadian insurers are determined using the Canadian Asset Liability Method (“CALM”).  Under CALM, the measurement of policy liabilities includes estimates regarding future expected investment income on assets supporting the policies.  Experience gains and losses are reported when current period activity differs from what was assumed in the policy liabilities at the beginning of the period. These gains and losses can relate to both the investment returns earned in the period, as well as to the change in our policy liabilities driven by the impact of current period investing activities on future expected investment income assumptions.
 
(5)
The direct impact of equity markets and interest rates is relative to our policy liability valuation assumptions and includes changes to interest rate assumptions, including a quarterly URR update for North America, starting in Q1 2013, and for Japan, starting in Q3 2013, as well as experience gains and losses on derivatives associated with our macro equity hedges. We also include gains and losses on the sale of available-for-sale (“AFS”) bonds and derivative positions in the surplus segment.  See table below for components of this item.
 
(6)
Primarily reflects the impact on our deferred tax asset position of Canadian provincial tax rate changes.
 
(7)
The restructuring charge is related to additional severance, pension and consulting costs for the Company’s Organizational Design project, which was completed in Q2 2013.
 
 

 

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The gain (charge) related to the direct impact of equity markets and interest rates and variable annuity guarantee liabilities that are dynamically hedged in the table above is attributable to:

C$ millions, unaudited
    3Q 2013       2Q 2013       3Q 2012  
Variable annuity guarantee liabilities that are dynamically hedged(1)
  $ 160     $ 30     $ 122  
Variable annuity guarantee liabilities that are not dynamically hedged
    306       75       298  
General fund equity investments supporting policy liabilities and on fee income(2)
    85       (70 )     55  
Macro equity hedges relative to expected costs(3)
    (245 )     (231 )     (86 )
Direct impact of equity markets and variable annuity guarantees that are dynamically hedged(4)
  $ 306     $ (196 )   $ 389  
Fixed income reinvestment rates assumed in the valuation of policy liabilities(5)
    (77 )     151       (330 )
Sale of AFS bonds and derivative positions in the Corporate and Other segment
    (72 )     (127 )     (25 )
Charges due to lower fixed income URR assumptions used in the valuation of policy liabilities(6)
    (63 )     (70 )     -  
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates and variable annuity guarantees that are dynamically hedged
  $ 94     $ (242 )   $ 34  
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates
  $ (66 )   $ (272 )   $ (88 )

(1)
Our variable annuity guarantee dynamic hedging strategy is not designed to completely offset the sensitivity of policy liabilities to all risks associated with the guarantees embedded in these products. The gain in the third quarter of 2013 was mostly because our equity fund results outperformed indices and there was a gain on the release of provision for adverse deviation associated with more favourable equity markets.  See the Risk Management section of the MD&A in our 2012 Annual Report.
 
(2)
The impact on general fund equity investments supporting policy liabilities and on fee income includes the capitalized impact on fees for variable universal life policies.
 
(3)
As described in the previous chart, we incurred a charge of $245 million because actual markets outperformed our valuation assumptions.
 
(4)
In the third quarter of 2013, gross equity exposure gains of $1,018 million were partially offset by gross equity hedging charges of $245 million from macro hedge experience and charges of $467 million from dynamic hedging experience which resulted in a gain of $306 million.
 
(5)
The charge in the third quarter of 2013 for fixed income reinvestment assumptions was driven by the increase in Canadian swap spreads and the decrease in U.S. corporate spreads.
 
(6)
Beginning with the first quarter of 2013, the URR impact is calculated on a quarterly basis, whereas in 2012 it was calculated on an annual basis in the second quarter.
 

B2           Premiums and deposits12
 
Premiums and deposits for insurance products were $6.1 billion in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of nine per cent, on a constant currency basis, compared with the third quarter of 2012.  Premiums and deposits for wealth products were $14.6 billion in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of $3.5 billion or 27 per cent on a constant currency basis, compared with the third quarter of 2012.
 
 
B3         Funds under management12
 
Funds under management as at September 30, 2013 were a record $575 billion, an increase of $61 billion, or 10 per cent, on a constant currency basis, compared with September 30, 2012.  The increase was largely attributed to $37 billion of favourable investment returns and $22 billion of net positive policyholder cashflows.
 
 
B4         Capital12
 
MFC’s total capital as at September 30, 2013 was $31.1 billion, an increase of $0.3 billion from June 30, 2013 and $3.1 billion from September 30, 2012. The increase from September 30, 2012 was primarily driven by net earnings of $2.9 billion, net capital issued of $0.6 billion and the $0.3 billion impact from favourable currency movements on translation of foreign operations, partially offset by cash dividends of $0.8 billion over the period.  As noted in Section A1 above, MLI’s MCCSR ratio closed the quarter at 229 per cent compared with 222 per cent at the end of the second quarter of 2013.
 
B5         U.S. GAAP results
 
Net income attributed to shareholders in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the third quarter of 2013 was $148 million, compared with net income attributed to shareholders of $1,034 million under IFRS.  The net income in accordance with U.S. GAAP included $498 million in charges with respect to our variable annuity business and macro hedges.  Under U.S. GAAP not all of the variable annuity business is accounted for on a mark-to-market basis and therefore, when markets are favourable, the losses on dynamic and macro hedges exceed the reduction in variable annuity policy liabilities and other equity exposures.
 
As we are no longer reconciling our financial results under IFRS and U.S. GAAP within our consolidated financial statements, net income attributed to shareholders in accordance with U.S. GAAP is considered a non-GAAP financial measure. The reconciliation of the major differences between net income attributed to shareholders in accordance with IFRS and the net income attributed to shareholders in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the third quarter of 2013 follows, with major differences expanded upon below:
 


 
12
This item is a non-GAAP measure.  See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” below.

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C$ millions, unaudited
           
For the quarters ended September 30,
 
2013
   
(restated)(1)
2012
 
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders in accordance with IFRS
  $ 1,034     $ (211 )
Key earnings differences:
               
Variable annuity guarantee liabilities
  $ (635 )   $ (323 )
Impact of mark-to-market accounting and investing activities on investment income and policy liabilities
    (394 )     258  
New business differences including acquisition costs
    (210 )     (151 )
Changes in actuarial methods and assumptions, excluding URR
    175       431  
Goodwill impairment charge
    -       200  
Other differences
    178       277  
Total earnings differences
  $ (886 )   $ 692  
Net income attributed to shareholders in accordance with U.S. GAAP
  $ 148     $ 481  

(1)
The 2012 IFRS results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013. For a detailed description of the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 

Accounting for variable annuity guarantee liabilities
 
IFRS follows a predominantly “mark-to-market” accounting approach to measure variable annuity guarantee liabilities while U.S. GAAP only uses “mark-to-market” accounting for certain benefit guarantees.  The U.S. GAAP accounting results in an accounting mismatch between the hedge assets supporting the dynamically hedged guarantees and the guarantees not accounted for on a mark-to-market basis.  Another difference is that U.S. GAAP reflects the Company’s own credit standing in the measurement of the liability.  In the third quarter of 2013, we reported a net charge of $169 million (2012 – gain of $97 million) in our total variable annuity businesses under U.S. GAAP compared with a gain of $466 million under IFRS (2012 – gain of $420 million).  Under both accounting bases we reported charges on our macro hedging program of $329 million.
 
 
Investment income and policy liabilities
 
Under IFRS, accumulated unrealized gains and losses arising from fixed income investments and interest rate derivatives supporting policy liabilities are largely offset in the valuation of the policy liabilities. The third quarter 2013 IFRS impacts of fixed income reinvestment assumptions, general fund equity investments, fixed income and alternative long-duration asset investing totaled a net gain of $416 million (2012 – gain of $115 million) compared with U.S. GAAP net realized gains and other investment-related gains of $22 million (2012 – gain of $373 million).
 
 
Differences in the treatment of acquisition costs and other new business items
 
Acquisition costs that are related to and vary with the production of new business are explicitly deferred and amortized under U.S. GAAP but are recognized as an implicit reduction in insurance liabilities along with other new business gains and losses under IFRS.
 
 
Changes in actuarial methods and assumptions
 
The charge recognized under IFRS from changes in actuarial methods and assumptions of $252 million in the third quarter of 2013 (2012 – charge of $1,006) compared to a charge of $77 million (2012 – charge of $575 million) on a U.S. GAAP basis.

Total equity in accordance with U.S. GAAP13 as at September 30, 2013 was approximately $10 billion higher than under IFRS.  Of this difference, approximately $7 billion was attributable to the higher cumulative net income on a U.S. GAAP basis. The remaining difference was primarily attributable to the treatment of unrealized gains on fixed income investments and derivatives in a cash flow hedging relationship which are reported in equity under U.S. GAAP, but where the fixed income investments and interest rate derivatives are supporting policy liabilities, these accumulated unrealized gains are largely offset in the valuation of the policy liabilities under IFRS. The majority of the difference in equity between the two accounting bases as at September 30, 2013 arose from our U.S. businesses.

A reconciliation of the major differences in total equity is as follows:
 
C$ millions, unaudited
As at
 
September 30, 2013
   
(restated)(1)
December 31, 2012
 
Total equity in accordance with IFRS
  $ 26,881     $ 25,159  
Differences in shareholders’ retained earnings and participating policyholders’ equity
    7,050       9,715  
Differences in accumulated other comprehensive income attributed to:
               
(i)    Pension and other post-employment plans
    (22 )     (47 )
(ii)   AFS securities and other
    2,549       5,670  
(iii)   Cash flow hedges
    1,509       2,575  
(iv)   Translation of net foreign operations(2)
    (1,230 )     (1,457 )
Differences in share capital, contributed surplus and non-controlling interests
    188       240  
Total equity in accordance with U.S. GAAP
  $ 36,925     $ 41,855  

(1)
The 2012 IFRS amounts were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013. For a detailed description of the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 
(2)
Reflects the net difference in the currency translation account after the reset to zero through retained earnings upon adoption of IFRS at January 1, 2010.


 
 
13
This term is a non-GAAP measure.  See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” below.
 

 
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C         PERFORMANCE BY DIVISION
 
 
C1
Asia Division
 
($ millions unless otherwise stated)
 
Quarterly results
   
YTD results
 
Canadian dollars
    3Q 2013       2Q 2013       3Q 2012       3Q 2013       3Q 2012  
Net income attributed to shareholders(1)
  $ 480     $ 386     $ 491     $ 1,794     $ 1,287  
Core earnings(1)
    242       226       230       694       783  
Premiums and deposits
    3,218       5,138       2,944       12,824       9,058  
Funds under management (billions)
    80.1       79.3       76.2       80.1       76.2  
U.S. dollars
                                       
Net income attributed to shareholders
  $ 463     $ 378     $ 492     $ 1,761     $ 1,290  
Core earnings
    233       220       231       677       781  
Premiums and deposits
    3,099       5,024       2,958       12,553       9,036  
Funds under management (billions)
    77.9       75.4       77.5       77.9       77.5  

(1)
See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” for a reconciliation between IFRS net income attributed to shareholders and core earnings.

Asia Division’s net income attributed to shareholders was US$463 million for the third quarter of 2013 compared with US$492 million for the third quarter of 2012. The decrease was primarily related to the impact of equity markets and interest rates on variable annuity guarantee liabilities. Core earnings of US$233 million for the third quarter of 2013 increased US$2 million compared to the third quarter of 2012. Growth in in-force earnings and improved new business margins were mostly offset by US$26 million related to currency movements in comparison to the U.S. dollar.
 
Year-to-date net income attributed to shareholders was US$1,761 million compared with US$1,290 million for the same period of 2012.
 
Premiums and deposits for the third quarter of 2013 were US$3.1 billion, an increase of 13 per cent on a constant currency basis compared with the third quarter of 2012.  Premiums and deposits for insurance products of US$1.5 billion increased five per cent driven by in-force business growth, partly offset by lower increasing-term product sales in Japan.  Wealth management premiums and deposits of US$1.6 billion increased 21 per cent driven by higher Mandatory Provident Fund sales in Hong Kong, higher mutual fund sales in Japan and higher single premium unit-linked product sales in Asia Other territories.
 
Funds under management as at September 30, 2013 were US$77.9 billion, an increase of 11 per cent on a constant currency basis compared with September 30, 2012. Growth was driven by positive net policyholder cash flows of US$6.5 billion and favourable investment returns, partly offset by the negative impact of a weaker Japanese Yen.

C2         Canadian Division
 
 
 
Quarterly results
   
YTD results
 
(C$ millions unless otherwise stated)     3Q 2013       2Q 2013       3Q 2012       3Q 2013       3Q 2012  
Net income attributed to shareholders(1)
  $ 414     $ 103     $ 378     $ 455     $ 918  
Core earnings(1)
    268       225       229       672       602  
Premiums and deposits
    4,901       5,661       4,160       15,897       13,451  
Funds under management (billions)
    138.8       135.8       131.1       138.8       131.1  

(1)
See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” for a reconciliation between IFRS net income attributed to shareholders and core earnings.

Canadian Division’s net income attributed to shareholders was $414 million for the third quarter of 2013 compared with $378 million for the third quarter of 2012. Core earnings of $268 million for the third quarter of 2013 increased by $39 million or 17 per cent compared with the third quarter of 2012.  The increase reflects higher new business margins as a result of price increases, business mix and rise in interest rates; growth of in-force business; lower expenses and higher release of tax provisions resulting from the closure of prior years’ tax filings.  Favourable market and investment-related experience excluded from core earnings was $149 million in the third quarter of 2013 (2012 – favourable market and investment-related experience of $149 million).
 
Year-to-date net income attributed to shareholders was $455 million compared with $918 million for the same period of 2012.
 
Premiums and deposits in the third quarter of 2013 were $4.9 billion, an increase of $0.7 billion or 18 per cent compared to third quarter 2012 levels.  The increase was driven by strong growth in Manulife Mutual Funds and Group Retirement Solutions.
 
Funds under management of $138.8 billion grew by $7.7 billion or six per cent from September 30, 2012 driven by growth in the wealth management businesses.

 

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C3           U.S. Division
 
($ millions unless otherwise stated)
 
Quarterly results
   
YTD results
 
Canadian dollars
    3Q 2013       2Q 2013    
(restated)(1)
3Q 2012
      3Q 2013    
(restated)(1)
3Q 2012
 
Net income attributed to shareholders(2)
  $ 928     $ 429     $ 438     $ 2,083     $ 1,193  
Core earnings(2)
    361       343       288       1,144       792  
Premiums and deposits
    11,473       11,713       8,510       34,911       26,283  
Funds under management (billions)
    319.9       315.7       287.2       319.9       287.2  
                                         
U.S. dollars
                                       
Net income attributed to shareholders
  $ 894     $ 419     $ 441     $ 2,033     $ 1,193  
Core earnings
    348       336       289       1,120       791  
Premiums and deposits
    11,046       11,450       8,552       34,125       26,224  
Funds under management (billions)
    311.0       300.3       292.0       311.0       292.0  

 
(1)
The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013.   For a detailed description of the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 
(2)
See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” for a reconciliation between IFRS net income attributed to shareholders and core earnings.
 
U.S. Division’s net income attributed to shareholders was US$894 million for the third quarter of 2013 compared with US$441 million for the third quarter of 2012. Core earnings for the third quarter of 2013 were US$348 million, an increase of US$59 million compared with the third quarter of 2012.
 
Contributing to the increase in core earnings were higher insurance new business margins as a result of product actions, price increases and business mix; lower amortization of Variable Annuity deferred acquisition costs; improved policyholder experience in our Life business; and higher fee income from higher average assets under management.  This was partially offset by costs associated with the hedging of additional in-force variable annuity guaranteed value.  Items reconciling core earnings to net income attributed to shareholders in the third quarter of 2013 included favourable market and investment-related experience of US$546 million.
 
Year-to-date net income attributed to shareholders was US$2,033 million compared with US$1,193 million for the same period of 2012.
 
Premiums and deposits for the third quarter of 2013 were US$11.0 billion, an increase of 29 per cent from the third quarter of 2012. The increase was primarily driven by higher mutual fund sales.
 
Funds under management as at September 30, 2013 were a record US$311.0 billion, up seven per cent from September 30, 2012. The increase was due to positive investment returns and strong net wealth sales in Wealth Asset Management partially offset by surrender and benefit payments in John Hancock Annuities.
 
C4           Corporate and Other
 
 
 
Quarterly Results
   
YTD results
 
(C$ millions, unless otherwise stated)     3Q 2013       2Q 2013    
(restated)(1)
3Q 2012
      3Q 2013    
(restated)(1)
3Q 2012
 
Net loss attributed to shareholders(2)
  $ (788 )   $ (659 )   $ (1,518 )   $ (2,499 )   $ (2,665 )
Core losses (excluding macro hedges and core investment gains)(2)
  $ (135 )   $ (105 )   $ (103 )   $ (368 )   $ (283 )
Expected cost of macro hedges
    (84 )     (128 )     (124 )     (360 )     (349 )
Investment gains included in core earnings
    52       48       50       150       150  
Total core losses
  $ (167 )   $ (185 )   $ (177 )   $ (578 )   $ (482 )
Premiums and deposits
  $ 1,110     $ 1,167     $ 1,132     $ 3,082     $ 2,581  
Funds under management (billions)
    35.8       36.2       19.3       35.8       19.3  

(1)
The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013.   For a detailed description of the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 
(2)
See “Performance and Non-GAAP Measures” for a reconciliation between IFRS net income attributed to shareholders and core earnings.

Corporate and Other is composed of: Investment performance on assets backing capital, net of amounts allocated to operating divisions and financing costs; Investment Division’s external asset management business; Property and Casualty (“P&C”) Reinsurance business; as well as run-off reinsurance operations including variable annuities and accident and health.
 
For segment reporting purposes, the impact of updates to actuarial assumptions, settlement costs for macro equity hedges and other non-operating items are included in this segment’s earnings.
 
Corporate and Other reported a net loss attributed to shareholders of $788 million for the third quarter of 2013 compared to a net loss of $1,518 million for the third quarter of 2012.
 
Charges in the third quarter of 2013 included: a $252 million charge for changes in actuarial methods and assumptions; $245 million of net experience losses on macro hedges; $72 million of realized losses on AFS bonds and related interest rate swaps; and core losses of $167 million.
 

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Core losses were $167 million in the third quarter of 2013 compared with $177 million in the third quarter of 2012.   The reduction in the expected cost of macro hedges was mostly offset by lower P&C volumes, the non-recurrence of an adjustment in 2012 to interest on tax provisions and lower asset volumes.
 
Premiums and deposits for the third quarter of 2013 were $1,110 million, consistent with $1,132 million for the third quarter of 2012.
 
Funds under management of $35.8 billion as at September 30, 2013 (September 30, 2012 – $19.3 billion) included assets managed by Manulife Asset Management on behalf of institutional clients of $30.7 billion (2012 – $23.7 billion) and $7.0 billion (2012 – $3.9 billion) of the Company’s own funds, partially offset by a $1.9 billion (2012 – $8.3 billion) total company adjustment related to the reclassification of derivative positions from invested assets to other assets and other liabilities.  The increase in the Company’s own funds primarily reflects net income earned over the period, the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar and the issuance of preferred shares, partially offset by the net redemptions of debt.
 
D           RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK FACTORS UPDATE
 
This section provides an update to our risk management practices and risk factors outlined in the MD&A in our 2012 Annual Report.
 
 
D1         Regulatory, actuarial and accounting risks
 
As previously disclosed, changes to U.S. statutory accounting practices concerning actuarial reserving standards for certain universal life products pursuant to Actuarial Guideline 38 ("AG38") were effective as of December 31, 2012 and covered AG38 business issued since January 1, 2005.  The New York Department of Insurance recently announced their decision to end the use of the AG38 revisions and revert to their prior reserving rules and interpretations.  Any anticipated additional reserves arising from this announcement are expected to be manageable within our current plans.
 
As we disclosed previously, the Canadian Actuarial Standards Board (“ASB”) is reviewing the Standards of Practice related to economic reinvestment assumptions used in the valuation of policy liabilities.  Based on recent discussions, we expect the Exposure Draft to be issued in late 2013 with changes to the standards to be effective in the fourth quarter of 2014.   We will not know the potential impact of the changes until after the release of the exposure draft.
 
The International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued exposure drafts of new accounting standards for insurance contracts in June 2013.  The two proposals are similar in some of their main principles, but differ in many of the requirements around measurement of ongoing obligations to policyholders.  Our primary concern relates to the material unwarranted volatility that would be introduced under both the exposure drafts.  If implemented in the form set forth in the exposure draft, we believe these proposals are likely to have a material impact on our financial results and our regulatory capital position.
 
The comment periods on the exposure drafts ended on October 25, 2013 and the final standards are not expected to be effective until at least 2018.  We, along with other companies in the industry from around the world, provided feedback on the significant issues we see with the IASB and FASB exposure draft proposals.  In addition, Manulife, MetLife Inc., New York Life and Prudential Financial Inc. performed field testing of both the IASB and FASB proposals within the exposure draft response period.
 

D2         Variable annuity and segregated fund guarantees
 
As outlined in the MD&A in our 2012 Annual Report, guarantees on variable products and segregated funds may include one or more of death, maturity, income and withdrawal guarantees.  Variable annuity and segregated fund guarantees are contingent and only payable upon the occurrence of the relevant event, if fund values at that time are below guaranteed values.  Depending on future equity market levels, liabilities on current in-force business would be due primarily in the period from 2015 to 2038.
 
We seek to mitigate a portion of the risks embedded in our retained (i.e. net of reinsurance) variable annuity and segregated fund guarantee business through the combination of our dynamic and macro hedging strategies (see Section D4).
 
The table below shows selected information regarding the Company’s variable annuity and segregated fund guarantees gross and net of reinsurance.

 
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Variable annuity and segregated fund guarantees, net of reinsurance
As at
 
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
(C$ millions)
 
Guarantee value
   
Fund value
   
Amount
at risk(4)(5)
   
Guarantee value
   
Fund value
   
Amount
at risk(4)(5)
 
Guaranteed minimum income benefit(1)
  $ 6,170     $ 4,949     $ 1,261     $ 6,581     $ 4,958     $ 1,630  
Guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit
    64,989       61,069       5,025       65,481       58,659       7,183  
Guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit
    17,785       20,607       294       20,380       21,468       1,383  
Gross living benefits(2)
  $ 88,944     $ 86,625     $ 6,580     $ 92,442     $ 85,085     $ 10,196  
Gross death benefits(3)
    12,482       10,740       1,618       13,316       10,622       2,206  
Total gross of reinsurance
  $ 101,426     $ 97,365     $ 8,198     $ 105,758     $ 95,707     $ 12,402  
Living benefits reinsured
  $ 5,407     $ 4,357     $ 1,079     $ 5,780     $ 4,358     $ 1,427  
Death benefits reinsured
    3,547       3,283       586       3,673       3,140       709  
Total reinsured
  $ 8,954     $ 7,640     $ 1,665     $ 9,453     $ 7,498     $ 2,136  
Total, net of reinsurance
  $ 92,472     $ 89,725     $ 6,533     $ 96,305     $ 88,209     $ 10,266  
 
(1)
Contracts with guaranteed long-term care benefits are included in this category.
 
(2)
Where a policy includes both living and death benefits, the guarantee in excess of the living benefit is included in the death benefit category.
 
(3)
Death benefits include stand-alone guarantees and guarantees in excess of living benefit guarantees where both death and living benefits are provided on a policy.
 
(4)
Amount at risk (in-the-money amount) is the excess of guarantee values over fund values on all policies where the guarantee value exceeds the fund value.  This amount is not currently payable.  For guaranteed minimum death benefit, the amount at risk is defined as the current guaranteed minimum death benefit in excess of the current account balance. For guaranteed minimum income benefit, the amount at risk is defined as the excess of the current annuitization income base over the current account value. For all guarantees, the amount at risk is floored at zero at the single contract level.
 
(5)
The amount at risk net of reinsurance at September 30, 2013 was $6,533 million (December 31, 2012 $10,266 million) of which: US$3,923 million (December 31, 2012 US$5,452 million) was on our U.S. business, $1,471 million (December 31, 2012 $2,354 million) was on our Canadian business, US$658 million (December 31, 2012 US$2,094 million) was on our Japan business and US$340 million (December 31, 2012 US$407  million)  was related to Asia (other than Japan) and our run-off reinsurance business.
 
As outlined above, the amount at risk on variable annuity contracts, net of reinsurance was $6.5 billion at September 30, 2013 compared with $10.3 billion at December 31, 2012 and $8.5 billion at June 30, 2013.  The decrease compared to both these periods was driven by the increase in equity markets.
 
The policy liabilities established for variable annuity and segregated fund guarantees were $2,786 million at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 - $7,948 million).   For non-dynamically hedged business, policy liabilities declined from $2,695 million at December 31, 2012 to $574 million at September 30, 2013.  For the dynamically hedged business, the policy liabilities declined from $5,253 million at December 31, 2012 to $2,212 million at September 30, 2013.  The decrease in policy liabilities is mainly due to the significant increase in equity markets in 2013, and in the case of dynamically hedged business, is also due to the increase in swap rates in 2013.
 
 
D3                         Caution related to sensitivities
In this document, we provide sensitivities and risk exposure measures for certain risks.  These include sensitivities due to specific changes in market prices and interest rate levels projected using internal models as at a specific date, and are measured relative to a starting level reflecting the Company’s assets and liabilities at that date and the actuarial factors, investment activity and investment returns assumed in the determination of policy liabilities. The risk exposures measure the impact of changing one factor at a time and assume that all other factors remain unchanged. Actual results can differ significantly from these estimates for a variety of reasons including the interaction among these factors when more than one changes; changes in actuarial and investment return and future investment activity assumptions; actual experience differing from the assumptions, changes in business mix, effective tax rates and other market factors; and the general limitations of our internal models. For these reasons, the sensitivities should only be viewed as directional estimates of the underlying sensitivities for the respective factors based on the assumptions outlined below. Given the nature of these calculations, we cannot provide assurance that the actual impact on net income attributed to shareholders or on MLI’s MCCSR ratio will be as indicated.
 
D4         Publicly traded equity performance risk
 
Our stated goal is to have approximately 75 per cent of the underlying earnings sensitivity to equity markets offset by hedges.  As at September 30, 2013, we estimate that approximately 66 to 78 per cent of our underlying earnings sensitivity to a 10 per cent decline in equity markets would be offset by dynamic and macro hedges, compared with 72 to 83 per cent at December 31, 2012 and 72 per cent to 81 per cent at June 30, 2013.  The upper end of the range assumes the performance of the dynamic hedging program would completely offset the loss from the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities and that the macro hedge assets are re-balanced in line with market changes. The lower end of the range assumes that there is not a complete offset due to our practices of not hedging the provisions for adverse deviation and rebalancing equity hedges in the dynamic program at five per cent intervals, and that the macro hedge assets are rebalanced in line with market changes.
 
As outlined in our 2012 Annual Report, our macro hedging strategy is designed to mitigate public equity risk arising from variable annuity guarantees not dynamically hedged and from other products and fees. In addition, our variable annuity guarantee dynamic hedging strategy is not designed to completely offset the sensitivity of policy liabilities to all risks associated with the guarantees embedded in these products (see pages 44 and 45 of our 2012 Annual Report).
 
The tables below show the potential impact on net income attributed to shareholders resulting from an immediate 10, 20 and 30 per cent change in market values of publicly traded equities followed by a return to the expected level of growth assumed in the valuation of policy liabilities. The potential impact is shown after taking into account the impact of the change in markets on the hedge assets. While we cannot reliably estimate the amount of the change in dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities that will not be offset by the profit or loss on the dynamic hedge assets, we make certain assumptions for the purposes of estimating the impact on shareholders’ net income. The potential impact is shown assuming:
 

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(a)
First that the change in value of the hedge assets completely offsets the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities including the provisions for adverse deviation; and
 
(b)
Then that the change in value of the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities is not completely offset, including the assumption that the provision for adverse deviation is not offset and that the hedge assets are based on the actual position at the period end. In addition, we assume that we increase our macro equity hedges in negative market shock scenarios and reduce macro equity hedges in positive market shock scenarios.
 
It is also important to note that these estimates are illustrative, and that the hedging program may underperform these estimates, particularly during periods of high realized volatility and/or periods where both interest rates and equity market movements are unfavourable.
 
 
Potential impact on net income attributed to shareholders arising from changes to public equity returns(1)
 
                                     
As at September 30, 2013
                                   
(C$ millions)
    -30 %     -20 %     -10 %     10 %     20 %     30 %
Underlying sensitivity to net income attributed to shareholders(2)
                                         
                                                 
Variable annuity guarantees
  $ (4,470 )   $ (2,660 )   $ (1,130 )   $ 770     $ 1,240     $ 1,540  
Asset based fees
    (300 )     (200 )     (100 )     100       200       300  
General fund equity investments(3)
    (500 )     (330 )     (160 )     150       310       480  
Total underlying sensitivity
  $ (5,270 )   $ (3,190 )   $ (1,390 )   $ 1,020     $ 1,750     $ 2,320  
                                                 
Impact of hedge assets
                                               
                                                 
Impact of macro hedge assets(4)
  $ 910     $ 610     $ 300     $ (300 )   $ (420 )   $ (500 )
 
Impact of dynamic hedge assets assuming the change in the value of the hedge assets completely offsets the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities(4)
    3,190       1,870       790       (540 )     (920 )     (1,190 )
 
Total impact of hedge assets assuming the change in value of the dynamic hedge assets completely offsets the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities(4)
  $ 4,100     $ 2,480     $ 1,090     $ (840 )   $ (1,340 )   $ (1,690 )
                                                 
Net impact assuming the change in the value of the hedged assets completely offsets the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities(5)
  $ (1,170 )   $ (710 )   $ (300 )   $ 180     $ 410     $ 630  
                                                 
Net impact of assuming that the provisions for adverse deviation for dynamically hedged liabilities are not offset and that the hedging program rebalances at 5% market intervals(6)
    (690 )     (450 )     (170 )     (10 )     (30 )     (40 )
                                                 
Net impact assuming the change in value of the dynamic hedge assets does not completely offset the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities, as described above(6)
  $ (1,860 )   $ (1,160 )   $ (470 )   $ 170     $ 380     $ 590  
                                                 
Percentage of underlying earnings sensitivity to movements in equity markets that is offset by hedges if dynamic hedge assets completely offset the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liability
 
    78 %     78 %     78 %     82 %     77 %     73 %
Percentage of underlying earnings sensitivity to movements in equity markets that is offset by hedge assets if dynamic hedge assets do not completely offset the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liability(6)
    65 %     64 %     66 %     83 %     78 %     75 %
                                                 

(1)    See “Caution related to sensitivities” above.
 
(2)
Defined as earnings sensitivity to a change in public equity markets including settlements on reinsurance contracts, but before the offset of hedge assets or other risk mitigants.
 
(3)
This impact for general fund equities is calculated as at a point-in-time and does not include: (i) any potential impact on public equity weightings; (ii) any gains or losses on public equities held in the Corporate and Other segment; or (iii) any gains or losses on public equity investments held in Manulife Bank. The participating policy funds are largely self-supporting and generate no material impact on net income attributed to shareholders as a result of changes in equity markets.
 
(4)
Includes the impact of rebalancing equity hedges in the macro hedging program.
 
(5)
Variable Annuity Guarantee Liability includes the best estimate liabilities and associated provisions for adverse deviation.
 
(6)
Represents the impact of re-balancing equity hedges for dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities at five per cent market intervals. Also represents the impact of changes in markets on provisions for adverse deviation that are not hedged, but does not include any impact in respect of other sources of hedge ineffectiveness e.g. fund tracking, realized volatility and equity, interest rate correlations different from expected among other factors.
 

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Potential impact on net income attributed to shareholders arising from changes to public equity returns(1)
 
                                     
As at December 31, 2012
                                   
(C$ millions)
    -30 %     -20 %     -10 %     10 %     20 %     30 %
Underlying sensitivity to net income attributed to shareholders(2)
                                 
restated(4)
   
restated(4)
 
                                                 
Variable annuity guarantees
  $ (5,640 )   $ (3,510 )   $ (1,580 )   $ 1,260     $ 2,220     $ 2,930  
Asset based fees
    (270 )     (180 )     (90 )     90       180       270  
General fund equity investments(3)
    (380 )     (260 )     (130 )     120       230       350  
Total underlying sensitivity
  $ (6,290 )   $ (3,950 )   $ (1,800 )   $ 1,470     $ 2,630     $ 3,550  
                                                 
Impact of hedge assets
                                               
                                                 
Impact of macro hedged assets(4)
  $ 2,010     $ 1,340     $ 670     $ (670 )   $ (1,160 )   $ (1,580 )
Impact of dynamic hedge assets assuming the change in the value of the hedge assets completely offsets the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities(4)
    3,070       1,890       820       (600 )     (1,010 )     (1,300 )
 
Total impact of hedge assets assuming the change in value of the dynamic hedge assets completely offsets the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities(4)
  $ 5,080     $ 3,230     $ 1,490     $ (1,270 )   $ (2,170 )   $ (2,880 )
 
Net impact assuming the change in the value of the hedged assets completely offsets the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities(5)
  $ (1,210 )   $ (720 )   $ (310 )   $ 200     $ 460     $ 670  
                                                 
Impact of assuming that the provisions for adverse deviation for dynamically hedged liabilities are not offset and that the hedging program rebalances at 5% market intervals(6)
    (710 )     (470 )     (190 )     (10 )     (40 )     (70 )
 
Net impact assuming the change in value of the dynamic hedge assets does not completely offset the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities, as described above(6)
  $ (1,920 )   $ (1,190 )   $ (500 )   $ 190     $ 420     $ 600  
                                                 
Percentage of underlying earnings sensitivitiy to movements in equity markets that is offset by hedges if dynamic hedge assets completely offset the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liability
    81 %     82 %     83 %     86 %     83 %     81 %
                                                 
Percentage of underlying earnings sensitivity to movements in equity markets that is offset by hedge assets if dynamic hedge assets do not completely offset the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liability(6)
    69 %     70 %     72 %     87 %     84 %     83 %

(1)    See “Caution related to sensitivities” above.
 
(2)
Defined as earnings sensitivity to a change in public equity markets including settlements on reinsurance contracts, but before the offset of hedge assets or other risk mitigants.
 
(3)
This impact for general fund equities is calculated as at a point-in-time and does not include: (i) any potential impact on public equity weightings; (ii) any gains or losses on public equities held in the Corporate and Other segment; or (iii) any gains or losses on public equity investments held in Manulife Bank. The participating policy funds are largely self-supporting and generate no material impact on net income attributed to shareholders as a result of changes in equity markets.
 
(4)
The numbers above were restated to reflect the fact that in the first quarter of 2013, we refined our assumptions with respect to the amount of macro hedge offsets in the above calculation.  We now assume that we reduce equity hedges in our macro hedging program under positive market shock scenarios.
 
(5)
Variable Annuity Guarantee Liability includes the best estimate liabilities and associated provisions for adverse deviation.
 
(6)
Represents the impact of re-balancing equity hedges for dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities at five per cent market intervals. Also represents the impact of changes in markets on provisions for adverse deviation that are not hedged, but does not include any impact in respect of other sources of hedge ineffectiveness e.g. fund tracking, realized volatility and equity, interest rate correlations different from expected among other factors.

 
Potential impact on MLI’s MCCSR ratio arising from public equity returns different from the expected return for policy liability valuation(1),(2)
 
   
Impact on MLI MCCSR ratio
 
Percentage points
    -30 %     -20 %     -10 %     +10 %     +20 %     +30 %
September 30, 2013
    (17 )     (11 )     (4 )     16       31       36  
December 31, 2012
    (17 )     (11 )     (5 )     1       3       9  

(1)
See “Caution related to sensitivities” above.  In addition, estimates exclude changes to the net actuarial gains/losses with respect to the Company’s pension obligations as a result of changes in equity markets, as the impact on the quoted sensitivities is not considered to be material.
 
(2)
The potential impact is shown assuming that the change in value of the hedge assets does not completely offset the change in the dynamically hedged variable annuity guarantee liabilities. The estimated amount that would not be completely offset relates to our practices of not hedging the provisions for adverse deviation and of rebalancing equity hedges for dynamically hedged variable annuity liabilities at five per cent intervals.
 

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The change in the capital ratio sensitivities on positive equity shocks is due to the required capital on segregated fund guarantees reaching the level at which any additional gains can be immediately reflected and no longer need to be brought in on a smoothed basis.
 
The following table shows the notional value of shorted equity futures contracts utilized for our variable annuity guarantee dynamic hedging and our macro equity risk hedging strategies.
 
As at
                 
C$ millions
 
September 30,
 2013
   
June 30,
2013
   
December 31,
2012
 
For variable annuity guarantee dynamic hedging strategy
  $ 7,900     $ 7,600     $ 9,500  
For macro equity risk hedging strategy
    3,400       6,600       7,800  
Total
  $ 11,300     $ 14,200     $ 17,300  

During the quarter, the derivative notional value in our dynamic hedging program increased by $300 million as the increase for dynamically hedging additional in-force business was partially offset by the normal rebalancing activities responding to favourable markets. On a year-to-date basis, the dynamic hedging equity notional value decreased by $1.6 billion.

The equity futures notional required for the macro hedging program decreased by $3.2 billion during the quarter.  This was due to rebalancing trades that were transacted across various indices as a result of market performance, the addition of further cohorts of liabilities to the dynamic hedging program and adjustments for the review of actuarial methods and assumptions impact on the liability sensitivities.  On a year-to-date basis, the macro hedging program equity notional value decreased by $4.4 billion.
 
D5         Interest rate and spread risk
 
As at September 30, 2013, the sensitivity of our quarterly net income attributed to shareholders to a 100 basis point parallel decline in interest rates was a charge of $600 million.  The $200 million increase in sensitivity from December 31, 2012 was primarily attributable to updates to our valuation assumptions as a result of our annual review of actuarial methods and assumptions.
 
The 100 basis point parallel decline includes a change of one per cent in current government, swap and corporate rates for all maturities across all markets with no change in credit spreads between government, swap and corporate rates, and with a floor of zero on government rates and corporate spreads, relative to the rates assumed in the valuation of policy liabilities, including embedded derivatives. As the sensitivity to a 100 basis point decline in interest rates includes the impact of a change in prescribed reinvestment scenarios where applicable, the impact of changes to interest rates for less than, or more than, the amounts indicated are unlikely to be linear. For variable annuity guarantee liabilities that are dynamically hedged, it is assumed that interest rate hedges are rebalanced at 20 basis point intervals.
 
The income impact does not allow for any future potential changes to the URR assumptions or other potential impacts of lower interest rate levels, for example, increased strain on the sale of new business or lower interest earned on our surplus assets. It also does not reflect potential management actions to realize gains or losses on AFS fixed income assets held in the surplus segment in order to partially offset changes in MLI’s MCCSR ratio due to changes in interest rate levels.

Potential impact on net income attributed to shareholders and MLI’s MCCSR ratio of an immediate one per cent parallel change in interest rates relative to rates assumed in the valuation of policy liabilities(1),(2),(3),(4)
 
As at
 
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
      -100 bp     +100 bp     -100 bp     +100 bp
Net income attributed to shareholders (C$ millions)
                               
Excluding change in market value of AFS fixed income assets held in the surplus segment
  $ (600 )   $ 300     $ (400 )   $ 200  
From fair value changes in AFS assets held in surplus, if realized
    700       (600 )     800       (700 )
MLI’s MCCSR ratio (Percentage points)
                               
Before impact of change in market value of AFS fixed income assets held in the surplus
segment(5)
    (14 )     24       (16 )     10  
From fair value changes in AFS assets held in surplus, if realized
    5       (5 )     5       (5 )

(1)
See “Caution related to sensitivities” above. In addition, estimates exclude changes to the net actuarial gains/losses with respect to the Company’s pension obligations as a result of changes in interest rates, as the impact on the quoted sensitivities is not considered to be material.
 
(2)
Includes guaranteed insurance and annuity products, including variable annuity contracts as well as adjustable benefit products where benefits are generally adjusted as interest rates and investment returns change, a portion of which have minimum credited rate guarantees.  For adjustable benefit products subject to minimum rate guarantees, the sensitivities are based on the assumption that credited rates will be floored at the minimum.
 
(3)
The amount of gain or loss that can be realized on AFS fixed income assets held in the surplus segment will depend on the aggregate amount of unrealized gain or loss. The table above only reflects the impact of the change in the unrealized position, as the total unrealized position will depend upon the unrealized position at the beginning of the period.
 
(4)
Sensitivities are based on projected asset and liability cash flows at the beginning of the quarter adjusted for the estimated impact of new business, investment markets and asset trading during the quarter. Any true-up to these estimates, as a result of the final asset and liability cash flows to be used in the next quarter’s projection, are reflected in the next quarter’s sensitivities. Impact of realizing 100% of market value of AFS fixed income is as of the end of the quarter.
 
(5)
The impact on MLI’s MCCSR ratio includes both the impact of the change in earnings on available capital as well as the change in required capital that results from a change in interest rates.  The potential increase in required capital accounted for 9 of the 14 point impact of a 100 bp decline in interest rates on MLI’s MCCSR ratio.
 
 
The following table shows the potential impact on net income attributed to shareholders resulting from a change in credit spreads and swap spreads over government bond rates for all maturities across all markets with a floor of zero on the total interest rate, relative to the spreads assumed in the valuation of policy liabilities.

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Potential impact on net income attributed to shareholders arising from changes to corporate spreads and swap spreads(1),(2),(3)
 
C$ millions
As at
 
September 30,
 2013
   
December 31,
2012
 
Corporate spreads(4)
           
    Increase 50 basis points
  $ 400     $ 500  
    Decrease 50 basis points
    (500 )     (1,000 )
Swap spreads
               
    Increase 20 basis points
  $ (600 )   $ (600 )
    Decrease 20 basis points
    500       600  
 
(1)
See “Caution related to sensitivities” above.
 
(2)
The impact on net income attributed to shareholders assumes no gains or losses are realized on our AFS fixed income assets held in the surplus segment and excludes the impact arising from changes in off-balance sheet bond fund value arising from changes in credit spreads.  The participating policy funds are largely self-supporting and generate no material impact on net income attributed to shareholders as a result of changes in corporate and swap spreads.
 
(3)
Sensitivities are based on projected asset and liability cash flows at the beginning of the quarter adjusted for the estimated impact of new business, investment markets and asset trading during the quarter. Any true-up to these estimates, as a result of the final asset and liability cash flows to be used in the next quarter’s projection, are reflected in the next quarter’s sensitivities.
 
(4)
Corporate spreads are assumed to grade to an expected long-term average over five years.
 
As the sensitivity to  a 50 basis point decline in corporate spreads includes the impact of a change in prescribed reinvestment scenarios where applicable, the impact of changes to corporate spreads for less than, or more than, the amounts indicated are unlikely to be linear.   The potential earnings impact of a 50 basis point decline in corporate spreads related to the impact of the scenario change was nil at September 30, 2013 and $400 million at December 31, 2012.  This change was the primary driver in the decrease in sensitivity since December 31, 2012.
 
 
E           ACCOUNTING MATTERS AND CONTROLS
 
E1         Critical accounting and actuarial policies
 
Our significant accounting policies under IFRS are described in note 1 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2012.  The critical accounting policies and the estimation processes related to the determination of insurance contract liabilities, fair values of financial instruments, the application of derivative and hedge accounting, the determination of pension and other post-employment benefit obligations and expenses, and accounting for income taxes and uncertain tax positions are described on pages 63 to 71 of our 2012 Annual Report.
 
 
E2         Actuarial methods and assumptions
 
Impact of third quarter 2013 updates to assumptions
 
The comprehensive review of valuation methods and assumptions is performed annually and is designed to minimize our exposure to uncertainty by managing both asset-related and liability-related risks.  This is accomplished by monitoring experience and selecting assumptions which represent a best estimate view of future experience and margins that are appropriate for the risks assumed.  While the assumptions selected represent the Company’s current best estimates and assessment of risk, the ongoing monitoring of experience and the economic environment is likely to result in future changes to the valuation assumptions, which could be material.
 
The quantification of the impact of the 2013 review of the actuarial methods and assumptions underlying policy liabilities is as of July 1, 2013 for all lines of business.
 
The 2013 review of actuarial methods and assumptions that was carried out in the third quarter resulted in an increase in policy liabilities of $560 million.  Net of the impacts on participating surplus and non-controlling interests, shareholders’ income decreased by $252 million post-tax.
 
The following table summarizes the impact of the third quarter changes in actuarial methods and assumptions on policy liabilities and net income attributed to shareholders.
 
For the quarter ended September 30, 2013
 
C$ millions         To Net Income   
Assumption
 
To Policy Liabilities
   
Attributed to Shareholders
 
Lapses and Policyholder Behaviour
           
  U.S. insurance premium persistency update
  $ 320     $ (208 )
  Insurance lapse updates
    483       (242 )
  Variable annuity lapse updates
    101       (80 )
U.S. Long Term Care Triennial Review
    18       (12 )
Segregated Fund Parameter Update
    (220 )     203  
Other Annual Updates
    (142 )     87  
Net impact
  $ 560     $ (252 )

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Lapses and Policyholder Behaviour
 
Premium persistency assumptions were adjusted in the U.S. for universal life and variable universal life products to reflect recent experience which led to a $208 million charge to earnings.
 
Lapse rates across several insurance business units were updated to reflect recent policyholder lapse experience. This included a review of the lapse experience for the Canadian individual insurance whole life and term products and certain whole life insurance products in Japan. Net of the impact on participating surplus this resulted in a $242 million charge to earnings.
 
Lapse rate assumptions were updated for a number of Variable Annuity contracts to reflect updated experience results, including reducing base lapse rates in Japan as contracts get closer to maturity. This resulted in a charge of $80 million to earnings.

U.S. Long Term Care Triennial Review
 
U.S. Insurance completed a comprehensive long-term care experience study.  This included a review of mortality and morbidity experience, lapse experience, and of the reserve for in-force rate increases filed for as a result of the 2010 review. The net impact of the review was a $12 million charge to earnings.  This included several offsetting items as outlined below.
 
Expected claims costs increased primarily due to lower mortality, higher incidence rates, and claims periods longer than expected in policy liabilities. This increase in expected cost was offset by a number of items, including (i) the expected future premium increases resulting from this year’s review, (ii) reflecting actual experience on previously filed for rate increases as the actual approval rate is higher than what was reflected in our policy liabilities, (iii) method and modeling refinements largely related to the modeling of future tax cash flows, and (iv) updated lapse assumptions.
 
The expected future premium increases assumed in the policy liabilities resulted in a benefit to earnings of $1.0 billion; this includes a total of $0.5 billion of future premium increases that are due to our revised morbidity, mortality, and lapse assumptions, while the remainder is a carryover from outstanding amounts from our 2010 filings. Premium increases averaging approximately 25 per cent will be sought on about one-half of the in-force business, excluding the carryover of 2010 amounts requested. We have factored into our assumptions the estimated timing and amount of state approved premium increases. Our actual experience obtaining price increases could be materially different than we have assumed, resulting in further policy liability increases or releases which could be material.

Segregated Fund Parameters Update
 
Certain parameters used in the stochastic valuation of our segregated fund valuation were updated and resulted in a $203 million benefit to earnings. The primary updates were to our foreign exchange and bond fund parameters, both of which were favourable.  The bond fund parameter review included updates to interest rate and volatility assumptions.  The impact of interest rate movements between the last review effective March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013 led to a charge, which was more than offset by the impact of the increase in interest rates in the second quarter of 2013.

Other Annual Updates
 
We made a number of model refinements related to the projection of both asset and liability cashflows which led to a $137 million benefit to earnings.  This includes several offsetting items: a benefit due to a refinement in the modeling of guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit products in U.S. Annuities; a benefit due to further clarity on the treatment of Canadian investment income tax, partially offset by a charge due to a refinement in the modeling of reinsurance contracts for Canadian individual insurance; and a charge due to aligning the modeling of swaps across all segments.
 
Mortality and Morbidity charges of $77 million were the result of the review of assumptions for multiple product lines.
 
The net impact of all other updates was a $27 million benefit to earnings, which included updates to investment returns and future expense assumptions.
 
We will be completing our review of our modeling of future tax cash flows for our U.S. Variable Annuity business in the fourth quarter which we expect to result in a strengthening of policy liabilities14.
 

E3
Sensitivity of policy liabilities to updates to assumptions
 
When the assumptions underlying our determination of policy liabilities are updated to reflect recent and emerging experience or change in outlook, the result is a change in the value of policy liabilities which in turn affects income. The sensitivity of after-tax income to updates to asset related assumptions underlying policy liabilities is shown below, assuming that there is a simultaneous update to the assumption across all business units.
 
For updates to asset related assumptions, the sensitivity is shown net of the corresponding impact on income of the change in the value of the assets supporting policy liabilities. In practice, experience for each assumption will frequently vary by geographic market and business and assumption updates are made on a business/geographic specific basis. Actual results can differ materially from these estimates for a variety of reasons including the interaction among these factors when more than one changes; changes in actuarial and investment return and future investment activity assumptions; actual experience differing from the assumptions; changes in business mix, effective tax rates and other market factors; and the general limitations of our internal models.
 
Most participating business is excluded from this analysis because of the ability to pass both favourable and adverse experience to the policyholders through the participating dividend adjustment.
 


 
14
See “Caution regarding forward-looking statements” below.

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Potential impact on accumulated next five years and the following five years net income attributed to shareholders arising from potential changes to the fixed income ultimate reinvestment rates (“URR”) (1)
 
C$ millions
As at
 
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
For the periods
   
Q4 2013 –
Q3 2018
     
Q4 2018 –
 Q3 2023
      2013 - 2017       2018 - 2022  
Risk free rates remain at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 levels, respectively.
  $ (700 )   $ -     $ (1,600 )   $ (300 )
Risk free rates rise 50 bp immediately from their September 30, 2013 or December 31, 2012, levels respectively, and then remain at those new levels thereafter.
  $ (200 )   $ 200     $ (900 )   $ -  
Risk free rates fall 50 bp immediately from their September 30, 2013 or December 31, 2012, levels, respectively, and then remain at those new levels thereafter.
  $ (1,000 )   $ (200 )   $ (2,200 )   $ (500 )
 
(1)
Current URRs in Canada are 0.7% per annum and 2.7% per annum for short and long-term bonds, respectively, and in the U.S. are 0.7% per annum and 3.5% per annum for short and long-term bonds, respectively.  Since the URRs are based upon a five and ten year rolling average of government bond rates, continuation of current rates or a further decline could have a material impact on net income.
 
Under Canadian IFRS, we must test a number of prescribed interest rate scenarios. The scenario that produces the largest policy liabilities is used and is called the booking scenario. The resulting interest scenario for most of our business is a gradual grading of market interest rates from current market levels to assumed ultimate reinvestment rates over 20 years.
 
The sensitivity of net income attributed to shareholders to further updates to the ultimate reinvestment rates at September 30, 2013 has decreased from December 31, 2012 due to the increase in interest rates during that time.

Potential impact on net income attributed to shareholders arising from changes to asset related assumptions supporting actuarial liabilities, excluding the fixed income ultimate reinvestment rate discussed above
 
C$ millions
 
Increase (decrease) in after-tax income
 
As at
 
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
Asset related assumptions updated periodically in valuation basis changes
 
Increase
   
Decrease
   
Increase
   
Decrease
 
100 basis point change in future annual returns for public equities(1)(2)
  $ 500     $ (600 )   $ 800     $ (900 )
100 basis point change in future annual returns for alternative long-duration assets(3)
    3,800       (3,600 )     3,900       (4,000 )
100 basis point change in equity volatility assumption for stochastic segregated fund modeling(4)
    (300 )     300       (300 )     300  
 
(1)
The sensitivity to public equity returns above includes the impact on both segregated fund guarantee reserves and on other policy liabilities. For a 100 basis point increase in expected growth rates, the impact from segregated fund guarantee reserves is $300 million (December 31, 2012 – $500 million). For a 100 basis point decrease in expected growth rates, the impact from segregated fund guarantee reserves is $(300) million (December 31, 2012 – $(600) million). Expected long-term annual market growth assumptions for public equities pre-dividends for key markets are based on long-term historical observed experience and compliance with actuarial standards. The growth rates for returns in the major markets used in the stochastic valuation models for valuing segregated fund guarantees are 7.6% per annum in Canada, 7.6% per annum in the U.S. and 5.2% per annum in Japan. Growth assumptions for European equity funds are market-specific and vary between 5.8% and 7.85%.
 
(2)
For future annual returns on public equity, the decrease of $300 million in sensitivity from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013 is primarily related to the shift of some of our variable annuity guaranteed value from our macro-hedging program to our dynamic hedging program. Specifically, prospective changes in macro hedge costs as a result of changes in public equity returns are not reflected in non-dynamically hedged liabilities, whereas changes in dynamic hedge costs as a result of changes in public equity returns are reflected in dynamically hedged liabilities.
 
(3)
Alternative long-duration assets include commercial real estate, timber and agricultural real estate, oil and gas, and private equities. The decrease of $400 million in sensitivity from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013 is primarily related to the impact of risk free rates in some jurisdictions during the period, increasing the rate at which funds can be reinvested.
 
(4)
Volatility assumptions for public equities are based on long-term historic observed experience and compliance with actuarial standards. The resulting volatility assumptions are 17.15% per annum in Canada and 17.15% per annum in the U.S. for large cap public equities, and 19% per annum in Japan. For European equity funds, the volatility assumptions vary between 16.15% and 18.4%.
 
 
E4    Accounting and reporting changes
 
(a)
Impact of standards applied retrospectively in 2013
 
Effective January 1, 2013, the Company adopted several new and amended accounting pronouncements. The amendments to IAS 19 “Employee Benefits” and IFRS 10 “Consolidated Financial Statements” were adopted retrospectively.  As a result of these adoptions, net income attributed to shareholders for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 increased by $16 million and $54 million, respectively.

(b)
Future accounting and reporting changes beginning in 2014 or later
 
There are a number of accounting and reporting changes issued by the IASB that will impact the Company beginning in 2014 or later.  These changes are outlined in our second quarter 2013 report to shareholders.


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E5      Quarterly financial information
The following table provides summary information related to our eight most recently completed quarters:
 
As at and for the three months ended
               
restated(1)
       
C$ millions, except per share amounts, unaudited
 
Sep 30, 2013
   
Jun 30, 2013
   
Mar 31, 2013
   
Dec 31, 2012
   
Sep 30, 2012
   
Jun 30, 2012
   
Mar 31, 2012
   
Dec 31, 2011
 
Revenue
                                               
Premium income
                                               
Life and health insurance
  $ 3,917     $ 3,724     $ 3,871     $ 4,356     $ 3,413     $ 3,719     $ 3,473     $ 3,651  
Annuities and pensions
    512       635       728       658       573       740       1,031       889  
Net premium income prior to FDA coinsurance(2)
  $ 4,429     $ 4,359     $ 4,599     $ 5,014     $ 3,986     $ 4,459     $ 4,504     $ 4,540  
Premiums ceded relating to FDA coinsurance(2)
    -       -       -       (2 )     (1,799 )     (5,428 )     -       -  
Investment income
    2,103       1,954       1,426       2,080       2,174       2,865       1,580       2,034  
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on assets supporting insurance and investment contract liabilities(3)
    (2,227 )     (9,000 )     (1,875 )     (1,596 )     1,421       7,303       (4,066 )     1,360  
Other revenue
    1,983       2,341       1,990       1,694       1,817       2,052       1,783       1,765  
Total revenue
  $ 6,288     $ (346 )   $ 6,140     $ 7,190     $ 7,599     $ 11,251     $ 3,801     $ 9,699  
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 1,118     $ 205     $ 570     $ 1,091     $ (679 )   $ (485 )   $ 1,316     $ 119  
Income tax (expense) recovery
    (172 )     103       (15 )     14       360       186       (68 )     (174 )
Net income (loss)
  $ 946     $ 308     $ 555     $ 1,105     $ (319 )   $ (299 )   $ 1,248     $ (55 )
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 1,034     $ 259     $ 540     $ 1,077     $ (211 )   $ (281 )   $ 1,225     $ (69 )
Basic earnings (loss) per common share
  $ 0.54     $ 0.12     $ 0.28     $ 0.57     $ (0.13 )   $ (0.17 )   $ 0.67     $ (0.05 )
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share
  $ 0.54     $ 0.12     $ 0.28     $ 0.57     $ (0.13 )   $ (0.17 )   $ 0.63     $ (0.05 )
Segregated funds deposits
  $ 5,261     $ 5,333     $ 6,284     $ 5,537     $ 5,539     $ 5,623     $ 6,294     $ 5,575  
Total assets
  $ 498,217     $ 498,201     $ 497,563     $ 484,983     $ 479,633     $ 478,406     $ 464,146     $ 462,102  
Weighted average common shares (in millions)
    1,839       1,834       1,828       1,822       1,816       1,808       1,802       1,795  
Diluted weighted average common shares     (in millions)
    1,864       1,860       1,856       1,854       1,816       1,808       1,919       1,795  
Dividends per common share
  $ 0.13     $ 0.13     $ 0.13     $ 0.13     $ 0.13     $ 0.13     $ 0.13     $ 0.13  
CDN$ to US$1 –
Statement of Financial Position
    1.0285       1.0512       1.0156       0.9949       0.9837       1.0191       0.9991       1.0170  
CDN$ to US$1 – Statement of Income
    1.0386       1.0230       1.0083       0.9914       0.9953       1.0105       1.0011       1.0232  

(1)
The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013.  For a detailed description of the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 
(2)
On June 29, 2012 and September 25, 2012 the Company entered into coinsurance agreements to reinsure 89 per cent of its book value fixed deferred annuity (“FDA”) business. Under the terms of the agreements, the Company will maintain responsibility for servicing of the policies and managing some of the assets and has retained the remaining exposure.
 
(3)
For fixed income assets supporting insurance and investment contract liabilities and for equities supporting pass-through products and derivatives related to variable hedging programs, the impact of realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the assets is largely offset in the change in insurance and investment contract liabilities.
 
 
E6
Changes in internal control over financial reporting
 
No changes were made in our internal control over financial reporting during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

E7
Audit Committee
 
As in prior quarters, MFC’s Audit Committee reviewed this MD&A and the unaudited interim financial report and MFC’s Board of Directors approved this MD&A prior to its release.



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F
OTHER
 
F1
Quarterly dividend
On November 7, 2013, our Board of Directors approved a quarterly shareholders’ dividend of $0.13 per share on the common shares of MFC, payable on or after December 19, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2013.
 
The Board also declared dividends on the following non-cumulative preferred shares, payable on or after December 19, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2013.
 
Class A Shares Series 1 – $0.25625 per share
Class 1 Shares Series 5 – $0.275 per share
Class A Shares Series 2 – $0.29063 per share
Class 1 Shares Series 7 – $0.2875 per share
Class A Shares Series 3 – $0.28125 per share
Class 1 Shares Series 9 –  $0.275 per share
Class A Shares Series 4 – $0.4125 per share
Class 1 Shares Series 11 – $0.25 per share
Class 1 Shares Series 1 – $0.35 per share
Class 1 Shares Series 13 – $0.2375 per share
Class 1 Shares Series 3 – $0.2625 per share
 

F2
Outstanding shares – selected information
 
Class A Shares Series 1
As at November 4, 2013, MFC had 14 million Class A Shares Series 1 (“Series 1 Preferred Shares”) outstanding at a price of $25 per share, for an aggregate amount of $350 million. The Series 1 Preferred Shares are non-voting and are entitled to non-cumulative preferential cash dividends payable quarterly, if and when declared, at a per annum rate of 4.10 per cent. With regulatory approval, the Series 1 Preferred Shares may be redeemed by MFC, in whole or in part, at declining premiums that range from $1.25 to nil per Series 1 Preferred Share, by either payment of cash or the issuance of MFC common shares. On or after December 19, 2015, the Series 1 Preferred Shares will be convertible at the option of the holder into MFC common shares, the number of which is determined by a prescribed formula, and is subject to the right of MFC prior to the conversion date to redeem for cash or find substitute purchasers for such preferred shares. The prescribed formula is the face amount of the Series 1 Preferred Shares divided by the greater of $2.00 and 95 per cent of the then market price of MFC common shares.
 
Common Shares
As at November 4, 2013 MFC had 1,843 million common shares outstanding.

F3         Performance and Non-GAAP Measures
 
We use a number of non-GAAP financial measures to measure overall performance and to assess each of our businesses. A financial measure is considered a non-GAAP measure for Canadian securities law purposes if it is presented other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles used for the Company’s audited financial statements. Non-GAAP measures include: Core Earnings; Net Income Attributed to Shareholders in Accordance with U.S. GAAP; Total Equity in Accordance with U.S. GAAP; Core ROE; Diluted Core Earnings Per Common Share; Constant Currency Basis; Premiums and Deposits; Funds under Management; Capital; New Business Embedded Value; Sales and Total Annualized Insurance and Wealth Premium Equivalent Basis Sales.  Non-GAAP financial measures are not defined terms under GAAP and, therefore, with the exception of Net Income Attributed to Shareholders in Accordance with U.S. GAAP and Total Equity in Accordance with U.S. GAAP (which are comparable to the equivalent measures of issuers whose financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP), are unlikely to be comparable to similar terms used by other issuers. Therefore, they should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any other financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
 
Core earnings (losses) is a non-GAAP measure which we use to better understand the long-term earnings capacity and valuation of the business. Core earnings excludes the direct impact of changes in equity markets and interest rates as well as a number of other items, outlined below, that are considered material and exceptional in nature. While this metric is relevant to how we manage our business and offers a consistent methodology, it is not insulated from macro-economic factors, which can have a significant impact.
 
Any future changes to the core earnings definition referred to below, will be disclosed.
 
Items that are included in core earnings are:
 
1.
Expected earnings on in-force, including expected release of provisions for adverse deviation, fee income, margins on group business and spread business such as Manulife Bank and asset fund management.
 
 
2.
Macro hedging costs based on expected market returns.
 
 
3.
New business strain.
 
 
4.
Policyholder experience gains or losses.
 
 
5.
Acquisition and operating expenses compared to expense assumptions used in the measurement of policy liabilities.
 
 
6.
Up to $200 million of favourable investment-related experience reported in a single year which is referred to as “core investment gains”.
 
 
7.
Earnings on surplus other than mark-to-market items. Gains on available-for-sale (“AFS”) equities and seed money investments are included in core earnings.
 
 
8.
Routine or non-material legal settlements.
 
 
9.
All other items not specifically excluded.
 
10.
Tax on the above items.
 
11.
All tax related items except the impact of enacted or substantially enacted income tax rate changes.
 
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Items excluded from core earnings are:
 
1.
The direct impact of equity markets and interest rates, consisting of:
 
·
Gains (charges) on variable annuity guarantee liabilities not dynamically hedged.
 
·
Gains (charges) on general fund equity investments supporting policy liabilities and on fee income.
 
·
Gains (charges) on macro equity hedges relative to expected costs.  The expected cost of macro hedges is calculated using the equity assumptions used in the valuation of policy liabilities.
 
·
Gains (charges) on higher (lower) fixed income reinvestment rates assumed in the valuation of policy liabilities, including the impact on the fixed income ultimate reinvestment rate (“URR”).
 
·
Gains (charges) on sale of AFS bonds and open derivatives not in hedging relationships in the Corporate and Other segment.
 
2.
The earnings impact of the difference between the net increase (decrease) in variable annuity liabilities that are dynamically hedged and the performance of the related hedge assets. Our variable annuity dynamic hedging strategy is not designed to completely offset the sensitivity of policy liabilities to all risks or measurements associated with the guarantees embedded in these products for a number of reasons, including: provisions for adverse deviation, fund performance, the portion of the interest rate risk that is not dynamically hedged, realized equity and interest rate volatilities and changes to policyholder behaviour.
 
3.
Net favourable investment-related experience in excess of $200 million per annum or net unfavourable investment-related experience on a year-to-date basis.  Investment-related experience relates to fixed income trading, alternative long-duration asset returns, credit experience and asset mix changes. This favourable and unfavourable investment-related experience is a combination of reported investment experience as well as the impact of investing activities on the measurement of our policy liabilities. The maximum of $200 million per annum to be reported in core earnings compares with an average of over $80 million per quarter of favourable investment-related experience reported since first quarter 2007.
 
4.
Mark-to-market gains or losses on assets held in the Corporate and Other segment other than gains on AFS equities and seed money investments in new segregated or mutual funds.
 
 
5.
Changes in actuarial methods and assumptions, excluding URR.
 
 
6.
The impact on the measurement of policy liabilities of changes in product features or new reinsurance transactions, if material.
 
 
7.
Goodwill impairment charges.
 
 
8.
Gains or losses on disposition of a business.
 
 
9.
Material one-time only adjustments, including highly unusual/extraordinary and material legal settlements or other items that are material and exceptional in nature.
 
10.
Tax on the above items.
 
11.
Impact of enacted or substantially enacted income tax rate changes.

The following table summarizes for the past eight quarters core earnings and net income (loss) attributed to shareholders.
 

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Total Company

 
   
Quarterly Results
 
C$ millions, unaudited
 
2013
   
2012 (restated)(1)
   
2011
 
      3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q     3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q
Core earnings (losses)
                                                               
Asia Division
  $ 242     $ 226     $ 226     $ 180     $ 230     $ 286     $ 267     $ 213  
Canadian Division
    268       225       179       233       229       201       172       142  
U.S. Division
    361       343       440       293       288       247       257       189  
Corporate and Other (excluding expected cost of macro hedges and core investment gains)
    (135 )     (105 )     (128 )     (62 )     (103 )     (67 )     (113 )     (124 )
Expected cost of macro hedges
    (84 )     (128 )     (148 )     (140 )     (124 )     (118 )     (107 )     (97 )
Investment-related experience included in core earnings
    52       48       50       50       50       50       50       50  
Total core earnings
  $ 704     $ 609     $ 619     $ 554     $ 570     $ 599     $ 526     $ 373  
Investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
    491       (97 )     97       321       365       54       209       261  
Core earnings plus investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
  $ 1,195     $ 512     $ 716     $ 875     $ 935     $ 653     $ 735     $ 634  
Other items to reconcile core earnings to net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
                                                               
Gains (charges) on variable annuity guarantee liabilities that
are dynamically hedged
    160       30       101       100       122       (269 )     223       (193 )
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates (see table
below)
    (66 )     (272 )     (208 )     (18 )     (88 )     (727 )     75       153  
Impact of major reinsurance transactions, in-force product
changes
    -       -       -       -       26       112       122       -  
Change in actuarial methods and assumptions, excluding URR
    (252 )     (35 )     (69 )     (87 )     (1,006 )     -       12       2  
Goodwill impairment charge
    -       -       -       -       (200 )     -       -       (665 )
Gain (loss) on sale of Life Retrocession Business
    -       -       -       -       -       (50 )     -       -  
Tax items and restructuring charge related to organizational
design
    (3 )     24       -       207       -       -       58       -  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 1,034     $ 259     $ 540     $ 1,077     $ (211 )   $ (281 )   $ 1,225     $ (69 )
                                                                 
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates:
                                                               
Gains (charges) on variable annuity liabilities that are not dynamically hedged
  $ 306     $ 75     $ 757     $ 556     $ 298     $ (758 )   $ 982     $ 234  
Gains (charges) on general fund equity investments supporting policy liabilities and on fee income
    85       (70 )     115       48       55       (116 )     121       56  
Gains (charges) on macro equity hedges relative to expected costs
    (245 )     (231 )     (730 )     (292 )     (86 )     423       (556 )     (250 )
Gains (charges) on higher (lower) fixed income reinvestment rates assumed in the valuation of policy liabilities
    (77 )     151       (245 )     (290 )     (330 )     305       (425 )     122  
Gains (charges) on sale of AFS bonds and derivative positions in the Corporate segment
    (72 )     (127 )     (8 )     (40 )     (25 )     96       (47 )     (9 )
Charges due to lower fixed income URR assumptions used in the valuation of policy liabilities
    (63 )     (70 )     (97 )     -       -       (677 )     -       -  
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates
  $ (66 )   $ (272 )   $ (208 )   $ (18 )   $ (88 )   $ (727 )   $ 75     $ 153  
 
(1) The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013. For a detailed description of
 the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 
 

 
Asia Division

      Quarterly Results  
C$ millions, unaudited
 
2013
   
2012
 
2011
 
      3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q     3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q
Asia Division core earnings
  $ 242     $ 226     $ 226     $ 180     $ 230     $ 286     $ 267     $ 213  
Investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
    (4 )     (18 )     43       33       12       28       (18 )     47  
Core earnings plus investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
  $ 238     $ 208     $ 269     $ 213     $ 242     $ 314     $ 249     $ 260  
Other items to reconcile core earnings to net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
                                                               
Gains (charges) on variable annuity guarantee liabilities that
are dynamically hedged
    15       (2 )     (2 )     9       11       (18 )     3       (16 )
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates
    227       180       661       460       238       (611 )     819       41  
Tax items
    -       -       -       -       -       -       40       -  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 480     $ 386     $ 928     $ 682     $ 491     $ (315 )   $ 1,111     $ 285  
 

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Canadian Division
 
      Quarterly Results  
C$ millions, unaudited
 
2013
   
2012
   
2011
 
      3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q     3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q
Canadian Division core earnings
  $ 268     $ 225     $ 179     $ 233     $ 229     $ 201     $ 172     $ 142  
Investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
    135       (88 )     (187 )     (31 )     20       (115 )     116       72  
Core earnings plus investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
  $ 403     $ 137     $ (8 )   $ 202     $ 249     $ 86     $ 288     $ 214  
Other items to reconcile core earnings to net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
                                                               
Gains (charges) on variable annuity guarantee liabilities that
are dynamically hedged
    58       (1 )     38       45       38       (74 )     41       (67 )
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates
    (44 )     (33 )     (92 )     4       91       74       (134 )     99  
Reinsurance recapture, segregated fund product changes and
impact of tax related changes
    (3 )     -       -       -       -       137       122       -  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 414     $ 103     $ (62 )   $ 251     $ 378     $ 223     $ 317     $ 246  

 
U.S. Division
 
               
Quarterly Results
 
C$ millions, unaudited
 
2013
   
2012 (restated)(1)
   
2011
 
      3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q     3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q
U.S. Division core earnings
  $ 361     $ 343     $ 440     $ 293     $ 288     $ 247     $ 257     $ 189  
Investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
    404       65       263       367       348       156       155       158  
Core earnings plus investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
  $ 765     $ 408     $ 703     $ 660     $ 636     $ 403     $ 412     $ 347  
Other items to reconcile core earnings to net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
                                                               
Gains (charges) on variable annuity guarantee liabilities that
are dynamically hedged
    87       33       65       46       73       (177 )     179       (110 )
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates
    76       (12 )     (42 )     (150 )     (297 )     (22 )     (15 )     268  
Impact of major reinsurance transactions
    -       -       -       -       26       (25 )     -       -  
Tax items
    -       -       -       170       -       -       -       -  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 928     $ 429     $ 726     $ 726     $ 438     $ 179     $ 576     $ 505  
 
(1) The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013. For a detailed description of the
 change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 

 
Corporate and Other
 
   
Quarterly Results
 
C$ millions, unaudited
 
2013
   
2012 (restated)(1)
   
2011
 
      3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q     3 Q     2 Q     1 Q     4 Q
Corporate and Other core losses
(excluding expected cost of macro hedges and core investment gains)
  $ (135 )   $ (105 )   $ (128 )   $ (62 )   $ (103 )   $ (67 )   $ (113 )   $ (124 )
Expected cost of macro hedges
    (84 )     (128 )     (148 )     (140 )     (124 )     (118 )     (107 )     (97 )
Investment-related experience included in core earnings
    52       48       50       50       50       50       50       50  
Total core losses
  $ (167 )   $ (185 )   $ (226 )   $ (152 )   $ (177 )   $ (135 )   $ (170 )   $ (171 )
Investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
    (44 )     (56 )     (22 )     (48 )     (15 )     (15 )     (44 )     (16 )
Core losses plus investment-related experience in excess of amounts included in core earnings
  $ (211 )   $ (241 )   $ (248 )   $ (200 )   $ (192 )   $ (150 )   $ (214 )   $ (187 )
Other items to reconcile core earnings to net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
                                                               
Direct impact of equity markets and interest rates
    (325 )     (407 )     (735 )     (332 )     (120 )     (168 )     (595 )     (255 )
Changes in actuarial methods and assumptions, excluding
URR
    (252 )     (35 )     (69 )     (87 )     (1,006 )     -       12       2  
Goodwill impairment charge
    -       -       -       -       (200 )     -       -       (665 )
Gain (loss) on sale of Life Retrocession Business
    -       -       -       -       -       (50 )     -       -  
Tax items and restructuring charge related to organizational
design
    -       24       -       37       -       -       18       -  
Net loss attributed to shareholders
  $ (788 )   $ (659 )   $ (1,052 )   $ (582 )   $ (1,518 )   $ (368 )   $ (779 )   $ (1,105 )
 
(1)  The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013. For a detailed description of the
      change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 
 

Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders in accordance with U.S. GAAP is a non-GAAP profitability measure. It shows what the net income would have been if the Company had applied U.S. GAAP as its primary financial reporting basis. We consider this to be a relevant profitability measure given our large U.S. domiciled investor base and for comparability to our U.S. peers who report under U.S. GAAP.
 
 

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Total equity in accordance with U.S. GAAP is a non-GAAP measure. It shows what the total equity would have been if the Company had applied U.S. GAAP as its primary financial reporting basis. We consider this to be a relevant measure given our large U.S. domiciled investor base and for comparability to our U.S. peers who report under U.S. GAAP.
 
Core return on common shareholders’ equity (“Core ROE”) is a non-GAAP profitability measure that presents core earnings available to common shareholders as a percentage of the capital deployed to earn the core earnings.  The Company calculates Core ROE using average common shareholders’ equity.
 
Diluted core earnings per common share is core earnings available to common shareholders expressed per diluted weighted average common share outstanding.
 
The Company also uses financial performance measures that are prepared on a constant currency basis, which exclude the impact of currency fluctuations and which are non-GAAP measures. Quarterly amounts stated on a constant currency basis in this report are calculated, as appropriate, using the income statement and balance sheet exchange rates effective for the third quarter of 2013.
 
Premiums and deposits is a non-GAAP measure of top line growth.  The Company calculates premiums and deposits as the aggregate of (i) general fund premiums, net of reinsurance, reported as premiums on the Consolidated Statement of Income, (ii) segregated fund deposits, excluding seed money, (“deposits from policyholders”), (iii) adding back the premiums ceded related to FDA coinsurance, (iv) investment contract deposits, (v) mutual fund deposits, (vi) deposits into institutional advisory accounts,  (vii) premium equivalents for “administration services only” group benefit contracts (“ASO premium equivalents”), (viii) premiums in the Canadian Group Benefits reinsurance ceded agreement, and (ix) other deposits in other managed funds.
 
Premiums and deposits
 
Quarterly results
 
C$ millions
    3Q 2013       2Q 2013       3Q 2012  
Net premium income
  $ 4,429     $ 4,359     $ 2,187  
Deposits from policyholders
    5,261       5,333       5,539  
Premiums and deposits per financial statements
  $ 9,690     $ 9,692     $ 7,726  
Add back premiums ceded relating to FDA coinsurance
    -       -       1,799  
Investment contract deposits
    9       16       40  
Mutual fund deposits
    8,111       10,545       4,335  
Institutional advisory account deposits
    1,089       1,146       1,106  
ASO premium equivalents
    723       756       673  
Group benefits ceded premiums
    981       1,427       967  
Other fund deposits
    99       97       100  
Total premiums and deposits
  $ 20,702     $ 23,679     $ 16,746  
Currency impact
    -       206       350  
Constant currency premiums and deposits
  $ 20,702     $ 23,885     $ 17,096  

 
Funds under management is a non-GAAP measure of the size of the Company.  It represents the total of the invested asset base that the Company and its customers invest in.
 
Funds under management
 
Quarterly results
 
(C$ millions)
As at
    3Q 2013       2Q 2013    
(restated)(1)
3Q 2012
 
Total invested assets
  $ 230,336     $ 231,935     $ 223,932  
Segregated funds net assets
    225,842       221,952       205,685  
Funds under management per financial statements
  $ 456,178     $ 453,887     $ 429,617  
Mutual funds
    81,049       76,634       55,705  
Institutional advisory accounts (excluding segregated funds)
    28,686       28,416       21,597  
Other funds
    8,721       8,025       6,849  
Total funds under management
  $ 574,634     $ 566,962     $ 513,768  
Currency impact
    -       (9,469 )     10,465  
Constant currency funds under management
  $ 574,634     $ 557,493     $ 524,233  

(1)
The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013. For a detailed description of the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.

 
Capital The definition we use for capital, a non-GAAP measure, serves as a foundation of our capital management activities at the MFC level.  For regulatory reporting purposes, the numbers are further adjusted for various additions or deductions to capital as mandated by the guidelines used by OSFI.  Capital is calculated as the sum of (i) total equity excluding AOCI on cash flow hedges and (ii) liabilities for preferred shares and capital instruments.
 
 

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Capital
 
Quarterly results
 
(C$ millions)
As at
    3Q 2013       2Q 2013    
(restated)(1)
3Q 2012
 
Total equity
  $ 26,881     $ 26,544     $ 23,917  
Add AOCI loss on cash flow hedges
    115       131       200  
Add liabilities for preferred shares and capital instruments
    4,119       4,130       3,897  
Total capital
  $ 31,115     $ 30,805     $ 28,014  

(1)
The 2012 results were restated to reflect the retrospective application of new IFRS accounting standards effective January 1, 2013.   For a detailed description of the change see our first quarter 2013 report to shareholders.
 
Sales are measured according to product type:
For total individual insurance, sales include 100 per cent of new annualized premiums and 10 per cent of both excess and single premiums. For individual insurance, new annualized premiums reflect the annualized premium expected in the first year of a policy that requires premium payments for more than one year.  Sales are reported gross before the impact of reinsurance. Single premium is the lump sum premium from the sale of a single premium product, e.g. travel insurance.
 
For group insurance, sales include new annualized premiums and administrative services only premium equivalents on new cases, as well as the addition of new coverages and amendments to contracts, excluding rate increases.
 
For individual wealth management contracts, all new deposits are reported as sales. This includes individual annuities, both fixed and variable; mutual funds; college savings 529 plans; and authorized bank loans and mortgages. As we have discontinued sales of new VA contracts in the U.S., beginning in the first quarter of 2013, subsequent deposits into existing U.S. VA contracts will not be considered sales.
 
For group pensions/retirement savings, sales of new regular premiums and deposits reflect an estimate of expected deposits in the first year of the plan with the Company. Single premium sales reflect the assets transferred from the previous plan provider. Sales include the impact of the addition of a new division or of a new product to an existing client. Total sales include both new regular and single premiums and deposits.
 
Total Annualized Insurance and Wealth Premium Equivalent (“APE”) Basis Sales are sales that comprise 100 per cent of regular premium/deposit sales and 10 per cent of single premium/deposit sales for both insurance and wealth management products.

F4
Key planning assumptions and uncertainties
 
Manulife’s 2016 management objectives do not constitute guidance and are based on certain key planning assumptions, including: current accounting and regulatory capital standards; no acquisitions; equity market and interest rate assumptions consistent with our long term assumptions, and favourable investment-related experience included in core earnings15.
 
F5  Caution regarding forward-looking statements
 
From time to time, MFC makes written and/or oral forward-looking statements, including in this document. In addition, our representatives may make forward-looking statements orally to analysts, investors, the media and others. All such statements are made pursuant to the “safe harbour” provisions of Canadian provincial securities laws and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements in this document include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to our 2016 management objectives for core earnings and core ROE, insurance sales momentum in Hong Kong and Japan in the fourth quarter, and the net impact of the fourth quarter charge related to our review of our modeling of future tax cash flows for our U.S. Variable Annuity business and the sale of our Taiwan life insurance business. 
 
The forward-looking statements in this document also relate to, among other things, our objectives, goals, strategies, intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations and estimates, and can generally be identified by the use of words such as “may”, “will”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “likely”, “suspect”, “outlook”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “forecast”, “objective”, “seek”, “aim”, “continue”, “goal”, “restore”, “embark” and “endeavour” (or the negative thereof) and words and expressions of similar import, and include statements concerning possible or assumed future results. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements and they should not be interpreted as confirming market or analysts’ expectations in any way.
 

 


 
15
Interest rate assumptions based on forward curve as of June 30, 2012.  Core earnings include up to $200 million per annum of favourable investment-related experience.

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Certain material factors or assumptions are applied in making forward-looking statements, including in the case of our 2016 management objectives for core earnings and core ROE, the assumptions described under "Key Planning Assumptions and Uncertainties" in our 2012 Annual Report and in this document, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements.   As outlined above, the amount of the fourth quarter charge related to modeling of future tax cash flows for our U.S. Variable annuity business is dependent upon the potential implementation of changes to the investment objectives of separate accounts that support our Variable Annuity products, which require policyholder approval. The sale of our Taiwan business is subject to regulatory approval.  Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include but are not limited to: the factors identified in “Key Planning Assumptions and Uncertainties” in our 2012 Annual Report and in this document; general business and economic conditions (including but not limited to the performance, volatility and correlation of equity markets, interest rates, credit and swap spreads, currency rates, investment losses and defaults, market liquidity and creditworthiness of guarantors, reinsurers and counterparties); changes in laws and regulations; changes in accounting standards; our ability to execute strategic plans and changes to strategic plans; downgrades in our financial strength or credit ratings; our ability to maintain our reputation; impairments of goodwill or intangible assets or the establishment of provisions against future tax assets; the accuracy of estimates relating to morbidity, mortality and policyholder behaviour; the accuracy of other estimates used in applying accounting policies and actuarial methods; our ability to implement effective hedging strategies and unforeseen consequences arising from such strategies; our ability to so urce appropriate assets to back our long dated liabilities; level of competition and consolidation; our ability to market and distribute products through current and future distribution channels; unforeseen liabilities or asset impairments arising from acquisitions and dispositions of businesses; the realization of losses arising from the sale of investments classified as available-for-sale; our liquidity, including the availability of financing to satisfy existing financial liabilities on expected maturity dates when required; obligations to pledge additional collateral; the availability of letters of credit to provide capital management flexibility; accuracy of information received from counterparties and the ability of counterparties to meet their obligations; the availability, affordability and adequacy of reinsurance; legal and regulatory proceedings, including tax audits, tax litigation or similar proceedings; our ability to adapt products and services to the changing market; our ability to attract and retain key executives, employees and agents; the appropriate use and interpretation of complex models or deficiencies in models used; political, legal, operational and other risks associated with our non-North American operations; acquisitions and our ability to complete acquisitions including the availability of equity and debt financing for this purpose; the disruption of or changes to key elements of the Company’s or public infrastructure systems; environmental concerns; and our ability to protect our intellectual property and exposure to claims of infringement. Additional information about material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations and about material factors or assumptions applied in making forward-looking statements may be found in the body of this document as well as under “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Information Form, under “Risk Management”, “Risk Management and Risk Factors” and “Critical Accounting and Actuarial Policies” in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis in our most recent annual report, under “Risk Management and Risk Factors Update” and “Critical Accounting and Actuarial Policies” in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis in our most recent interim report, in the “Risk Management” note to consolidated financial statements in our most recent annual and interim reports and elsewhere in our filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators. The forward-looking statements in this document are, unless otherwise indicated, stated as of the date hereof and are presented for the purpose of assisting investors and others in understanding our financial position and results of operations as well as our objectives and strategic priorities, and may not be appropriate for other purposes.  We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
 

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Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
As at
       
 
(Canadian $ in millions, unaudited)
   
September 30, 2013
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
ASSETS
     
Cash and short-term securities
  $ 14,691     $ 13,480  
Securities
                 
Bonds
    115,218       119,281  
Equities
    13,098       11,995  
Loans
               
Mortgages
    36,547       35,082  
Private placements
    20,095       20,275  
Policy loans
    7,094       6,793  
Bank loans
    1,972       2,142  
Real estate
    8,811       8,513  
Other invested assets
    12,810       11,561  
Total invested assets (note 3)
  $ 230,336     $ 229,122  
Other assets
               
Accrued investment income
  $ 1,816     $ 1,794  
Outstanding premiums
    699       1,009  
Derivatives (note 4)
    9,783       14,707  
Reinsurance assets (note 5)
    17,475       18,681  
Deferred tax asset
    3,833       3,445  
Goodwill and intangible assets
    5,199       5,113  
Miscellaneous
    3,234       3,127  
Total other assets
  $ 42,039     $ 47,876  
Segregated funds net assets (note 16)
  $ 225,842     $ 207,985  
Total assets
  $ 498,217     $ 484,983  
 
LIABILITIES and EQUITY
                 
Liabilities
               
Policy liabilities (note 6)
                 
Insurance contract liabilities
  $ 193,262     $ 199,588  
Investment contract liabilities
    2,437       2,420  
Bank deposits
    19,315       18,857  
Derivatives (note 4)
    7,869       7,500  
Deferred tax liability
    630       603  
Other liabilities
    13,126       13,922  
    $ 236,639     $ 242,890  
Long-term debt (note 9)
    4,736       5,046  
Liabilities for preferred shares and capital instruments (note 10)
    4,119       3,903  
Segregated funds net liabilities (note 16)
    225,842       207,985  
Total liabilities
  $ 471,336     $ 459,824  
 
Equity
                 
Issued share capital
               
Preferred shares (note 11)
  $ 2,693     $ 2,497  
Common shares (note 11)
    20,138       19,886  
Contributed surplus
    269       257  
Shareholders' retained earnings
    4,272       3,256  
Shareholders' accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on
                 
Pension and other post-employment plans
    (665 )     (653 )
Available-for-sale securities
    224       363  
Cash flow hedges
    (115 )     (185 )
Translation of foreign operations
    (347 )     (709 )
Total shareholders' equity
  $ 26,469     $ 24,712  
Participating policyholders' equity
    86       146  
Non-controlling interests
    326       301  
Total equity
  $ 26,881     $ 25,159  
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 498,217     $ 484,983  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
                   
           
 Donald A. Guloien
Richard B. DeWolfe
 President and Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Board of Directors




 
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Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)
 
   
three months ended
   
nine months ended
 
For the
 
September 30
   
September 30
 
(Canadian $ in millions except per share amounts, unaudited)
 
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Revenue
                       
Premium income
                       
Gross premiums
  $ 6,190     $ 5,925     $ 18,969     $ 18,548  
Premiums ceded to reinsurers
    (1,761 )     (1,939 )     (5,582 )     (5,599 )
Net premium income prior to fixed deferred annuity coinsurance
  $ 4,429     $ 3,986     $ 13,387     $ 12,949  
Premium ceded relating to fixed deferred annuity coinsurance (note 5)
    -       (1,799 )     -       (7,227 )
    $ 4,429     $ 2,187     $ 13,387     $ 5,722  
Investment income (note 3)
                               
Investment income
  $ 2,103     $ 2,174     $ 5,483     $ 6,619  
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on assets supporting insurance and investment contract liabilities
    (2,227 )     1,421       (13,102 )     4,658  
Net investment income (loss)
  $ (124 )   $ 3,595     $ (7,619 )   $ 11,277  
Other revenue
  $ 1,983     $ 1,817     $ 6,314     $ 5,652  
Total revenue
  $ 6,288     $ 7,599     $ 12,082     $ 22,651  
Contract benefits and expenses
                               
To contract holders and beneficiaries
                               
Death, disability and other claims
  $ 2,525     $ 2,370     $ 7,624     $ 7,245  
Maturity and surrender benefits
    1,130       1,179       3,698       3,586  
Annuity payments
    850       803       2,556       2,406  
Policyholder dividends and experience rating refunds
    321       275       842       835  
Net transfers from segregated funds
    (181 )     (146 )     (442 )     (533 )
Change in insurance contract liabilities
    (973 )     5,042       (8,614 )     13,403  
Change in investment contract liabilities
    52       3       121       49  
Ceded benefits and expenses
    (1,660 )     (1,491 )     (4,808 )     (4,398 )
Change in reinsurance assets (note 5)
    383       (2,560 )     1,001       (8,219 )
Net benefits and claims
  $ 2,447     $ 5,475     $ 1,978     $ 14,374  
General expenses
    1,097       1,065       3,341       3,166  
Investment expenses
    305       284       890       794  
Commissions
    983       944       2,875       2,920  
Interest expense
    265       239       868       824  
Net premium taxes
    73       71       237       221  
Goodwill impairment (note 12)
    -       200       -       200  
Total contract benefits and expenses
  $ 5,170     $ 8,278     $ 10,189     $ 22,499  
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 1,118     $ (679 )   $ 1,893     $ 152  
Income tax (expense) recovery
    (172 )     360       (84 )     478  
Net income (loss)
  $ 946     $ (319 )   $ 1,809     $ 630  
Net income (loss) attributed to:
                               
Non-controlling interests
  $ 20     $ (1 )   $ 36     $ 20  
Participating policyholders
    (108 )     (107 )     (60 )     (123 )
Shareholders
    1,034       (211 )     1,833       733  
    $ 946     $ (319 )   $ 1,809     $ 630  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 1,034     $ (211 )   $ 1,833     $ 733  
Preferred share dividends
    (33 )     (31 )     (97 )     (83 )
Common shareholders' net income (loss)
  $ 1,001     $ (242 )   $ 1,736     $ 650  
Earnings (loss) per share
                               
Basic earnings (loss) per common share (note 11)
  $ 0.54     $ (0.13 )   $ 0.95     $ 0.36  
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share (note 11)
  $ 0.54     $ (0.13 )   $ 0.94     $ 0.36  
Dividends per common share
  $ 0.13     $ 0.13     $ 0.39     $ 0.39  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
         




 
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
For the
 
three months ended
September 30
   
nine months ended
September 30
 
(Canadian $ in millions, unaudited)
 
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 946     $ (319 )   $ 1,809     $ 630  
Other comprehensive income ("OCI") (loss), net of tax                                
Items that will not be reclassified to net income:
                               
Change in pension and other post-employment plans
  $ 11     $ 18     $ (12 )   $ 16  
Total items that will not be reclassified to net income
  $ 11     $ 18     $ (12 )   $ 16  
Items that may be subsequently reclassified to net income:
                               
Foreign exchange gains (losses) on:
                               
Translation of foreign operations
  $ (528 )   $ (679 )   $ 382     $ (734 )
Net investment hedges
    18       31       (20 )     36  
 Available-for-sale financial securities:
                               
Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period
    (13 )     20       (246 )     260  
Reclassification of realized (gains) losses and impairments to
     net income
    41       (2 )     107       (97 )
Cash flow hedges:
                               
Unrealized gains arising during the period
    14       24       64       40  
Reclassification of realized losses to net income
    2       2       6       6  
Share of other comprehensive loss of associates
    -       -       -       (3 )
Total items that may be subsequently reclassified to net income
  $ (466 )   $ (604 )   $ 293     $ (492 )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
  $ (455 )   $ (586 )   $ 281     $ (476 )
Total comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
  $ 491     $ (905 )   $ 2,090     $ 154  
Total comprehensive income (loss) attributed to:
                               
Non-controlling interests
  $ 20     $ (1 )   $ 36     $ 20  
Participating policyholders
    (108 )     (107 )     (60 )     (123 )
Shareholders
    579       (797 )     2,114       257  

 
 
Income Taxes included in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
For the
 
three months ended
September 30
   
nine months ended
September 30
 
(Canadian $ in millions, unaudited)
 
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Income tax (recovery) expense on:
                       
Items that will not be reclassified to net income:
                       
Change in pension and other post-employment plans
  $ 3     $ 10     $ (9 )   $ 9  
Total items that will not be reclassified to net income
  $ 3     $ 10     $ (9 )   $ 9  
Items that may be subsequently reclassified to net income:
                               
Unrealized foreign exchange gains/losses on translation of foreign  operations
  $ (1 )   $ (3 )   $ (5 )   $ (3 )
Unrealized foreign exchange gains/losses on net investment hedges
    7       10       (6 )     12  
Unrealized gains/losses on available-for-sale financial securities
    (6 )     11       (57 )     85  
Reclassification of realized gains/losses and recoveries/impairments to net income on available-for-sale financial securities
    -       (3 )     53       (13 )
Unrealized gains/losses on cash flow hedges
    8       14       34       20  
Reclassification of realized gains/losses to net income on cash flow hedges
    1       1       3       3  
Share of other comprehensive loss of associates
    -       -       -       (1 )
Total items that may be subsequently reclassified to net income
  $ 9     $ 30     $ 22     $ 103  
Total income tax expense
  $ 12     $ 40     $ 13     $ 112  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
                 





 
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
           
 
For the nine months ended September 30,
           
(Canadian $ in millions, unaudited)
 
2013
   
2012
 
 
Preferred shares
           
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 2,497     $ 1,813  
Issued during the period (note 11)
    200       500  
Issuance costs, net of tax
    (4 )     (12 )
Balance, end of period
  $ 2,693     $ 2,301  
 
Common shares
               
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 19,886     $ 19,560  
Issued on exercise of stock options
    5       -  
Issued under dividend reinvestment and share purchase plans
    247       243  
Balance, end of period
  $ 20,138     $ 19,803  
 
Contributed surplus
               
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 257     $ 245  
Exercise of stock options and deferred share units
    (1 )     1  
Stock option expense
    13       15  
Acquisition of non-controlling interest
    -       (6 )
Balance, end of period
  $ 269     $ 255  
 
Shareholders' retained earnings
               
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 3,256     $ 2,501  
Effect of accounting change (note 2)
    -       4  
Net income attributed to shareholders
    1,833       733  
Preferred share dividends
    (97 )     (83 )
Common share dividends
    (720 )     (708 )
Balance, end of period
  $ 4,272     $ 2,447  
 
Shareholders' accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ("AOCI")
               
Balance, beginning of period
  $ (1,184 )   $ 96  
Effect of accounting change (note 2)
    -       (915 )
Change in unrealized foreign exchange gains (losses) of net foreign operations
    362       (698 )
Change in actuarial gains (losses) on pension and other post-employment plans
    (12 )     16  
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale financial securities
    (139 )     163  
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges
    70       46  
Share of other comprehensive loss of associates
    -       (3 )
Balance, end of period
  $ (903 )   $ (1,295 )
Total shareholders' equity, end of period
  $ 26,469     $ 23,511  
 
Participating policyholders' equity
               
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 146     $ 249  
Net loss attributed to participating policyholders
    (60 )     (123 )
Balance, end of period
  $ 86     $ 126  
 
Non-controlling interests
               
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 301     $ 415  
Effect of accounting change (note 2)
    -       (177 )
Net income attributed to non-controlling interests
    36       20  
Contributions (distributions), net
    (11 )     22  
Balance, end of period
  $ 326     $ 280  
Total equity, end of period
  $ 26,881     $ 23,917  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
 






 
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
           
 
For the nine months ended September 30,
           
(Canadian $ in millions, unaudited)
 
2013
   
2012
 
 
Operating activities
           
Net income
  $ 1,809     $ 630  
Adjustments for non-cash items in net income:
               
Increase (decrease) in insurance contract liabilities
    (8,614 )     13,403  
Increase in investment contract liabilities
    121       49  
(Increase) decrease in reinsurance assets, net of premium ceded relating to FDA coinsurance (note 5)
    1,001       (992 )
Amortization of premium/discount on invested assets
    15       21  
Other amortization
    312       283  
Net realized and unrealized (gains) losses on assets supporting policy liabilities
    13,102       (4,658 )
Net realized losses, impairments and other on assets backing surplus
    1,853       310  
Deferred income tax recovery
    (300 )     (650 )
Stock option expense
    13       15  
Goodwill impairment
    -       200  
Net income adjusted for non-cash items
  $ 9,312     $ 8,611  
Changes in policy related and operating receivables and payables
    (1,276 )     (821 )
Cash provided by operating activities
  $ 8,036     $ 7,790  
 
Investing activities
               
Purchases and mortgage advances
  $ (51,080 )   $ (62,158 )
Disposals and repayments
    43,864       52,092  
Change in investment broker net receivables and payables
    (167 )     (326 )
Net cash decrease from purchase of subsidiary
    (73 )     -  
Cash used in investing activities
  $ (7,456 )   $ (10,392 )
 
Financing activities
               
Increase (decrease) in repurchase agreements and securities sold but not yet purchased
  $ 194     $ (244 )
Repayment of long-term debt
    (350 )     -  
Issue of capital instruments, net
    199       497  
Repayment of capital instruments
    -       (1,000 )
Net redemption of investment contract liabilities
    (178 )     (132 )
Funds repaid, net
    (126 )     (9 )
Secured borrowing from securitization transactions
    250       250  
Changes in bank deposits, net
    455       979  
Shareholders dividends paid in cash
    (570 )     (548 )
(Distributions to) contributions from non-controlling interests, net
    (11 )     16  
Common shares issued, net
    5       -  
Preferred shares issued, net
    196       488  
Cash provided by financing activities
  $ 64     $ 297  
 
Cash and short-term securities
               
Increase (decrease) during the period
  $ 644     $ (2,305 )
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and short-term securities
    163       (276 )
Balance, beginning of period
    12,847       12,266  
Balance, end of period
  $ 13,654     $ 9,685  
 
Cash and short-term securities
               
Beginning of period
               
Gross cash and short-term securities
  $ 13,480     $ 12,799  
Net payments in transit, included in other liabilities
    (633 )     (533 )
Net cash and short-term securities, beginning of period
  $ 12,847     $ 12,266  
 
End of period
               
Gross cash and short-term securities
  $ 14,691     $ 10,287  
Net payments in transit, included in other liabilities
    (1,037 )     (602 )
Net cash and short-term securities, end of period
  $ 13,654     $ 9,685  
 
Supplemental disclosures on cash flow information:
               
Interest received
  $ 6,418     $ 6,511  
Interest paid
  $ 762     $ 798  
Income taxes paid
  $ 463     $ 343  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
 



 
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NOTES TO INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Canadian $ in millions except per share amounts or unless otherwise stated, unaudited)

 
Note 1               Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies

(a)
Reporting entity
Manulife Financial Corporation (“MFC”) is a publicly traded life insurance company and the holding company of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (“MLI”), a Canadian life insurance company, and John Hancock Reassurance Company, Ltd. (“JHRECO”), a Bermuda reinsurance company. MFC and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Manulife Financial” or the “Company”) is a leading Canada-based financial services group with principal operations in Asia, Canada and the United States. Manulife Financial’s international network of employees, agents and distribution partners offers financial protection and wealth management products and services to millions of customers.  These products and services include individual life insurance, group life and health insurance, long-term care services, pension products, annuities, mutual funds and banking products.  MFC provides asset management services to institutional customers worldwide and offers reinsurance solutions, specializing in property and casualty retrocession. The Company operates as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia and primarily as John Hancock in the United States.

(b)
Basis of presentation
MFC is domiciled in Canada and incorporated under the Insurance Companies Act (Canada) (“ICA”).  These Interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on a condensed basis in accordance with International Accounting Standard (“IAS”) 34 “Interim Financial Reporting” as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and the accounting requirements of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada (“OSFI”).  None of the accounting requirements of OSFI are exceptions to International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). Management has determined that the consolidated financial statements present fairly the entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows.

These Interim Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2012, the accompanying notes included on pages 90 to 167 of the Company’s 2012 Annual Report, the additional disclosures included in notes 2 and 11 of the Company’s Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as well as the disclosures on risk in sections D2 to D5 of the third quarter 2013 Management Discussion and Analysis.

These Interim Consolidated Financial Statements of MFC as at and for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 were authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on November  6, 2013.


Note 2    Accounting and Reporting Changes

Impact of standards applied retrospectively
Effective January 1, 2013, the Company adopted several new and amended accounting pronouncements. The amendments to IAS 19 “Employee Benefits” and IFRS 10 “Consolidated Financial Statements” were adopted retrospectively.  As a result of these adoptions, net income attributed to shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 increased by $54 and the January 1, 2012 balance of shareholder’s retained earnings was increased by $4. Refer to note 2 of the Company’s Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2013 for a description of these new and amended accounting pronouncements and the impact to annual results reported in 2012.




 
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Note 3   Invested Assets and Investment Income

(a)
Carrying values and fair values of invested assets
 
As at September 30, 2013
 
FVTPL
   
AFS
   
Other
   
Total
carrying value
   
Total
fair value
 
Cash and short-term securities(1)
  $ 481     $ 9,973     $ 4,237     $ 14,691     $ 14,691  
Bonds(2)
                                       
Canadian government and agency
    13,422       2,602       -       16,024       16,024  
U.S. government and agency
    14,177       8,651       -       22,828       22,828  
Other government and agency
    11,491       1,876       -       13,367       13,367  
Corporate
    55,470       4,153       -       59,623       59,623  
Mortgage/asset-backed securities
    2,753       623       -       3,376       3,376  
Equities
    11,142       1,956       -       13,098       13,098  
Loans
                                       
Mortgages
    -       -       36,547       36,547       38,188  
Private placements
    -       -       20,095       20,095       21,195  
Policy loans
    -       -       7,094       7,094       7,094  
Bank loans
    -       -       1,972       1,972       1,979  
Real estate
                                       
Own use property
    -       -       790       790       1,452  
Investment property
    -       -       8,021       8,021       8,021  
Other invested assets (3)
    5,441       91       7,278       12,810       12,894  
Total invested assets(4)
  $ 114,377     $ 29,925     $ 86,034     $ 230,336     $ 233,830  
 
 
                                       
As at December 31, 2012
                                       
Cash and short-term securities(1)
  $ 531     $ 8,362     $ 4,587     $ 13,480     $ 13,480  
Bonds(2)
                                       
Canadian government and agency
    12,929       3,014       -       15,943       15,943  
U.S. government and agency
    18,361       8,811       -       27,172       27,172  
Other government and agency
    11,750       1,866       -       13,616       13,616  
Corporate
    54,024       4,778       -       58,802       58,802  
Mortgage/asset-backed securities
    3,219       529       -       3,748       3,748  
Equities
    10,370       1,625       -       11,995       11,995  
Loans
                                       
Mortgages
    -       -       35,082       35,082       37,468  
Private placements
    -       -       20,275       20,275       22,548  
Policy loans
    -       -       6,793       6,793       6,793  
Bank loans
    -       -       2,142       2,142       2,148  
Real estate
                                       
Own use property
    -       -       789       789       1,368  
Investment property
    -       -       7,724       7,724       7,724  
Other invested assets(3)
    4,832       116       6,613       11,561       11,777  
Total invested assets(4)
  $ 116,016     $ 29,101     $ 84,005     $ 229,122     $ 234,582  

(1)
Includes short-term securities (i.e., maturities of less than one year at acquisition) amounting to $4,453  (December 31, 2012 – $2,030) and cash equivalents (i.e., maturities of less than 90 days at acquisition) amounting to $6,002 (December 31, 2012 – $6,863).
 
(2)
Total bonds include securities which are deemed to be short-term securities and cash equivalents of $711 and nil, respectively (December 31, 2012 – $850 and $132, respectively).
 
(3)
Other invested assets include private equity of $2,069, power and infrastructure of $3,126, oil and gas of $1,555, timber and agriculture sectors of $2,553  as well as investments in leveraged leases of $2,731  (December 31, 2012 – $1,761,  $2,913,  $1,355, $2,243 and $2,591, respectively).
 
(4)
The methodologies for determining fair value of the Company’s invested assets are described in note 2 of the Company’s Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2013.
 

(b)
Bonds and equities classified as fair-value-through-profit-and-loss (“FVTPL”)
The FVTPL classification was elected for securities backing insurance and investment contract liabilities in order to substantially reduce an accounting mismatch arising from changes in the value of these assets and changes in the value recorded for the related insurance and investment contract liabilities. There would otherwise be a mismatch if the available-for-sale (“AFS”) classification was selected because changes in insurance and investment contract liabilities are reflected in net income rather than in OCI.

(c)
Bonds and equities classified as AFS
Securities that are designated as AFS are not actively traded but sales do occur as circumstances warrant.  Such sales result in a reclassification of any accumulated unrealized gain (loss) in AOCI to net income as a realized gain (loss).



 
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(d)
Investment income
 
   
three months ended September 30
   
nine months ended September 30
 
For the
 
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Interest income
  $ 2,218     $ 2,204     $ 6,488     $ 6,508  
Dividend, rental and other income
    326       278       963       821  
Impairments and provisions for loan losses
    (13 )     (59 )     (14 )     (136 )
Realized losses on assets backing surplus
    (428 )     (249 )     (1,954 )     (574 )
    $ 2,103     $ 2,174     $ 5,483     $ 6,619  
 
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on assets supporting insurance and investment contract liabilities
                               
        Bonds
  $ (1,185 )   $ 1,193     $ (6,843 )   $ 3,120  
        Stocks
    308       426       756       747  
        Loans
    13       34       25       174  
        Real estate
    14       57       68       349  
        Other investments
    286       153       483       243  
        Derivatives
    (1,663 )     (442 )     (7,591 )     25  
    $ (2,227 )   $ 1,421     $ (13,102 )   $ 4,658  
Total investment income
  $ (124 )   $ 3,595     $ (7,619 )   $ 11,277  

The realized gains (losses) on assets backing surplus primarily relate to the fair value changes of the shorted equity futures contracts utilized for the Company’s macro equity risk hedging strategies as well as the sale of bonds backing surplus.

The realized and unrealized gains (losses) on assets supporting insurance and investment contract liabilities are mostly offset by changes in the measurement of the Company’s policy liabilities. For fixed income assets supporting insurance and investment contracts, equities supporting pass-through products and derivatives related to variable annuity hedging programs, the impact of realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the assets is largely offset in the change in insurance and investment contract liabilities. The realized and unrealized gains (losses) on assets supporting insurance and investment contract liabilities relate primarily to the impact of interest rates changes on bond and fixed income derivative positions as well as interest rate swaps and equity futures supporting the dynamic hedge program.

(e)
Mortgage securitization
The Company securitizes certain insured fixed and variable rate commercial and residential mortgages and Home Equity Lines of Credit (“HELOC”) through creation of mortgage-backed securities under the Canadian Mortgage Bond Program (“CMB”), Government of Canada National Housing Act (“NHA”) Mortgage Backed Securities (“MBS”) program, as well as to other third party investors.  Additionally, the Company mitigates credit risk on certain mortgages through transfers to third party investors.  Under IFRS, these transactions remain “on-balance sheet” and are accounted for as secured borrowings, as described in note 1(d) of the Company’s 2012 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements.

There are no expected credit losses on the mortgages that have been securitized under the Government of Canada CMB and NHA MBS programs and the HELOC securitization as they are government guaranteed. Benefits received from the transfers include interest spread between the asset and associated liability.

The cash flows received from the assets/mortgages are used to settle the related secured borrowing liability. Receipts of principal are deposited into a trust account for settlement of the liability at the time of maturity. The transferred assets and related cash flows cannot be transferred or used for other purposes. For the HELOC transactions, receipts of principal are allocated to the Company (the Seller) during the revolving period of the deal and are accumulated for settlement of the liability based on the terms of the note.

The carrying amount of securitized assets reflecting the Company’s continuing involvement with the mortgages and the associated liabilities is as follows.
 
 



 
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As at September 30, 2013
 
Securitized assets
       
Securitization program
 
Securitized mortgages
   
Restricted cash and short-term securities
   
Total
   
Secured borrowing liabilities
 
 
HELOC securitization(1)
  $ 1,500     $ 8     $ 1,508     $ 1,498  
CMB securitization
    130       355       485       482  
Total
  $ 1,630     $ 363     $ 1,993     $ 1,980  
                                 
                                 
As at December 31, 2012
                               
HELOC securitization(1)
  $ 1,250     $ 6     $ 1,256     $ 1,248  
CMB securitization
    200       283       483       482  
NHA MBS securitization(2)
    1       8       9       9  
Total
  $ 1,451     $ 297     $ 1,748     $ 1,739  

(1)
The restricted cash balance for the HELOC securitization reflects a cash reserve fund established in relation to the transactions. The reserve will be drawn upon only in the event of insufficient cash flows from the underlying HELOCs to satisfy the secured borrowing liability.
 
(2)
Under the Government of Canada programs for NHA MBS securitization, cash received on the mortgages is held in a restricted cash account for the payment of the liability under the terms of the program.
 

The fair value of the securitized assets as at September 30, 2013 were $1,992 (December 31, 2012 – $1,752) and associated liabilities were $1,996 (December 31, 2012 – $1,756).

 
 
 Note 4    Derivative and Hedging Instruments

Derivatives are financial contracts, the value of which is derived from underlying interest rates, foreign exchange rates, other financial instruments, commodity prices or indices.  The Company uses derivatives including swaps, forwards and futures agreements, and options to manage current and anticipated exposures to changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, commodity prices and equity market prices, and to replicate permissible investments.

Fair value hedges
The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to changes in the fair value of fixed rate financial instruments caused by changes in interest rates. The Company also uses cross currency swaps to manage its exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, interest rate fluctuations, or both.

The Company recognizes gains and losses on derivatives and the related hedged items in fair value hedges in investment income. These investment gains (losses) are shown in the following table.




 
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Derivatives in qualifying fair value hedging relationships
 
For the three months ended September 30, 2013
Hedged items in qualifying fair value hedging relationships
 
Gains (losses) recognized on derivatives
   
Gains (losses) recognized for hedged items
   
Ineffectiveness recognized in investment income
 
Interest rate swaps
Fixed rate assets
  $ 156     $ (183 )   $ (27 )
 
Fixed rate liabilities
    1       (1 )     -  
Foreign currency swaps
Fixed rate assets
    (1 )     -       (1 )
Total
    $ 156     $ (184 )   $ (28 )
                           
For the three months ended September 30, 2012
                         
Interest rate swaps
Fixed rate assets
  $ (106 )   $ 88     $ (18 )
 
Fixed rate liabilities
    (7 )     7       -  
Foreign currency swaps
Fixed rate assets
    (2 )     -       (2 )
Total
    $ (115 )   $ 95     $ (20 )
                           
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013
                         
Interest rate swaps
Fixed rate assets
  $ 764     $ (823 )   $ (59 )
 
Fixed rate liabilities
    (15 )     15       -  
Foreign currency swaps
Fixed rate assets
    9       (5 )     4  
Total
    $ 758     $ (813 )   $ (55 )
                           
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012
                         
Interest rate swaps
Fixed rate assets
  $ (242 )   $ 174     $ (68 )
 
Fixed rate liabilities
    (22 )     22       -  
Foreign currency swaps
Fixed rate assets
    (3 )     1       (2 )
Total
    $ (267 )   $ 197     $ (70 )

Cash flow hedges
The effects of derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships on the Consolidated Statements of Income and the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity are shown in the following table.

Derivatives in qualifying cash flow hedging relationships
For the three months ended September 30, 2013
Hedged items in qualifying cash flow hedging relationships
 
Gains (losses) deferred in AOCI on derivatives
   
Gains (losses) reclassified from AOCI into investment income
   
Ineffectiveness recognized in investment income
 
Interest rate swaps
Forecasted liabilities
  $ 1     $ (3 )   $ -  
Foreign currency swaps
Floating rate liabilities
    17       -       -  
Foreign currency forwards
Forecasted expenses
    4       -       -  
Total return swaps
Stock-based compensation
    (2 )     -       -  
Total
    $ 20     $ (3 )   $ -  
                           
For the three months ended September 30, 2012
                         
Interest rate swaps
Forecasted liabilities
  $ 8     $ (3 )   $ -  
Foreign currency swaps
Fixed rate assets
    (1 )     -       -  
 
Floating rate liabilities
    16       -       -  
Foreign currency forwards
Forecasted expenses
    6       -       -  
Total return swaps
Stock-based compensation
    5       -       -  
Total
    $ 34     $ (3 )   $ -  

 
 



 
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2013
Hedged items in qualifying cash flow hedging relationships
 
Gains (losses) deferred in AOCI on derivatives
   
Gains (losses) reclassified from AOCI into investment income
   
Ineffectiveness recognized in investment income
 
Interest rate swaps
Forecasted liabilities
  $ (8 )   $ (9 )   $ -  
Foreign currency swaps
Fixed rate assets
    (1 )     -       -  
 
Floating rate liabilities
    102       -       -  
Foreign currency forwards
Forecasted expenses
    (6 )     -       -  
Total return swaps
Stock-based compensation
    13       -       -  
Total
    $ 100     $ (9 )   $ -  
                           
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012
                         
Interest rate swaps
Forecasted liabilities
  $ 12     $ (9 )   $ -  
Foreign currency swaps
Fixed rate assets
    (1 )     -       -  
 
Floating rate liabilities
    11       -       -  
Foreign currency forwards
Forecasted expenses
    8       -       -  
Total return swaps
Stock-based compensation
    23       -       -  
Total
    $ 53     $ (9 )   $ -  

The Company anticipates that net losses of approximately $33 will be reclassified from AOCI to net income within the next twelve months. The maximum time frame for which variable cash flows are hedged is 30 years.

Hedges of net investments in net foreign operations
The effects of derivatives in net investment hedging relationships on the Consolidated Statements of Income and the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity are shown in the following table.

Hedging instruments in net investment hedging relationships
For the three months ended September 30, 2013
 
Gains (losses) deferred in AOCI on derivatives
   
Gains (losses) reclassified from AOCI into investment income
   
Ineffectiveness recognized in investment income
 
Non-functional currency denominated debt
  $ 25     $ -     $ -  
Total
  $ 25     $ -     $ -  
                         
For the three months ended September 30, 2012
                       
Currency swaps and interest rate swaps
  $ 3     $ -     $ -  
Non-functional currency denominated debt
    39       -       -  
Total
  $ 42     $ -     $ -  
                         
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013
                       
Currency swaps and interest rate swaps
  $ 23     $ -     $ -  
Non-functional currency denominated debt
    (37 )     -       -  
Total
  $ (14 )   $ -     $ -  
                         
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012
                       
Currency swaps and interest rate swaps
  $ 11     $ -     $ -  
Non-functional currency denominated debt
    37       -       -  
Total
  $ 48     $ -     $ -  

Fair value of derivatives
The fair value of derivative instruments is summarized by term to maturity in the following table.  Fair values shown do not incorporate the impact of master netting agreements (see note 7).
 
 
   
Term to maturity
       
As at September 30, 2013
 
Less than
1 year
   
1 to 3
years
   
3 to 5
years
   
Over 5
years
   
Total
 
Derivative assets
  $ 54     $ 318     $ 341     $ 9,070     $ 9,783  
Derivative liabilities
    41       333       378       7,117       7,869  
                                         
As at December 31, 2012
                                       
Derivative assets
  $ 69     $ 215     $ 396     $ 14,027     $ 14,707  
Derivative liabilities
    75       290       442       6,693       7,500  
 

 
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The gross notional amount and the fair value of derivative contracts by the underlying risk exposure for all derivatives in qualifying hedge accounting and non-qualifying hedge accounting relationships are summarized in the following table
 
 
As at
   
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
           
Fair value
         
Fair value
 
Type of hedge
Instrument type
 
Notional amount
   
Assets
   
Liabilities
   
Notional amount
   
Assets
   
Liabilities
 
Qualifying hedge accounting relationships
                                   
Fair value hedges
Interest rate swaps
  $ 4,954     $ 95     $ 460     $ 6,726     $ 54     $ 1,352  
 
Foreign currency swaps
    72       -       20       69       -       28  
Cash flow hedges
Interest rate swaps
    82       -       -       80       4       -  
 
Foreign currency swaps
    781       -       68       776       -       147  
 
Forward contracts
    169       3       -       182       9       -  
 
Equity contracts
    112       12       -       77       4       3  
Net investment hedges
Foreign currency swaps
    -       -       -       160       -       23  
Total derivatives in qualifying hedge accounting relationships
  $ 6,170     $ 110     $ 548     $ 8,070     $ 71     $ 1,553  
                                                   
Non-qualifying hedge accounting relationships
                                               
 
Interest rate swaps
  $ 181,091     $ 9,280     $ 6,615     $ 150,738     $ 14,226     $ 5,489  
 
Interest rate futures
    5,455       -       -       6,079       -       -  
 
Interest rate options
    2,394       31       -       1,316       43       -  
 
Foreign currency swaps
    6,539       183       431       6,681       348       439  
 
Currency rate futures
    4,473       -       -       5,310       -       -  
 
Forward contracts
    4,342       9       272       617       1       13  
 
Equity contracts
    2,206       162       3       264       11       6  
 
Credit default swaps
    314       8       -       264       7       -  
 
Equity futures
    11,469       -       -       17,482       -       -  
Total derivatives in non-qualifying hedge accounting relationships
  $ 218,283     $ 9,673     $ 7,321     $ 188,751     $ 14,636     $ 5,947  
Total derivatives
    $ 224,453     $ 9,783     $ 7,869     $ 196,821     $ 14,707     $ 7,500  

Derivatives not designated in qualifying hedge accounting relationships
The Company generally does not enter into derivative contracts for speculative purposes. Derivatives used in portfolios supporting insurance contract liabilities are generally not designated in qualifying hedge accounting relationships because the change in the value of the insurance contract liabilities economically hedged by these derivatives also is recorded through net income. Given the changes in fair value of these derivatives and hedged related risks are recognized in investment income as they occur, they generally offset the change in hedged risk to the extent the hedges are economically effective.

The effects of derivatives in non-qualifying hedge accounting relationships on the Consolidated Statements of Income are shown in the following table.
 
 
   
three months ended
   
nine months ended
 
   
September 30
   
September 30
 
For the
 
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Non-qualifying hedge accounting relationships
                       
Investment income (loss)
                       
Interest rate swaps
  $ (1,022 )   $ 121     $ (5,974 )   $ 1,357  
Treasury locks
    (92 )     -       (266 )     -  
Credit default swaps
    -       1       -       2  
Stock futures
    (859 )     (907 )     (2,966 )     (2,005 )
Currency futures
    (50 )     5       (112 )     (6 )
Interest rate futures
    (16 )     (26 )     113       (104 )
Interest rate options
    (9 )     (4 )     (8 )     1  
Equity options
    (16 )     -       (43 )     -  
Total return swaps
    7       9       110       (3 )
Foreign currency swaps
    15       95       (171 )     72  
Foreign currency forwards
    (9 )     3       (51 )     (16 )
Bond forwards
    3       -       3       -  
Total investment loss from derivatives in non-qualifying hedge accounting relationships
  $ (2,048 )   $ (703 )   $ (9,365 )   $ (702 )
 
 



 
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 Note 5    Fixed Deferred Annuity Coinsurance Transactions

In 2012, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement, effective April 1, 2012, to reinsure 89 per cent of its book value fixed deferred annuity business from John Hancock U.S.A. and a separate agreement, effective July 1, 2012, to reinsure 90 per cent of its book value fixed deferred annuity business from John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York.   Under the terms of both of these agreements, the Company maintains the responsibility for servicing of the policies.

The transactions were structured such that the Company ceded the actuarial liabilities and transferred related invested assets which included US$7,178 in cash and other invested assets backing the actuarial liabilities as premiums paid to the reinsurers in exchange for assuming these liabilities. Due to the significant size of these transactions, the premiums ceded are shown separately in the Consolidated Statements of Income.


Note 6    Policy Liabilities

The comprehensive review of valuation methods and assumptions is performed annually and is designed to minimize the Company’s exposure to uncertainty by managing both asset-related and liability-related risks.  This is accomplished by monitoring experience and selecting assumptions which represent a current best estimate view of expected future experience and margins that are appropriate for the risks assumed.  While the assumptions selected represent the Company’s current best estimates and assessment of risk, the ongoing monitoring of experience and changes in the economic environment are likely to result in future changes to the valuation assumptions, which could be material.

In the third quarter of 2013, the completion of the annual review of actuarial methods and assumptions resulted in an increase in policy liabilities of $560, net of reinsurance. Net of the impacts on participating surplus and non-controlling interests, shareholders’ income decreased by $252 post-tax.
 
 
   
three months ended
   
nine months ended
 
For the
 
September 30, 2013
   
September 30, 2013
 
   
To policy liabilities
   
To net income attributed to shareholders
   
To policy liabilities
   
To net income attributed to shareholders
 
Assumption
 
Increase (decrease)
   
Increase
(decrease)
   
Increase (decrease)
   
Increase
(decrease)
 
Lapses and policyholder behaviour
                       
    U.S. Insurance premium persistency update
  $ 320     $ (208 )   $ 320     $ (208 )
Insurance lapse updates
    483       (242 )     483       (242 )
Variable annuity lapse update
    101       (80 )     101       (80 )
U.S. Long-Term Care triennial review
    18       (12 )     18       (12 )
Segregated fund parameters update
    (220 )     203       (220 )     203  
Other annual updates
    (142 )     87       11       (17 )
Net impact
  $ 560     $ (252 )   $ 713     $ (356 )

Lapses and policyholder behaviour
Premium persistency assumptions were adjusted in the U.S. for universal life and variable universal life products to reflect recent and expected future experience which led to a $208 charge to net income.
 
Lapse rates across several insurance business units were updated to reflect recent and expected future policyholder lapse experience. This included a review of the lapse experience for the Canadian individual insurance whole life and term products and certain whole life insurance products in Japan. Net of the impact on participating surplus this resulted in a $242 charge to net income.

Lapse rate assumptions were updated for a number of Variable Annuity contracts to reflect updated experience results, including reducing base lapse rates in Japan as contracts get closer to maturity. This resulted in a charge of $80 to net income.

U.S. Long-Term Care triennial review
U.S. Insurance completed a comprehensive long-term care experience study.  This included a review of mortality and morbidity experience, lapse experience, and of the reserve for in-force rate increases filed for as a result of the 2010 review. The net impact of the review was a $12 charge to net income.  This included several offsetting items as outlined below.

Expected claims costs increased primarily due to lower mortality, higher incidence rates, and claims periods longer than expected in policy liabilities. This increase in expected cost was offset by a number of items, including (i) the expected future premium increases resulting from this year’s review, (ii) actual experience on previously filed rate increases as the actual approval rate is higher than what was reflected in policy liabilities, (iii) method and modeling refinements largely related to the modeling of future tax cash flows, and (iv) updated lapse assumptions.

The expected future premium increases assumed in the policy liabilities resulted in a benefit of $1.0 billion to net income; this includes a total of $0.5 billion from future premium increases that are related to revised morbidity, mortality and lapse assumptions, while the remainder is a carryover from outstanding amounts from 2010 filings. Premium increases averaging approximately 25 per cent will be sought on about one half of the in-force business, excluding the carryover of 2010 amounts requested. U.S. Insurance have factored into its assumptions the estimated timing and amount of state approved premium increases. The actual experience obtaining price increases could be materially different than was assumed, resulting in further policy liability increases or releases which could be material.
 



 
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Segregated fund parameters update
Certain parameters used in the stochastic valuation of the segregated fund valuation were updated and resulted in a $203 benefit to net income. The primary updates were to the foreign exchange and bond fund parameters both of which were favourable. The bond parameter reviews included updates to interest rate and volatility assumptions. The impact of interest rate movements between the last review effective March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013 led to a charge, which was more than offset by the impact of the increase in interest rates in the second quarter of 2013.

Other annual updates
The Company made a number of model refinements related to the projection of both asset and liability cash flows which led to a $137 benefit to net income.  This includes several offsetting items: a benefit due to a refinement in the modeling of guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit products in U.S. Annuities; a benefit due to further clarity on the treatment of Canadian investment income tax, partially offset by a charge due to a refinement in the modeling of reinsurance contracts for Canadian individual insurance; and a charge due to aligning the modeling of swaps across all segments.

Mortality and Morbidity charges of $77 to net income were the result of the review of assumptions for multiple product lines.

The net impact of all other updates was a $27 benefit to net income, which included updates to investment return and future expense assumptions.

Third Quarter 2012 Annual Review
In the third quarter of 2012, the completion of the annual review of actuarial methods and assumptions resulted in an increase in policy liabilities of $1,568 net of reinsurance and a decrease in net income attributed to shareholders of $1,006 post-tax
 
 
   
three months ended
   
nine months ended
 
For the
 
September 30, 2012
   
September 30, 2012
 
   
To policy liabilities
   
To net income attributed to shareholders
   
To policy liabilities
   
To net income attributed to shareholders
 
Assumption
 
Increase (decrease)
   
Increase
 (decrease)
   
Increase (decrease)
   
Increase
(decrease)
 
Related to updates to actuarial standards
  $ 317     $ (244 )   $ 317     $ (244 )
Largely related to macro-economic environment(1)
    1,871       (1,120 )     2,864       (1,797 )
Other annual updates
    (620 )     358       (648 )     370  
Net impact
  $ 1,568     $ (1,006 )   $ 2,533     $ (1,671 )

(1)
Beginning in first quarter of 2013, the URR is calculated on a quarterly basis, whereas in 2012 it was included in the annual review of actuarial methods and assumptions, and amounted to $(677) post-tax.
 
 
Note 7    Risk Management

The Company’s risk management policies and procedures for managing risk related to financial instruments and insurance contracts can be found in Note 10 of the Company’s 2012 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements as well as the Risk Management section of the Management Discussion and Analysis.

Market risk sensitivities related to variable annuity and segregated fund guarantees, publically traded equity performance risk and interest rate and spread risk are disclosed in sections D2 to D5 of the third quarter 2013 Management Discussion and Analysis.  These disclosures are in accordance with IFRS 7 “Financial Instruments: Disclosures” and IAS 34 “Interim Financial Reporting”, and should be considered an integral part of these Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

Credit risk
Credit quality
For mortgages and private placements, the Company evaluates credit quality through regular monitoring of credit related exposures, considering both qualitative and quantitative factors in assigning an internal risk rating.  These ratings are updated at least annually.

A write-off is recorded when internal risk ratings indicate that a loss represents the most likely outcome.  The assets are designated as non-accrual and an allowance is established based on an analysis of the security and repayment sources.

The following table summarizes the recorded investment by credit quality indicator.

As at September 30, 2013
 
AAA
   
AA
      A    
BBB
   
BB
   
B & lower
   
Total
 
Loans (excluding Manulife Bank of Canada)
                                           
Private placements
  $ 693     $ 3,067     $ 5,448     $ 8,892     $ 842     $ 1,153     $ 20,095  
Mortgages
    2,083       2,445       6,516       8,216       593       216       20,069  
Total
  $ 2,776     $ 5,512     $ 11,964     $ 17,108     $ 1,435     $ 1,369     $ 40,164  
                                                         
As at December 31, 2012
                                                       
Loans (excluding Manulife Bank of Canada)
                                                       
Private placements
  $ 697     $ 2,633     $ 5,709     $ 9,116     $ 835     $ 1,285     $ 20,275  
Mortgages
    2,301       2,024       3,781       10,749       631       357       19,843  
Total
  $ 2,998     $ 4,657     $ 9,490     $ 19,865     $ 1,466     $ 1,642     $ 40,118  
 



 
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For loans and mortgages held by Manulife Bank of Canada, the Company assigns an internal risk rating ranging from “1 – little or no risk” to “8 – doubtful”.  The internal risk ratings are updated at least annually and reflect the credit quality of the lending asset including such factors as original credit score and product characteristics.

Full or partial write-offs of loans are recorded when management believes there is no realistic prospect of full recovery.  Write-offs, net of recoveries, are deducted from the allowance for credit losses.  All impairments are captured in the allowance for credit losses.

The following table summarizes the recorded investment by credit quality indicator.
 
 
As at September 30, 2013
    1       2       3    
4 & lower
   
Total
 
Manulife Bank of Canada
                                   
Mortgages
  $ -     $ 9,252     $ 7,115     $ 111     $ 16,478  
Bank loans
    -       393       1,545       34       1,972  
Total
  $ -     $ 9,645     $ 8,660     $ 145     $ 18,450  
                                         
As at December 31, 2012
                                       
Manulife Bank of Canada
                                       
Mortgages
  $ -     $ 9,425     $ 5,718     $ 96     $ 15,239  
Bank loans
    -       398       1,714       30       2,142  
Total
  $ -     $ 9,823     $ 7,432     $ 126     $ 17,381  

Past due or credit impaired financial assets
The Company provides for credit risk by establishing allowances against the carrying value of impaired loans and recognizing impairment losses on AFS bonds. Impairment losses on AFS bonds are recognized in income when there is objective evidence of impairment. Impairment is considered to have occurred when it is deemed probable that the Company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to contractual terms of the bond. In addition, the Company reports as an impairment certain declines in the fair value of bonds designated as FVTPL which it deems represent an impairment.

The following table summarizes the carrying value or impaired value, in the case of impaired bonds, of the Company’s financial assets that are considered past due or impaired.
 
 
   
Past due but not impaired
             
As at September 30, 2013
 
Less than
90 days
   
90 days and greater
   
Total
   
Total
 impaired
   
Allowance for
loan losses
 
Bonds
                             
      FVTPL
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 117     $ -  
      AFS
    -       1       1       11       -  
Loans
                                       
      Private placements
    137       12       149       64       41  
      Mortgages and bank loans
    83       24       107       37       21  
Other financial assets
    32       57       89       1       -  
Total
  $ 252     $ 94     $ 346     $ 230     $ 62  
                                         
As at December 31, 2012
                                       
Bonds
                                       
      FVTPL
  $ 69     $ -     $ 69     $ 156     $ -  
      AFS
    4       -       4       15       -  
Loans
                                       
      Private placements
    102       12       114       83       35  
      Mortgages and bank loans
    79       27       106       81       54  
Other financial assets
    67       43       110       2       -  
Total
  $ 321     $ 82     $ 403     $ 337     $ 89  

Securities lending, repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions
The Company engages in securities lending to generate fee income. Collateral, which exceeds the market value of the loaned securities, is retained by the Company until the underlying security has been returned to the Company.  The market value of the loaned securities is monitored on a daily basis with additional collateral obtained or refunded as the market value of the underlying loaned securities fluctuates. As at September 30, 2013, the Company had loaned securities (which are included in invested assets) with a market value of $1,605 (December 31, 2012 – $1,456). The Company holds collateral with a current market value that exceeds the value of securities lent in all cases.

The Company engages in reverse repurchase transactions to generate fee income and to take possession of securities to cover short positions in similar instruments and undertakes repurchase transactions for short-term funding purposes.  As at September 30, 2013, the Company had engaged in reverse repurchase transactions of $864 (December 31, 2012 – $577) which are recorded as short-term receivables.  There were outstanding repurchase agreements of $746 as at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 – $641) which are recorded as payables.
 


 
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Credit default swaps
The Company replicates exposure to specific issuers by selling credit protection via credit default swaps (“CDSs”) in order to complement its cash bond investing.  The Company will not write CDS protection in excess of its government bond holdings.  A CDS is a derivative instrument representing an agreement between two parties to exchange the credit risk of a single specified entity or an index based on the credit risk of a group of entities (all commonly referred to as the “reference entity” or a portfolio of “reference entities”), in return for a periodic premium.  CDS contracts typically have a five year term.

The following table provides details of the credit default swap protection sold by type of contract and external agency rating for the underlying reference security.
 
As at September 30, 2013
   
Notional Amount(2)
   
Fair Value
   
Weighted average maturity
(in years)(3)
 
Single name CDSs(1)
                   
Corporate debt
                   
AAA
    $ 36     $ 1       4  
AA
      98       3       3  
  A       180       4       4  
Total single name CDSs
    $ 314     $ 8       4  
Total CDS protection sold
    $ 314     $ 8       4  
                             
As at December 31, 2012
                         
Single name CDSs(1)
                         
Corporate debt
                         
AAA
    $ 25     $ 1       4  
AA
      85       3       4  
  A       144       3       4  
BBB
      10       -       5  
Total single name CDSs
    $ 264     $ 7       4  
Total CDS protection sold
    $ 264     $ 7       4  

(1)
The rating agency designations are based on S&P where available followed by Moody’s, DBRS and Fitch. If no rating is available from a rating agency, an internally developed rating is used.
 
(2)
Notional amounts represent the maximum future payments the Company would have to pay its counterparties assuming a default of the underlying credit and zero recovery on the underlying issuer obligation.
 
(3)
The weighted average maturity of the credit default swaps is weighted based on notional amounts.
 

The Company holds no purchased credit protection as at September 30, 2013 (December 31, 2012 – nil).

Derivatives
The Company’s point-in-time exposure to losses related to the credit risk of the counterparty of derivatives transactions is limited to the amount of any net gains that may have accrued with a particular counterparty. Gross derivative counterparty exposure is measured as the total fair value (including accrued interest) of all outstanding contracts in a gain position excluding any offsetting contracts in negative positions and the impact of collateral on hand.  The Company seeks to limit the risk of credit losses from derivative counterparties by: establishing a minimum acceptable counterparty credit rating of A- from external rating agencies; entering into master netting arrangements which permit the offsetting of contracts in a loss position in the case of a counterparty default; and entering into Credit Support Annex agreements, whereby collateral must be provided when the exposure exceeds a certain threshold.

All contracts are held with counterparties rated A- or higher. As at September 30, 2013, the percentage of the Company’s derivative exposure which was with counterparties rated AA- or higher amounted to 12 per cent (December 31, 2012 – 19 per cent). As at September 30, 2013, the largest single counterparty exposure, without taking into account the impact of master netting agreements or the benefit of collateral held, was $2,043 (December 31, 2012 – $2,922). The net exposure to this counterparty, after taking into account master netting agreements and the fair value of collateral held, was nil (December 31, 2012 – nil).

Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities
The Company does not offset financial instruments in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, as the rights of offset are conditional.

In the case of derivatives, collateral is collected from and pledged to counterparties to manage credit risk exposure in accordance with Credit Support Annex agreements.  Under master netting agreements, the Company has a right of offset in the event of default, insolvency, bankruptcy or other early termination.

In the case of reverse repurchase and repurchase transactions, additional collateral may be collected from or pledged to counterparties to manage credit exposure according to bilateral reverse repurchase or repurchase agreements. In the event of default by a counterparty, the Company is entitled to liquidate the assets the Company holds as collateral to offset against obligations to the same counterparty.

The following table presents the effect of conditional master netting and similar arrangements.  Similar arrangements may include global master repurchase agreements, global master securities lending agreements, and any related rights to financial collateral.



 
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Related amounts not set off in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
             
As at September 30, 2013
 
Gross amounts of financial instruments presented in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position(1)
   
Amounts subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreements
   
Financial and cash collateral pledged (received)(2)
   
Net amount including financing trusts(3)
   
Net amounts excluding financing trusts
 
 
Financial assets
                             
Derivative Assets
  $ 10,168     $ (6,378 )   $ (3,720 )   $ 70     $ 70  
Securities lending
    1,605       -       (1,605 )     -       -  
Reverse repurchase agreements
    864       (247 )     (617 )     -       -  
Total financial assets
  $ 12,637     $ (6,625 )   $ (5,942 )   $ 70     $ 70  
 
Financial liabilities
                                       
Derivative liabilities
  $ (8,202 )   $ 6,378     $ 1,649     $ (175 )   $ (9 )
Repurchase agreements
    (746 )     247       499       -       -  
Total financial liabilities
  $ (8,948 )   $ 6,625     $ 2,148     $ (175 )   $ (9 )
                                         
As at December 31, 2012
                                       
 
Financial assets
                                       
Derivative Assets
  $ 15,216     $ (6,648 )   $ (8,545 )   $ 23     $ 23  
Securities lending
    1,456       -       (1,456 )     -       -  
Reverse repurchase agreements
    577       (168 )     (409 )     -       -  
Total financial assets
  $ 17,249     $ (6,816 )   $ (10,410 )   $ 23     $ 23  
 
Financial liabilities
                                       
Derivative liabilities
  $ (7,885 )   $ 6,648     $ 925     $ (312 )   $ (12 )
Repurchase agreements
    (641 )     168       473       -       -  
Total financial liabilities
  $ (8,526 )   $ 6,816     $ 1,398     $ (312 )   $ (12 )

(1)
The Company does not offset financial instruments. Financial assets and liabilities in the table above include accrued interest of $372 and $333, respectively (December 31, 2012 – $513 and $385, respectively).
 
(2)
Financial and cash collateral excludes over-collateralization. As at September 30, 2013 the Company was over-collateralized on OTC derivative assets, OTC derivative liabilities, securities lending and reverse purchase agreements and repurchase agreements in the amounts of $222, $307, $86 and nil, respectively (December 31, 2012 – $704,  $312, $75 and $5, respectively). As at September 30, 2013, collateral pledged (received) does not include collateral in transit on OTC instruments or include initial margin on exchange traded contracts.
 
(3)
The net amount includes derivative contracts entered into between the Company and its financing trusts which it does not consolidate. The Company does not exchange collateral on derivatives contracts entered into with these trusts.
 


Note 8   Fair Value Measurement

The Company categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three level hierarchy. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used by the Company’s valuation techniques for determining the fair value of assets and liabilities. A level is assigned to each fair value measurement based on the lowest level input significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are defined in the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company’s 2012 Annual Report.

The following table presents fair values of the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, categorized by level under the fair value hierarchy.



 
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As at September 30, 2013
 
Total fair value
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
 
ASSETS
                       
Cash and short-term securities
                       
FVTPL
  $ 481     $ -     $ 481     $ -  
AFS
    9,973       -       9,973       -  
Other
    4,237       4,237       -       -  
Bonds(1)
                               
FVTPL
                               
Canadian government and agency
    13,422       -       12,682       740  
U.S. government and agency
    14,177       -       14,019       158  
Other government and agency
    11,491       -       10,659       832  
Corporate
    55,470       -       53,354       2,116  
Residential mortgage/asset-backed securities
    159       -       12       147  
Commercial mortgage/asset-backed securities
    945       -       727       218  
Other securitized assets
    1,649       -       1,553       96  
AFS
                               
Canadian government and agency
    2,602       -       2,349       253  
U.S. government and agency
    8,651       -       8,648       3  
Other government and agency
    1,876       -       1,803       73  
Corporate
    4,153       -       3,982       171  
Residential mortgage/asset-backed securities
    380       -       348       32  
Commercial mortgage/asset-backed securities
    87       -       45       42  
Other securitized assets
    156       -       123       33  
Equities
                               
FVTPL
    11,142       11,142       -       -  
AFS
    1,956       1,956       -       -  
Real estate - investment property(2)
    8,021       -       -       8,021  
Other invested assets(3)
    7,730       -       -       7,730  
Derivative assets
                               
Interest rate contracts
    9,409       -       9,367       42  
Foreign exchange contracts
    192       -       191       1  
Equity contracts
    174       -       12       162  
Credit default swaps
    8       -       8       -  
Segregated funds net assets(4)
    225,842       206,501       17,156       2,185  
Total assets carried at fair value
  $ 394,383     $ 223,836     $ 147,492     $ 23,055  
 
LIABILITIES
                               
Derivative liabilities
                               
Interest rate contracts
  $ 7,346     $ -     $ 7,306     $ 40  
Foreign exchange contracts
    520       -       497       23  
Equity contracts
    3       -       -       3  
Credit default swaps
    -       -       -       -  
Investment contract liabilities
    644       -       644       -  
Total liabilities carried at fair value
  $ 8,513     $ -     $ 8,447     $ 66  

(1)
Assets included in Level 3 consist primarily of bonds with maturities greater than 30 years for which the yield is not observable, as well as bonds where prices are only single quoted broker prices that are not provided publicly and therefore are not observable.
 
(2)
For investment property, the significant unobservable inputs are capitalization rate (ranging from 3.5% to 8.5% during the period), discount rate (ranging from 4.6% to 10%) and terminal capitalization rate (ranging from 5.1% to 9% during the period). Holding other factors constant, a lower capitalization or terminal capitalization rate will tend to increase the fair value of investment property. Changes in fair value based on variations in unobservable input generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship between the directional changes of each input is not usually linear.
 
(3)
Other invested assets measured at fair value include private equity and fixed income investments held primarily in power and infrastructure and timber sectors.  The significant inputs used in the valuation of the Company's power and infrastructure investments are future distributable cash flows, terminal values and discount rates.  Holding other factors constant, an increase to future distributable cash flows or terminal values would tend to increase the fair value of a power and infrastructure investment, while an increase in the discount rate would have the opposite effect. Discount rates during the period ranged from 10% to 18%.  Disclosure of distributable cash flow and terminal value ranges are not meaningful given the disparity in estimates by project. The significant inputs used in the valuation of the Company's investments in timberland are timber prices and discount rates. Holding other factors constant, an increase to timber prices would tend to increase the fair value of a timberland investment, while an increase in the discount rates would have the opposite effect. Discount rates during the period ranged from 5.25% to 6.25%. A range of prices for timber is not meaningful given the disparity in estimates by property.
 
(4)
Segregated funds net assets are recorded at fair value.  The Company’s Level 3 segregated funds assets are predominantly invested in timberland properties valued by third party valuation service providers, as described above.
 




 
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For assets and liabilities not measured at fair value in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, the following table discloses summarized fair value information categorized by level in the preceding hierarchy, together with the related carrying values.
 
As at September 30, 2013
 
Carrying value
   
Total fair value
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
 
ASSETS
                             
Loans
                             
Mortgages
  $ 36,547     $ 38,188     $ -     $ 38,188     $ -  
Private placements
    20,095       21,195       -       17,934       3,261  
Policy loans(1)
    7,094       7,094       -       7,094       -  
Bank loans(2)
    1,972       1,979       -       1,979       -  
Real estate - own use property(3)
    790       1,452       -       -       1,452  
Other invested assets(4)
    5,080       5,164       19       -       5,145  
Total assets disclosed at fair value
  $ 71,578     $ 75,072     $ 19     $ 65,195     $ 9,858  
 
LIABILITIES
                                       
Investment contract liabilities
  $ 1,794     $ 1,865     $ -     $ 1,865     $ -  
Long-term debt(5)
    4,736       5,083       4,911       172       -  
Liabilities for preferred shares and capital instruments(5)
    4,119       4,387       2,214       2,173       -  
Bank deposits(6)
    19,315       19,390       -       19,390       -  
Total liabilities disclosed at fair value
  $ 29,964     $ 30,725     $ 7,125     $ 23,600     $ -  

(1)
The fair value of policy loans is equal to their unpaid principal balances (Level 2).
 
(2)
The fair value of fixed-rate bank loans is determined by discounting expected future cash flows at market interest rates for instruments with similar remaining terms and credit risks (Level 2).  Fair value for variable-rate bank loans is assumed to be their carrying values since there are no fixed spreads (Level 2).
 
(3)
Fair value of own use real estate and the level of the fair value hierarchy is calculated in accordance with the methodologies described for Real estate – investment property in note 2 of the Company’s Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2013.
 
(4)
Other invested assets disclosed at fair value include $2,731 of leveraged leases which are shown at their carrying values as fair value is not routinely calculated on these instruments.
 
(5)
The fair value of the long-term debt and liabilities for preferred shares and capital instruments is determined using quoted market prices where available (Level 1).  When quoted market prices are not available the fair value is determined with reference to quoted prices of a debt instrument with similar characteristics or estimated using discounted cash flows using observable market rates (Level 2).
 
(6)
The fair value of bank deposits is determined by discounting the contractual cash flows, using market interest rates currently offered for deposits with similar terms and conditions (Level 2).
 
 
Transfers of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities
The Company’s policy is to record transfers of assets and liabilities between Level 1 and Level 2 at their fair values as at the end of each reporting period, consistent with the date of the determination of fair value.  Assets are transferred out of Level 1 when they are no longer transacted with sufficient frequency and volume in an active market.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company had no transfers from Level 1 to Level 2.  Conversely, assets are transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 when transaction volume and frequency are indicative of an active market.  The Company also had no transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 during nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
The table below provides a fair value roll forward for the assets and liabilities measured at fair value for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) are used in the fair value measurement for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.  The Company classifies the fair values of assets and liabilities as Level 3 if there are no observable markets for the instruments or, in the absence of active markets, the majority of the inputs used to determine fair value are based on the Company’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions. The Company prioritizes the use of market-based inputs over entity-based assumptions in determining Level 3 fair values and, therefore, the gains and losses in the tables below include changes in fair value due partly to observable and unobservable factors.



 
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Roll forward of invested assets measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
 
The following table presents a roll forward for all invested assets measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the three months ended September 30, 2013:
 
         
Net realized / unrealized gains (losses) included in:
                           
Transfers
                   
   
Balance as at July 1, 2013
   
Net income(1)
   
OCI(2)
   
Purchases
   
Issuances
   
Sales
   
Settlements
   
Into
Level 3(3)
   
Out of Level 3(3)
   
Currency movement
   
Balance as at September 30, 2013
   
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on instruments still held
 
 
Bonds
                                                                       
FVTPL
                                                                       
Canadian government & agency
  $ 473     $ (7 )   $ -     $ 278     $ -     $ (4 )   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 740     $ (7 )
U.S. government & agency
    166       (5 )     -       -       -       -       -       -       -       (3 )     158       (5 )
Other government & agency
    850       (6 )     -       18       -       (8 )     (4 )     -       -       (18 )     832       (6 )
Corporate
    2,021       (11 )     -       152       -       (9 )     -       -       -       (37 )     2,116       (12 )
Residential mortgage/asset-backed securities
    157       2       -       -       -       -       (11 )     -       -       (1 )     147       -  
Commercial mortgage/asset-backed securities
    195       5       -       35       -       -       (10 )     -       (1 )     (6 )     218       11  
Other securitized assets
    108       2       -       -       -       (1 )     (9 )     -       -       (4 )     96       3  
    $ 3,970     $ (20 )   $ -     $ 483     $ -     $ (22 )   $ (34 )   $ -     $ (1 )   $ (69 )   $ 4,307     $ (16 )
 
AFS
                                                                                               
Canadian government & agency
  $ 263     $ (7 )   $ (3 )   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 253     $ -  
U.S. government & agency
    3       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       3       -  
Other government & agency
    81       -       5       3       -       (4 )     (2 )     -       -       (10 )     73       -  
Corporate
    189       (1 )     (7 )     2       -       -       (5 )     -       -       (7 )     171       -  
Residential mortgage/asset-backed securities
    34       2       (1 )     -       -       -       (5 )     -       -       2       32       -  
Commercial mortgage/asset-backed securities
    38       (3 )     (1 )     8       -       -       -       -       (1 )     1       42       -  
Other securitized assets
    34       -       -       -       -       -       (2 )     -       -       1       33       -  
    $ 642     $ (9 )   $ (7 )   $ 13     $ -     $ (4 )   $ (14 )   $ -     $ (1 )   $ (13 )   $ 607     $ -  
 
Equities
                                                                                               
AFS
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
    $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
 
Real estate - investment property
  $ 7,878     $ 14     $ -     $ 234     $ -     $ (3 )   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ (102 )   $ 8,021     $ 13  
Other invested assets
    7,603       277       -       245       -       (145 )     (112 )     -       -       (138 )     7,730       165  
    $ 15,481     $ 291     $ -     $ 479     $ -     $ (148 )   $ (112 )   $ -     $ -     $ (240 )   $ 15,751     $ 178  
 
Net derivatives
  $ 96     $ (2 )   $ (12 )   $ 79     $ -     $ (13 )   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ (9 )   $ 139     $ 59  
Segregated funds net assets
    2,232       4       -       (1 )     -       (3 )     -       -       (1 )     (46 )     2,185       14  
    $ 22,421     $ 264     $ (19 )   $ 1,053     $ -     $ (190 )   $ (160 )   $ -     $ (3 )   $ (377 )   $ 22,989     $ 235  

(1)
These amounts are included in investment income on the Consolidated Statements of Income, except for the segregated funds amount which is included in the Investment related section of the changes in net assets for segregated funds (note 16).
 
(2)
These amounts are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
 
(3)
For assets that are transferred into and/or out of Level 3, the Company uses the fair value of the assets at the beginning of the period.
 

The following table presents a roll forward for all invested assets measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended September 30, 2013:



 
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Net realized / unrealized gains (losses) included in:
                           
Transfers
                   
   
Balance as at January 1, 2013
   
Net income(1)
   
OCI(2)
   
Purchases
   
Issuances
   
Sales
   
Settlements
   
Into
Level 3(3)
   
Out of Level 3(3)
   
Currency movement
   
Balance as at September 30, 2013
   
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on instruments still held
 
 
Bonds
                                                                       
FVTPL
                                                                       
Canadian government & agency
  $ 396     $ (53 )   $ -     $ 401     $ -     $ (4 )   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 740     $ (53 )
U.S. government & agency
    180       (28 )     -       -       -       -       -       -       -       6       158       (28 )
Other government & agency
    800       (32 )     -       107       -       (51 )     (9 )     -       -       17       832       (33 )
Corporate
    2,094       (91 )     -       445       -       (53 )     (59 )     30       (237 )     (13 )     2,116       (84 )
Residential mortgage/asset-backed securities
    194       26       -       -       -       (41 )     (42 )     -       -       10       147       17  
Commercial mortgage/asset-backed securities
    203       16       -       35       -       (11 )     (30 )     -       (1 )     6       218       29  
Other securitized assets
    135       30       -       -       -       (29 )     (45 )     -       -       5       96       2  
    $ 4,002     $ (132 )   $ -     $ 988     $ -     $ (189 )   $ (185 )   $ 30     $ (238 )   $ 31     $ 4,307     $ (150 )
 
AFS
                                                                                               
Canadian government & agency
  $ 210     $ (9 )   $ (24 )   $ 274     $ -     $ (198 )   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 253     $ -  
U.S. government & agency
    3       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       3       -  
Other government & agency
    69       1       4       34       -       (24 )     (2 )     -       -       (9 )     73       -  
Corporate
    151       -       (16 )     27       -       (19 )     (12 )     49       -       (9 )     171       -  
Residential mortgage/asset-backed securities
    49       9       4       -       -       (16 )     (19 )     -       -       5       32       -  
Commercial mortgage/asset-backed securities
    40       (6 )     3       8       -       (2 )     (3 )     -       (1 )     3       42       -  
Other securitized assets
    41       2       1       -       -       (8 )     (6 )     -       -       3       33       -  
    $ 563     $ (3 )   $ (28 )   $ 343     $ -     $ (267 )   $ (42 )   $ 49     $ (1 )   $ (7 )   $ 607     $ -  
 
Equities
                                                                                               
AFS
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 2     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ (2 )   $ -     $ -     $ -  
    $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 2     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ (2 )   $ -     $ -     $ -  
 
Real estate - investment property
  $ 7,724     $ 67     $ -     $ 345     $ -     $ (234 )   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 119     $ 8,021     $ 63  
Other invested assets
    6,830       425       (8 )     688       -       (164 )     (242 )     5       (1 )     197       7,730       318  
    $ 14,554     $ 492     $ (8 )   $ 1,033     $ -     $ (398 )   $ (242 )   $ 5     $ (1 )   $ 316     $ 15,751     $ 381  
Net derivatives
  $ (6 )   $ (6 )   $ 13     $ 170     $ -     $ (56 )   $ -     $ -     $ 15     $ 9     $ 139     $ 115  
Segregated funds net assets
    2,212       (81 )     -       28       -       (47 )     -       (1 )     -       74       2,185       80  
    $ 21,325     $ 270     $ (23 )   $ 2,564     $ -     $ (957 )   $ (469 )   $ 83     $ (227 )   $ 423     $ 22,989     $ 426  

(1)
These amounts are included in investment income on the Consolidated Statements of Income, except for the segregated funds amount which is included in the Investment related section of the changes in net assets for segregated funds (note 16).
 
(2)
These amounts are included in AOCI on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
 
(3)
For assets that are transferred into and/or out of Level 3, the Company uses the fair value of the assets at the beginning of the period.
 

The Company may hedge positions with offsetting positions that are classified in a different level.

The transfers into Level 3 primarily result from securities that were impaired during the period or securities where a lack of observable market data (versus the previous period) resulted in reclassifying assets into Level 3.  The transfers from Level 3 primarily result from observable market data now being available from the entire term structure of the bond.


Note 9    Long-Term Debt
             
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
As at
 
2013
   
2012
 
3.40% Senior notes (US$600)
  $ 616     $ 595  
4.90% Senior notes (US$500)
    512       494  
4.079% Medium term notes
    898       898  
4.896% Medium term notes
    999       999  
7.768% Medium term notes
    598       598  
5.161% Medium term notes
    549       549  
5.505% Medium term notes
    399       399  
4.67% Medium term notes (1)
    -       350  
Promissory note to Manulife Finance (Delaware), L.P. ("MFLP")
    150       150  
Other notes payable
    15       14  
Total
  $ 4,736     $ 5,046  
 
 
(1)
On March 28, 2006, MFC issued $350 in 4.67% medium term notes which matured on March 28, 2013.
 
Issue costs are amortized over the term of the debt.
 



 
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Note 10    Liabilities for Preferred Shares and Capital Instruments
 
 
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
As at
 
2013
   
2012
 
Preferred shares - Class A Shares, Series 1
  $ 344     $ 344  
Senior debenture notes payable to Manulife Financial Capital Trust II
    1,000       1,000  
Surplus notes - 7.375% U.S. dollar
    485       470  
Subordinated debentures - 4.21% fixed/floating Canadian dollar
    548       548  
Subordinated debentures - 4.165% fixed/floating Canadian dollar
    498       497  
Subordinated debentures - 2.819% fixed/floating Canadian dollar
    199       -  
Subordinated notes payable to MFLP
    1,045       1,044  
Total
  $ 4,119     $ 3,903  

On February 25, 2013, MLI issued $200 in subordinated fixed/floating debentures, which mature on February 26, 2023. The debentures are guaranteed by MFC on a subordinated basis. The debentures bear interest at a fixed rate of 2.819% per annum, payable semi-annually for five years and thereafter at the 90-day Bankers’ Acceptance rate plus 0.95%,  payable quarterly. With regulatory approval, MLI may redeem the debentures, in whole or in part, on or after February 26, 2018, at par, together with accrued and unpaid interest. The subordinated debentures form part of the Company’s Tier 2B regulatory capital.


Note 11   Share Capital and Earnings Per Share

Common shares
As at September 30, 2013, there were 36 million outstanding stock options and deferred share units that entitle the holder to receive common shares or payment in cash or common shares, at the option of the holder (December 31, 2012 – 34 million).
 
For the
Number of common shares (in millions)
 
nine months ended
September 30, 2013
   
year ended
December 31, 2012
 
Balance, beginning of period
    1,828       1,801  
Issued under dividend reinvestment and share purchase plans
    15       27  
Balance, end of period
    1,843       1,828  

The following is a reconciliation of the denominator (number of shares) in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share.
 
   
three months ended
   
nine months ended
 
   
September 30
   
September 30
 
For the
 
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Weighted average number of common shares (in millions)
    1,839       1,816       1,834       1,809  
Dilutive stock-based awards (1) (in millions)
    4       -       3       2  
Dilutive convertible instruments (2) (in millions)
    21       -       23       -  
Weighted average number of diluted common shares (3) (in millions)
    1,864       1,816       1,860       1,811  

(1)
The dilutive effect of stock-based awards was calculated using the treasury stock method.  This method calculates the number of incremental shares by assuming the outstanding stock-based awards are (i) exercised and (ii) then reduced by the number of shares assumed to be repurchased from the issuance proceeds, using the average market price of MFC common shares for the period.
 
(2)
The holders of the convertible preferred shares have the right to redeem these instruments for MFC shares prior to the conversion date. Prior to the redemption of the Manulife Capital Securities series A and B on June 30, 2012, the holders had the right to redeem those instruments for MFC shares.
 
(3)
For the three months ended September 30, 2012, the dilutive effect calculation utilizes the basic weighted average number of common shares because the loss for the period results in all awards being anti-dilutive.
 
 
 
Earnings (loss) per share
 
three months ended
   
nine months ended
 
   
September 30
   
September 30
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Basic earnings (loss) per common share
  $ 0.54     $ (0.13 )   $ 0.95     $ 0.36  
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share
  $ 0.54     $ (0.13 )   $ 0.94     $ 0.36  





 
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Preferred shares
 
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
As at
 
2013
   
2012
 
Class A Shares, Series 2
  $ 344     $ 344  
Class A Shares, Series 3
    294       294  
Class A Shares, Series 4
    442       442  
Class 1 Shares, Series 1
    342       342  
Class 1 Shares, Series 3
    196       196  
Class 1 Shares, Series 5
    195       195  
Class 1 Shares, Series 7
    244       244  
Class 1 Shares, Series 9
    244       244  
Class 1 Shares, Series 11
    196       196  
Class 1 Shares, Series 13
    196       -  
Total
  $ 2,693     $ 2,497  

On June 21, 2013, MFC issued 8 million Class 1 Shares Series 13 (“Class 1 Series 13 Preferred Shares”) at a price of $25 per share, for an aggregate amount of $200.  The Class 1 Series 13 Preferred Shares are entitled to non-cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable quarterly, if and when declared, at a per annum rate of 3.80% until September 19, 2018 after which the dividend rate will be reset every five years at a rate equal to the five year Government of Canada bond yield plus 2.22%.  On September 19, 2018 and on September 19 every five years thereafter, the Class 1 Series 13 Preferred Shares will be convertible at the option of the holder into Class 1 Shares Series 14 (“Class 1 Series 14 Preferred Shares”).  The Class 1 Series 14 Preferred Shares are entitled to non-cumulative preferential cash dividends, payable quarterly, if and when declared, at a rate equal to the three month Government of Canada Treasury Bill yield plus 2.22%.  Subject to regulatory approval, MFC may redeem the Class 1 Series 13 Preferred Shares, in whole or in part, at par, on September 19, 2018 and on September 19 every five years thereafter.


Note 12    Goodwill Impairment

In the third quarter of 2012, the Company determined that the goodwill allocated to the Canadian Individual Life CGU was impaired by $200.  The $200 non-cash impairment charge has been recorded in the Corporate and Other segment (see note 15).


Note 13    Employee Future Benefits

The Company maintains a number of pension plans, both defined benefit and defined contribution, and retiree welfare plans for eligible employees and agents.  Information about the cost of the Company’s material pension and retiree welfare plans in the U.S. and Canada is as follows.
 
 
   
Pension plans
   
Retiree welfare plans
 
For the three months ended September 30,
 
2013
   
2012(1)
   
2013
   
2012(1)
 
Defined benefit current service cost
  $ 7     $ 8     $ -     $ -  
Defined benefit administrative expenses
    1       1       -       -  
Past service cost - plan amendments
    -       -       -       -  
Past service cost - curtailments
    -       -       -       -  
Service cost
  $ 8     $ 9     $ -     $ -  
Interest on net defined benefit (asset) liability
    8       9       2       3  
Defined benefit cost
  $ 16     $ 18     $ 2     $ 3  
Defined contribution cost
    12       13       -       -  
Net benefit cost
  $ 28     $ 31     $ 2     $ 3  

(1)
Restated due to accounting changes described in note 2 of the Company’s Interim Consolidated Financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2013, resulting in a decrease in net benefit cost of $24 for pension plans and an increase of $3 for retiree welfare plans.
 
 
   
Pension plans
   
Retiree welfare plans
 
For the nine months ended September 30,
 
2013
   
2012(1)
   
2013
   
2012(1)
 
Defined benefit current service cost
  $ 24     $ 24     $ 2     $ 2  
Defined benefit administrative expenses
    3       3       -       -  
Past service cost - plan amendments
    -       -       3       -  
Past service cost - curtailments
    8       -       -       -  
Service cost
  $ 35     $ 27     $ 5     $ 2  
Interest on net defined benefit (asset) liability
    23       28       6       9  
Defined benefit cost
  $ 58     $ 55     $ 11     $ 11  
Defined contribution cost
    41       41       -       -  
Net benefit cost
  $ 99     $ 96     $ 11     $ 11  

(1)
Restated due to accounting changes described in note 2 of the Company’s Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2013, resulting in a decrease in net benefit cost of $72 for pension plans and an increase of $9 for retiree welfare plans.
 



 
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Note 14    Commitments and Contingencies

(a)
Legal proceedings
The Company is regularly involved in legal actions, both as a defendant and as a plaintiff. The legal actions naming the Company as a defendant ordinarily involve its activities as a provider of insurance protection and wealth management products, as well as an investment adviser, employer and taxpayer.  In addition, government and regulatory bodies in Canada, the United States and Asia regularly make inquiries and, from time to time, require the production of information or conduct examinations concerning the Company's compliance with, among other things, insurance laws, securities laws, and laws governing the activities of broker-dealers.

Two class actions against the Company have been certified and are pending in Quebec (on behalf of Quebec residents only) and Ontario (on behalf of investors in Canada, other than Quebec). The decisions to grant leave and certification have been of a procedural nature only and there has been no determination on the merits of either claim to date.

The actions in Ontario and Quebec are based on allegations that the Company failed to meet its disclosure obligations related to its exposure to market price risk in its segregated funds and variable annuity guaranteed products. The Company believes that its disclosure satisfied applicable disclosure requirements and intends to vigorously defend itself against any claims based on these allegations. Due to the nature and status of these proceedings, it is not practicable to provide an estimate of the financial effect of these proceedings, an indication of the uncertainties relating to the amount or timing of any outflow, nor the possibility of any reimbursement.

(b)
Guarantees
Guarantees regarding Manulife Finance (Delaware), L.P.
MFC has guaranteed the payment of amounts on the $550 senior debentures due December 15, 2026 and the $650 subordinated debentures due December 15, 2041 issued by MFLP, a wholly owned financing trust.  The Company does not consolidate these debentures; however, the Company does have obligations in the same total principal amounts to MFLP and a subsidiary of MFLP.

Guarantees regarding The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
On January 29, 2007, MFC provided a subordinated guarantee of Class A Shares and Class B Shares of MLI and any other class of preferred shares that rank on a parity with Class A Shares or Class B Shares of MLI.  On November 18, 2011, MFC provided a subordinated guarantee of the $550 subordinated debentures issued by MLI the same day.  On February 17, 2012, MFC provided a subordinated guarantee of the $500 subordinated debentures issued by MLI the same day. On February 25, 2013, MFC provided a subordinated guarantee of the $200 subordinated debentures issued by MLI the same day.

The following table sets forth certain condensed consolidating financial information for MFC and MFLP.

For the three months ended
September 30, 2013
 
MFC
(Guarantor)
   
MFLP
   
MLI consolidated
   
Other subsidiaries
of MFC on a
combined basis
   
Consolidating
adjustments
   
Total consolidated amounts (1)
 
Total revenue
  $ 71     $ 14     $ 6,223     $ 217     $ (237 )   $ 6,288  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
    1,034       -       1,118       (100 )     (1,018 )     1,034  
                                                 
For the three months ended
September 30, 2012
                                               
Total revenue
  $ 89     $ 12     $ 7,429     $ 599     $ (530 )   $ 7,599  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
    (211 )     (1 )     (356 )     117       240       (211 )
                                                 
                                                 
For the nine months ended
September 30, 2013
                                               
Total revenue
  $ 191     $ 61     $ 12,068     $ (560 )   $ 322     $ 12,082  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
    1,833       12       2,253       (439 )     (1,826 )     1,833  
                                                 
For the nine months ended
September 30, 2012
                                               
Total revenue
  $ 253     $ 46     $ 22,087     $ 2,039     $ (1,774 )   $ 22,651  
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
    733       2       809       (146 )     (665 )     733  
                                                 
                                                 
As at September 30, 2013
                                               
Invested assets
  $ 1     $ 3     $ 226,854     $ 3,628     $ (150 )   $ 230,336  
Total other assets
    42,882       1,506       53,674       29,751       (85,774 )     42,039  
Segregated funds net assets
    -       -       225,842       -       -       225,842  
Insurance contract liabilities
    -       -       192,854       11,919       (11,511 )     193,262  
Investment contract liabilities
    -       -       2,437       -       -       2,437  
Segregated funds net liabilities
    -       -       225,842       -       -       225,842  
Total other liabilities
    16,414       1,345       53,097       20,903       (41,964 )     49,795  
                                                 
As at December 31, 2012
                                               
Invested assets
  $ 22     $ 2     $ 225,442     $ 3,657     $ (1 )   $ 229,122  
Total other assets
    30,473       1,613       58,504       9,889       (52,603 )     47,876  
Segregated funds net assets
    -       -       207,985       -       -       207,985  
Insurance contract liabilities
    -       -       198,671       12,334       (11,417 )     199,588  
Investment contract liabilities
    -       -       2,420       -       -       2,420  
Segregated funds net liabilities
    -       -       207,985       -       -       207,985  
Total other liabilities
    5,783       1,463       53,121       440       (10,976 )     49,831  

(1)
Since MFLP is not consolidated into the results of MFC consolidated, the results of MFLP have been eliminated in the consolidated adjustments column.

Guarantees regarding John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)
Details of guarantees regarding certain securities issued or to be issued by John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) are outlined in note 17.
 



 
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Note 15   Segmented Information

The Company’s reporting segments are the Asia, Canadian and U.S. Divisions and the Corporate and Other segment. Each division has profit and loss responsibility and develops products, services and distribution strategies based on the profile of its business and the needs of its market.  Revenues from the Company’s divisions are derived principally from life and health insurance, investment management and annuities and mutual funds.  The Corporate and Other segment is comprised of the Investment Division’s external asset management business; earnings on assets backing capital, net of amounts allocated to operating divisions; changes in actuarial methods and assumptions; the property and casualty and run-off reinsurance operations; and other non-operating items.   

 
By segment
 
                             
For the three months ended
 
Asia
   
Canadian
   
U.S.
   
Corporate
       
September 30, 2013
 
Division
   
Division
   
Division
   
and Other
   
Total
 
Revenue
                             
Premium income
                             
Life and health insurance
  $ 1,471     $ 800     $ 1,625     $ 21     $ 3,917  
Annuities and pensions
    151       148       213       -       512  
Net premium income
  $ 1,622     $ 948     $ 1,838     $ 21     $ 4,429  
Net investment income (loss)
    349       150       (159 )     (464 )     (124 )
Other revenue
    390       498       1,033       62       1,983  
Total revenue
  $ 2,361     $ 1,596     $ 2,712     $ (381 )   $ 6,288  
Contract benefits and expenses
                                       
Life and health insurance
  $ 1,251     $ 572     $ 680     $ 398     $ 2,901  
Annuities and pensions
    54       (153 )     (355 )     -       (454 )
Net benefits and claims
  $ 1,305     $ 419     $ 325     $ 398     $ 2,447  
Interest expense
    20       87       9       149       265  
Other expenses
    519       766       1,025       148       2,458  
Total contract benefits and expenses
  $ 1,844     $ 1,272     $ 1,359     $ 695     $ 5,170  
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 517     $ 324     $ 1,353     $ (1,076 )   $ 1,118  
Income tax recovery (expense)
    (28 )     (23 )     (425 )     304       (172 )
Net income (loss)
  $ 489     $ 301     $ 928     $ (772 )   $ 946  
Less net income (loss) attributed to:
                                       
Non-controlling interests
    4       -       -       16       20  
Participating policyholders
    5       (113 )     -       -       (108 )
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 480     $ 414     $ 928     $ (788 )   $ 1,034  

For the three months ended
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
       
September 30, 2012
 
 
   
 
   
 
         
 
 
Revenue
                             
Premium income
                             
Life and health insurance
  $ 1,503     $ 770     $ 1,114     $ 26     $ 3,413  
Annuities and pensions
    203       105       265       -       573  
Net premium income prior to FDA coinsurance
  $ 1,706     $ 875     $ 1,379     $ 26     $ 3,986  
Premiums ceded relating to FDA coinsurance (note 5)
    -       -       (1,799 )     -       (1,799 )
Net investment income (loss)
    785       1,378       1,679       (247 )     3,595  
Other revenue
    251       626       896       44       1,817  
Total revenue
  $ 2,742     $ 2,879     $ 2,155     $ (177 )   $ 7,599  
Contract benefits and expenses
                                       
Life and health insurance
  $ 1,579     $ 1,543     $ 2,060     $ 1,364     $ 6,546  
Annuities and pensions
    28       376       (1,475 )     -       (1,071 )
Net benefits and claims
  $ 1,607     $ 1,919     $ 585     $ 1,364     $ 5,475  
Interest expense
    17       74       30       118       239  
Other expenses
    508       765       927       364       2,564  
Total contract benefits and expenses
  $ 2,132     $ 2,758     $ 1,542     $ 1,846     $ 8,278  
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 610     $ 121     $ 613     $ (2,023 )   $ (679 )
Income tax recovery (expense)
    (26 )     65       (175 )     496       360  
Net income (loss)
  $ 584     $ 186     $ 438     $ (1,527 )   $ (319 )
Less net income (loss) attributed to:
                                       
Non-controlling interests
    8       -       -       (9 )     (1 )
Participating policyholders
    85       (192 )     -       -       (107 )
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 491     $ 378     $ 438     $ (1,518 )   $ (211 )




 
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As at and for the nine months ended
 
Asia
   
Canadian
   
U.S.
   
Corporate
       
September 30, 2013
 
Division
   
Division
   
Division
   
and Other
   
Total
 
Revenue
                             
Premium income
                             
Life and health insurance
  $ 4,373     $ 2,382     $ 4,693     $ 65     $ 11,513  
Annuities and pensions
    736       426       712       -       1,874  
Net premium income
  $ 5,109     $ 2,808     $ 5,405     $ 65     $ 13,387  
Net investment income (loss)
    423       (871 )     (5,176 )     (1,995 )     (7,619 )
Other revenue
    1,102       2,019       2,981       212       6,314  
Total revenue
  $ 6,634     $ 3,956     $ 3,210     $ (1,718 )   $ 12,082  
Contract benefits and expenses
                                       
Life and health insurance
  $ 3,187     $ 1,756     $ (589 )   $ 596     $ 4,950  
Annuities and pensions
    (55 )     (777 )     (2,140 )     -       (2,972 )
Net benefits and claims
  $ 3,132     $ 979     $ (2,729 )   $ 596     $ 1,978  
Interest expense
    57       328       35       448       868  
Other expenses
    1,533       2,317       2,990       503       7,343  
Total contract benefits and expenses
  $ 4,722     $ 3,624     $ 296     $ 1,547     $ 10,189  
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 1,912     $ 332     $ 2,914     $ (3,265 )   $ 1,893  
Income tax recovery (expense)
    (87 )     55       (831 )     779       (84 )
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,825     $ 387     $ 2,083     $ (2,486 )   $ 1,809  
Less net income (loss) attributed to:
                                       
Non-controlling interests
    23       -       -       13       36  
Participating policyholders
    8       (68 )     -       -       (60 )
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 1,794     $ 455     $ 2,083     $ (2,499 )   $ 1,833  
Total assets
  $ 61,949     $ 132,645     $ 282,838     $ 20,785     $ 498,217  

As at and for the nine months ended
 
 
   
 
         
 
       
September 30, 2012
 
 
   
 
   
 
         
 
 
Revenue
                             
Premium income
                             
Life and health insurance
  $ 4,441     $ 2,249     $ 3,838     $ 77     $ 10,605  
Annuities and pensions
    1,020       402       922       -       2,344  
Net premium income prior to FDA coinsurance
  $ 5,461     $ 2,651     $ 4,760     $ 77     $ 12,949  
Premiums ceded relating to FDA coinsurance (note 5)
    -       -       (7,227 )     -       (7,227 )
Net investment income (loss)
    1,971       3,424       6,459       (577 )     11,277  
Other revenue
    719       2,070       2,708       155       5,652  
Total revenue
  $ 8,151     $ 8,145     $ 6,700     $ (345 )   $ 22,651  
Contract benefits and expenses
                                       
Life and health insurance
  $ 4,432     $ 3,878     $ 7,253     $ 2,229     $ 17,792  
Annuities and pensions
    664       997       (5,079 )     -       (3,418 )
Net benefits and claims
  $ 5,096     $ 4,875     $ 2,174     $ 2,229     $ 14,374  
Interest expense
    52       266       52       454       824  
Other expenses
    1,585       2,295       2,774       647       7,301  
Total contract benefits and expenses
  $ 6,733     $ 7,436     $ 5,000     $ 3,330     $ 22,499  
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 1,418     $ 709     $ 1,700     $ (3,675 )   $ 152  
Income tax recovery (expense)
    (49 )     31       (507 )     1,003       478  
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,369     $ 740     $ 1,193     $ (2,672 )   $ 630  
Less net income (loss) attributed to:
                                       
Non-controlling interests
    27       -       -       (7 )     20  
Participating policyholders
    55       (178 )     -       -       (123 )
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders
  $ 1,287     $ 918     $ 1,193     $ (2,665 )   $ 733  
Total assets
  $ 63,827     $ 128,605     $ 268,001     $ 19,200     $ 479,633  

The results of the Company’s business segments differ from geographic segmentation primarily as a consequence of segmenting the results of the Company’s Corporate and Other segment into the different geographic segments to which its businesses pertain.



 
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By geographic location
 
                             
For the three months ended
                             
September 30, 2013
 
Asia
   
Canada
   
U.S.
   
Other
   
Total
 
Revenue
                             
Premium income
                             
Life and health insurance
  $ 1,485     $ 681     $ 1,625     $ 126     $ 3,917  
Annuities and pensions
    151       148       213       -       512  
Net premium income
  $ 1,636     $ 829     $ 1,838     $ 126     $ 4,429  
Net investment income (loss)
    98       111       (337 )     4       (124 )
Other revenue
    387       517       1,079       -       1,983  
Total revenue
  $ 2,121     $ 1,457     $ 2,580     $ 130     $ 6,288  
                                         
For the three months ended
                                       
September 30, 2012
                                       
Revenue
                                       
Premium income
                                       
Life and health insurance
  $ 1,517     $ 652     $ 1,116     $ 128     $ 3,413  
Annuities and pensions
    203       105       265       -       573  
Net premium income
  $ 1,720     $ 757     $ 1,381     $ 128     $ 3,986  
Premium ceded relating to FDA coinsurance
    -       -       (1,799 )     -       (1,799 )
Net investment income (loss)
    684       1,369       1,526       16       3,595  
Other revenue
    254       629       946       (12 )     1,817  
Total revenue
  $ 2,658     $ 2,755     $ 2,054     $ 132     $ 7,599  
                                         
For the nine months ended
                                       
September 30, 2013
 
 
   
 
         
 
   
 
 
Revenue
                                       
Premium income
                                       
Life and health insurance
  $ 4,417     $ 2,019     $ 4,693     $ 384     $ 11,513  
Annuities and pensions
    736       426       712       -       1,874  
Net premium income
  $ 5,153     $ 2,445     $ 5,405     $ 384     $ 13,387  
Net investment income (loss)
    (827 )     (823 )     (5,979 )     10       (7,619 )
Other revenue
    1,095       2,040       3,150       29       6,314  
Total revenue
  $ 5,421     $ 3,662     $ 2,576     $ 423     $ 12,082  
                                         
For the nine months ended
                                       
September 30, 2012
                                       
Revenue
                                       
Premium income
                                       
Life and health insurance
  $ 4,482     $ 1,901     $ 3,844     $ 378     $ 10,605  
Annuities and pensions
    1,020       402       922       -       2,344  
Net premium income
  $ 5,502     $ 2,303     $ 4,766     $ 378     $ 12,949  
Premium ceded relating to FDA coinsurance
    -       -       (7,227 )     -       (7,227 )
Net investment income (loss)
    1,682       3,383       6,153       59       11,277  
Other revenue
    754       2,065       2,827       6       5,652  
Total revenue
  $ 7,938     $ 7,751     $ 6,519     $ 443     $ 22,651  




 
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Note 16    Segregated Funds

The Company manages a number of segregated funds on behalf of policyholders. Policyholders are provided the opportunity to invest in different categories of segregated funds that respectively hold a range of underlying investments.

The underlying investments of the segregated funds consist of both individual securities and mutual funds (collectively “net assets”). The carrying value and change in segregated funds net assets are as follows.
 
 
Segregated funds net assets
             
As at
 
September 30, 2013
   
December 31, 2012
 
Investments at market value
           
Cash and short-term securities
  $ 1,495     $ 2,099  
Bonds
    2,797       2,718  
Equities
    10,635       9,798  
Mutual funds
    208,739       191,159  
Other investments
    2,441       2,519  
Accrued investment income
    64       77  
Other liabilities, net
    (167 )     (219 )
Total segregated funds net assets
  $ 226,004     $ 208,151  
Composition of segregated funds net assets
               
Held by policyholders
  $ 225,842     $ 207,985  
Held by Company (seed money reported in other invested assets)
    162       166  
Total segregated funds net assets
  $ 226,004     $ 208,151  


Changes in segregated funds net assets
 
   
three months ended
September 30
   
nine months ended
September 30
 
For the
 
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Net policyholder cash flow
                       
    Deposits from policyholders
  $ 5,261     $ 5,539     $ 16,878     $ 17,456  
    Net transfers to general fund
    (181 )     (146 )     (442 )     (533 )
    Payments to policyholders
    (6,995 )     (5,712 )     (20,758 )     (17,574 )
    $ (1,915 )   $ (319 )   $ (4,322 )   $ (651 )
Investment related
                               
    Interest and dividends
  $ 469     $ 946     $ 1,232     $ 1,735  
    Net realized and unrealized investment gains (losses)
    9,991       7,711       20,178       16,635  
    $ 10,460     $ 8,657     $ 21,410     $ 18,370  
Other
                               
    Management and administration fees
  $ (885 )   $ (832 )   $ (2,762 )   $ (2,631 )
    Impact of changes in foreign exchange rates
    (3,775 )     (5,228 )     3,527       (5,305 )
    $ (4,660 )   $ (6,060 )   $ 765     $ (7,936 )
Net additions (deductions)
  $ 3,885     $ 2,278     $ 17,853     $ 9,783  
Segregated funds net assets, beginning of period
    222,119       203,563       208,151       196,058  
Segregated funds net assets, end of period
  $ 226,004     $ 205,841     $ 226,004     $ 205,841  

Information regarding the determination of the fair values of assets held by the segregated funds is included in note 8.

The net assets may be exposed to a variety of financial and other risks. These risks are primarily mitigated by investment guidelines that are actively monitored by professional and experienced portfolio advisors. Investment returns on these products belong to the policyholders; accordingly, the Company does not bear the risk associated with these assets outside of guarantees offered on certain variable life and annuity products.

The liabilities related to the guarantees associated with these products are recorded within the Company’s insurance contract liabilities. Assets supporting these guarantees are recognized in invested assets according to their investment type. For information regarding the risks associated with variable annuity and segregated fund guarantees see section D2 of the third quarter 2013 Management Discussion and Analysis.
 


 
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Note 17    Information Provided in Connection with Investments in Deferred Annuity Contracts and SignatureNotes Issued or Assumed by
       John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)

The following condensed consolidating financial information, presented in accordance with IFRS, has been included in these interim consolidated financial statements with respect to John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) (“JHUSA”) in compliance with Regulation S-X and Rule 12h-5 of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). These financial statements are (i) incorporated by reference in the registration statements of MFC and JHUSA that relate to MFC’s guarantee of certain securities to be issued by JHUSA and (ii) are provided in reliance on an exemption from continuous disclosure obligations of JHUSA.  For information about JHUSA, the MFC guarantees and restrictions on the ability of MFC to obtain funds from its subsidiaries by dividend or loan, refer to note 24 of the Company’s 2012 Annual Consolidated Financial Statements.

 
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Financial Position
             
As at September 30, 2013
 
MFC (Guarantor)
   
JHUSA
(Issuer)
   
Other Subsidiaries
   
Consolidation Adjustments
   
Consolidated MFC
 
 
Assets
                             
Invested assets
  $ 1     $ 88,138     $ 142,401     $ (204 )   $ 230,336  
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries
    32,346       4,447       22,711       (59,504 )     -  
Reinsurance assets
    -       26,800       6,371       (15,696 )     17,475  
Other assets
    10,536       18,355       35,207       (39,534 )     24,564  
Segregated funds net assets
    -       140,942       87,115       (2,215 )     225,842  
Total assets
  $ 42,883     $ 278,682     $ 293,805     $ (117,153 )   $ 498,217  
 
Liabilities and equity
                                       
Insurance contract liabilities
  $ -     $ 103,091     $ 106,508     $ (16,337 )   $ 193,262  
Investment contract liabilities and deposits
    -       1,402       1,040       (5 )     2,437  
Other liabilities
    11,499       19,495       48,630       (38,684 )     40,940  
Long-term debt
    4,571       -       15       150       4,736  
Liabilities for preferred shares and capital instruments
    344       1,041       13,394       (10,660 )     4,119  
Segregated funds net liabilities
    -       140,942       87,115       (2,215 )     225,842  
Shareholders' equity
    26,469       12,711       36,693       (49,404 )     26,469  
Participating policyholders' equity
    -       -       86       -       86  
Non-controlling interests
    -       -       324       2       326  
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 42,883     $ 278,682     $ 293,805     $ (117,153 )   $ 498,217  

 
 
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Financial Position
             
As at December 31, 2012
 
MFC (Guarantor)
   
JHUSA
 (Issuer)
   
Other Subsidiaries
   
Consolidation Adjustments
   
Consolidated MFC
 
 
Assets
                             
Invested assets
  $ 22     $ 87,557     $ 141,612     $ (69 )   $ 229,122  
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries
    30,069       3,991       11,419       (45,479 )     -  
Reinsurance assets
    -       29,320       6,785       (17,424 )     18,681  
Other assets
    404       21,270       25,866       (18,345 )     29,195  
Segregated funds net assets
    -       127,717       82,339       (2,071 )     207,985  
Total assets
  $ 30,495     $ 269,855     $ 268,021     $ (83,388 )   $ 484,983  
 
Liabilities and equity
                                       
Insurance contract liabilities
  $ -     $ 107,585     $ 110,057     $ (18,054 )   $ 199,588  
Investment contract liabilities and deposits
    -       1,417       1,009       (6 )     2,420  
Other liabilities
    557       20,709       36,777       (17,161 )     40,882  
Long-term debt
    4,882       -       14       150       5,046  
Liabilities for preferred shares and capital instruments
    344       1,008       3,366       (815 )     3,903  
Segregated funds net liabilities
    -       127,717       82,339       (2,071 )     207,985  
Shareholders' equity
    24,712       11,419       33,934       (45,353 )     24,712  
Participating policyholders' equity
    -       -       146       -       146  
Non-controlling interests
    -       -       379       (78 )     301  
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 30,495     $ 269,855     $ 268,021     $ (83,388 )   $ 484,983  




 
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income
             
 
For the three months ended
 
MFC (Guarantor)
   
JHUSA (Issuer)
   
Other Subsidiaries
   
Consolidation Adjustments
   
Consolidated MFC
 
September 30, 2013
 
Revenue
                             
Net premium income
  $ -     $ 1,277     $ 3,151     $ 1     $ 4,429  
Net investment income (loss)
    69       (222 )     356       (327 )     (124 )
Net other revenue
    2       412       1,448       121       1,983  
Total revenue
  $ 71     $ 1,467     $ 4,955     $ (205 )   $ 6,288  
 
Policy benefits and expenses
                                       
Net benefits and claims
  $ -     $ 731     $ 1,279     $ 437     $ 2,447  
Commissions, investment and general expenses
    2       690       2,005       (312 )     2,385  
Other expenses
    70       84       514       (330 )     338  
Total policy benefits and expenses
  $ 72     $ 1,505     $ 3,798     $ (205 )   $ 5,170  
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ (1 )   $ (38 )   $ 1,157     $ -     $ 1,118  
Income tax (expense) recovery
    (1 )     58       (229 )     -       (172 )
Income (loss) after income taxes
  $ (2 )   $ 20     $ 928     $ -     $ 946  
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated subsidiaries
    1,036       262       282       (1,580 )     -  
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,034     $ 282     $ 1,210     $ (1,580 )   $ 946  
 
Net income (loss) attributed to:
                                       
Non-controlling interests
  $ -     $ -     $ 20     $ -     $ 20  
Participating policyholders
    -       (7 )     (108 )     7       (108 )
Shareholders
    1,034       289       1,298       (1,587 )     1,034  
    $ 1,034     $ 282     $ 1,210     $ (1,580 )   $ 946  


Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income
             
 
For the three months ended
 
MFC (Guarantor)
   
JHUSA (Issuer)
   
Other Subsidiaries
   
Consolidation Adjustments
   
Consolidated MFC
 
September 30, 2012
 
Revenue
                             
Net premium income
  $ -     $ 858     $ 1,329     $ -     $ 2,187  
Net investment income (loss)
    85       1,187       2,670       (347 )     3,595  
Net other revenue
    4       458       2,018       (663 )     1,817  
Total revenue
  $ 89     $ 2,503     $ 6,017     $ (1,010 )   $ 7,599  
 
Policy benefits and expenses
                                       
Net benefits and claims
  $ -     $ 1,875     $ 3,945     $ (345 )   $ 5,475  
Commissions, investment and general expenses
    2       669       1,958       (336 )     2,293  
Goodwill impairment
    -       -       200       -       200  
Other expenses
    74       81       484       (329 )     310  
Total policy benefits and expenses
  $ 76     $ 2,625     $ 6,587     $ (1,010 )   $ 8,278  
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 13     $ (122 )   $ (570 )   $ -     $ (679 )
Income tax (expense) recovery
    (4 )     88       276       -       360  
Income (loss) after income taxes
  $ 9     $ (34 )   $ (294 )   $ -     $ (319 )
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated subsidiaries
    (220 )     (28 )     (62 )     310       -  
Net income (loss)
  $ (211 )   $ (62 )   $ (356 )   $ 310     $ (319 )
 
Net income (loss) attributed to:
                                       
Non-controlling interests
  $ -     $ -     $ (1 )   $ -     $ (1 )
Participating policyholders
    -       (18 )     (104 )     15       (107 )
Shareholders
    (211 )     (44 )     (251 )     295       (211 )
    $ (211 )   $ (62 )   $ (356 )   $ 310     $ (319 )




 
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income
             
 
For the nine months ended
 
MFC (Guarantor)
   
JHUSA (Issuer)
   
Other Subsidiaries
   
Consolidation Adjustments
   
Consolidated MFC
 
September 30, 2013
 
Revenue
                             
Net premium income
  $ -     $ 3,772     $ 9,481     $ 134     $ 13,387  
Net investment income (loss)
    194       (4,728 )     (2,142 )     (943 )     (7,619 )
Net other revenue
    (3 )     1,095       3,206       2,016       6,314  
Total revenue
  $ 191     $ 139     $ 10,545     $ 1,207     $ 12,082  
 
Policy benefits and expenses
                                       
Net benefits and claims
  $ -     $ (2,717 )   $ 1,601     $ 3,094     $ 1,978  
Commissions, investment and general expenses
    18       2,058       5,962       (932 )     7,106  
Other expenses
    211       263       1,586       (955 )     1,105  
Total policy benefits and expenses
  $ 229     $ (396 )   $ 9,149     $ 1,207     $ 10,189  
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ (38 )   $ 535     $ 1,396     $ -     $ 1,893  
Income tax (expense) recovery
    8       (10 )     (82 )     -       (84 )
Income (loss) after income taxes
  $ (30 )   $ 525     $ 1,314     $ -     $ 1,809  
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated subsidiaries
    1,863       425       950       (3,238 )     -  
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,833     $ 950     $ 2,264     $ (3,238 )   $ 1,809  
 
Net income (loss) attributed to:
                                       
Non-controlling interests
  $ -     $ -     $ 37     $ (1 )   $ 36  
Participating policyholders
    -       (3 )     (62 )     5       (60 )
Shareholders
    1,833       953       2,289       (3,242 )     1,833  
    $ 1,833     $ 950     $ 2,264     $ (3,238 )   $ 1,809  

 
 
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income
             
 
For the nine months ended
 
MFC (Guarantor)
   
JHUSA (Issuer)
   
Other Subsidiaries
   
Consolidation Adjustments
   
Consolidated MFC
 
September 30, 2012
 
Revenue
                             
Net premium income
  $ -     $ (2,014 )   $ 7,736     $ -     $ 5,722  
Net investment income (loss)
    248       5,103       6,937       (1,011 )     11,277  
Net other revenue
    5       1,332       6,438       (2,123 )     5,652  
Total revenue
  $ 253     $ 4,421     $ 21,111     $ (3,134 )   $ 22,651  
 
Policy benefits and expenses
                                       
Net benefits and claims
  $ -     $ 1,884     $ 13,636     $ (1,146 )   $ 14,374  
Commissions, investment and general expenses
    14       2,015       5,883       (1,032 )     6,880  
Goodwill impairment
    -       -       200       -       200  
Other expenses
    228       261       1,512       (956 )     1,045  
Total policy benefits and expenses
  $ 242     $ 4,160     $ 21,231     $ (3,134 )   $ 22,499  
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 11     $ 261     $ (120 )   $ -     $ 152  
Income tax (expense) recovery
    (2 )     54       426       -       478  
Income (loss) after income taxes
  $ 9     $ 315     $ 306     $ -     $ 630  
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated subsidiaries
    724       (16 )     299       (1,007 )     -  
Net income (loss)
  $ 733     $ 299     $ 605     $ (1,007 )   $ 630  
 
Net income (loss) attributed to:
                                       
Non-controlling interests
  $ -     $ -     $ 22     $ (2 )   $ 20  
Participating policyholders
    -       (39 )     (122 )     38       (123 )
Shareholders
    733       338       705       (1,043 )     733  
    $ 733     $ 299     $ 605     $ (1,007 )   $ 630  

 



 
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Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
             
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013
 
MFC
(Guarantor)
   
JHUSA
(Issuer)
   
Other
Subsidiaries
   
Consolidation
Adjustments
   
Consolidated
MFC
 
 
Operating activities
                             
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,833     $ 950     $ 2,264     $ (3,238 )   $ 1,809  
Adjustments for non-cash items in net income (loss)
                                       
    Equity in net income of unconsolidated subsidiaries
    (1,863 )     (425 )     (950 )     3,238       -  
    Increase (decrease) in insurance contract liabilities
    -       (6,489 )     (2,125 )     -       (8,614 )
    Increase (decrease) in investment contract liabilities
    -       40       81       -       121  
    (Increase) decrease in reinsurance assets, net of premium ceded
       relating to FDA coinsurance (note 5)
    -       2,056       (1,055 )     -       1,001  
    Amortization of premium/discount on invested assets
    -       (2 )     17       -       15  
    Other amortization
    (1 )     66       247       -       312  
    Net realized and unrealized (gains) losses on assets supporting
       policy liabilities
    -       7,853       5,249       -       13,102  
    Net realized losses, impairments and other on assets backing surplus
    6       170       1,677       -       1,853  
    Deferred income tax expense (recovery)
    (8 )     (80 )     (212 )     -       (300 )
    Stock option expense
    -       3       10       -       13  
Net income (loss) adjusted for non-cash items
  $ (33 )   $ 4,142     $ 5,203     $ -     $ 9,312  
Changes in policy related and operating receivables and payables
    (170 )     (2,921 )     1,815       -       (1,276 )
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities
  $ (203 )   $ 1,221     $ 7,018     $ -     $ 8,036  
 
Investing activities
                                       
Purchases and mortgage advances
  $ -     $ (15,186 )   $ (35,894 )   $ -     $ (51,080 )
Disposals and repayments
    -       15,055       28,809       -       43,864  
Changes in investment broker net receivables and payables
    -       (34 )     (133 )     -       (167 )
Investment in common shares of subsidiaries
    (206 )     -       -       206       -  
Net cash decrease from purchase of subsidiary
    -       -       (73 )     -       (73 )
Redemption of preferred shares of subsidiaries
    80       -       -       (80 )     -  
Capital contribution to unconsolidated subsidiaries
    -       (93 )     -       93       -  
Return of capital from unconsolidated subsidiaries
    -       216       -       (216 )     -  
Notes receivable from parent
    -       -       (11,314 )     11,314       -  
Notes receivable from subsidiaries
    (10,287 )     3       -       10,284       -  
Cash provided by (used in) by investing activities
  $ (10,413 )   $ (39 )   $ (18,605 )   $ 21,601     $ (7,456 )
 
Financing activities
                                       
Increase (decrease) in repurchase agreements and securities
    sold but not yet purchased
  $ -     $ (398 )   $ 592     $ -     $ 194  
Repayment of long-term debt
    (350 )     -       -       -       (350 )
Issue of capital instruments, net
    -       -       199       -       199  
Net redemption of investment contract liabilities
    -       (103 )     (75 )     -       (178 )
Funds repaid, net
    -       (4 )     (122 )     -       (126 )
Secured borrowings from securitization transactions
    -       -       250       -       250  
Changes in bank deposits, net
    -       -       455       -       455  
Shareholder dividends paid in cash
    (570 )     -       -       -       (570 )
Contributions from (distributions to) non-controlling interests, net
    -       -       (11 )     -       (11 )
Common shares issued, net
    5       -       206       (206 )     5  
Preferred shares issues, net
    196       -       (80 )     80       196  
Gain (loss) on intercompany transaction
    -       28       (28 )     -       -  
Capital contributions by parent
    -       -       93       (93 )     -  
Return of capital to parent
    -       -       (216 )     216       -  
Notes payable to parent
    -       -       10,284       (10,284 )     -  
Notes payable to subsidiaries
    11,314       -       -       (11,314 )     -  
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
  $ 10,595     $ (477 )   $ 11,547     $ (21,601 )   $ 64  
 
Cash and short-term securities
                                       
Increase (decrease) during the period
  $ (21 )   $ 705     $ (40 )   $ -     $ 644  
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and short-term securities
    -       127       36       -       163  
Balance, beginning of period
    22       3,747       9,078       -       12,847  
Balance, end of period
  $ 1     $ 4,579     $ 9,074     $ -     $ 13,654  
 
Cash and short-term securities
                                       
Beginning of period
                                       
Gross cash and short-term securities
  $ 22     $ 4,122     $ 9,336     $ -     $ 13,480  
Net payments in transit, included in other liabilities
    -       (375 )     (258 )     -       (633 )
Net cash and short-term securities, beginning of period
  $ 22     $ 3,747     $ 9,078     $ -     $ 12,847  
 
End of period
                                       
Gross cash and short-term securities
  $ 1     $ 4,906     $ 9,784     $ -     $ 14,691  
Net payments in transit, included in other liabilities
    -       (327 )     (710 )     -       (1,037 )
Net cash and short-term securities, end of period
  $ 1     $ 4,579     $ 9,074     $ -     $ 13,654  
 
Supplemental disclosures on cash flow information:
                                       
Interest received
  $ 4     $ 3,037     $ 3,390     $ (13 )   $ 6,418  
Interest paid
  $ 209     $ 63     $ 872     $ (382 )   $ 762  
Income taxes paid
  $ -     $ 233     $ 230     $ -     $ 463  



 
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Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
             
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012
 
MFC
(Guarantor)
   
JHUSA
(Issuer)
   
Other
Subsidiaries
   
Consolidation
Adjustments
   
Consolidated
MFC
 
 
Operating activities
                             
Net income (loss)
  $ 733     $ 299     $ 605     $ (1,007 )   $ 630  
Adjustments for non-cash items in net income (loss)
                                       
    Equity in net income of unconsolidated subsidiaries
    (724 )     16       (299 )     1,007       -  
    Increase (decrease) in insurance contract liabilities
    -       6,089       7,314       -       13,403  
    Increase (decrease) in investment contract liabilities
    -       28       21       -       49  
    (Increase) decrease in reinsurance assets, net of premium ceded
       relating to FDA coinsurance (note 5)
    -       (2,225 )     1,233       -       (992 )
    Amortization of premium/discount on invested assets
    -       9       12       -       21  
    Other amortization
    (1 )     63       221       -       283  
    Net realized and unrealized (gains) losses on assets supporting
       policy liabilities
    -       (1,786 )     (2,872 )     -       (4,658 )
    Net realized losses, impairments and other on assets backing surplus
    9       230       71       -       310  
    Deferred income tax expense (recovery)
    2       33       (685 )     -       (650 )
    Stock option expense
    -       4       11       -       15  
    Goodwill impairment
    -       -       200       -       200  
Net income (loss) adjusted for non-cash items
  $ 19     $ 2,760     $ 5,832     $ -     $ 8,611  
Changes in policy related and operating receivables and payables
    (206 )     (3,350 )     2,735       -       (821 )
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities
  $ (187 )   $ (590 )   $ 8,567     $ -     $ 7,790  
 
Investing activities
                                       
Purchases and mortgage advances
  $ -     $ (15,135 )   $ (47,023 )   $ -     $ (62,158 )
Disposals and repayments
    -       14,894       37,198       -       52,092  
Changes in investment broker net receivables and payables
    -       (72 )     (254 )     -       (326 )
Investment in common shares of subsidiaries
    (486 )     -       -       486       -  
Capital contribution to unconsolidated subsidiaries
    -       (26 )     -       26       -  
Return of capital from unconsolidated subsidiaries
    -       8       -       (8 )     -  
Notes receivables from affiliates
    (8,000 )     -       (79 )     8,079       -  
Notes receivable from parent
    -       -       (9,135 )     9,135       -  
Notes receivable from subsidiaries
    (353 )     6       -       347       -  
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities
  $ (8,839 )   $ (325 )   $ (19,293 )   $ 18,065     $ (10,392 )
 
Financing activities
                                       
Increase (decrease) in repurchase agreements and securities
    sold but not yet purchased
  $ -     $ (295 )   $ 51     $ -     $ (244 )
Issue of capital instruments, net
    -       -       497       -       497  
Repayment of capital instruments
    -       -       (1,000 )     -       (1,000 )
Net redemption of investment contract liabilities
    -       (36 )     (96 )     -       (132 )
Funds repaid, net
    -       (1 )     (8 )     -       (9 )
Secured borrowings from securitization transactions
    -       -       250       -       250  
Changes in bank deposits, net
    -       -       979       -       979  
Shareholder dividends paid in cash
    (548 )     -       -       -       (548 )
Contributions from (distributions to) non-controlling interests, net
    -       (6 )     22       -       16  
Common shares issued, net
    -       -       486       (486 )     -  
Preferred shares issues, net
    488       -       -       -       488  
Capital contributions by parent
    -       -       26       (26 )     -  
Return of capital to parent
    -       -       (8 )     8       -  
Notes payable to affiliates
    -       79       8,000       (8,079 )     -  
Notes payable to parent
    -       -       347       (347 )     -  
Notes payable to subsidiaries
    9,135       -       -       (9,135 )     -  
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
  $ 9,075     $ (259 )   $ 9,546     $ (18,065 )   $ 297  
 
Cash and short-term securities
                                       
Increase (decrease) during the period
  $ 49     $ (1,174 )   $ (1,180 )   $ -     $ (2,305 )
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and short-term securities
    -       (98 )     (178 )     -       (276 )
Balance, beginning of period
    58       3,038       9,170       -       12,266  
Balance, end of period
  $ 107     $ 1,766     $ 7,812     $ -     $ 9,685  
 
Cash and short-term securities
                                       
Beginning of period
                                       
Gross cash and short-term securities
  $ 58     $ 3,363     $ 9,378     $ -     $ 12,799  
Net payments in transit, included in other liabilities
    -       (325 )     (208 )     -       (533 )
Net cash and short-term securities, beginning of period
  $ 58     $ 3,038     $ 9,170     $ -     $ 12,266  
 
End of period
                                       
Gross cash and short-term securities
  $ 107     $ 2,122     $ 8,058     $ -     $ 10,287  
Net payments in transit, included in other liabilities
    -       (356 )     (246 )     -       (602 )
Net cash and short-term securities, end of period
  $ 107     $ 1,766     $ 7,812     $ -     $ 9,685  
 
Supplemental disclosures on cash flow information:
                                       
Interest received
  $ -     $ 3,163     $ 3,349     $ (1 )   $ 6,511  
Interest paid
  $ 225     $ 162     $ 883     $ (472 )   $ 798  
Income taxes paid
  $ -     $ -     $ 343     $ -     $ 343  


Note 18    Comparatives

Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period’s presentation.



 
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SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
 
MANULIFE FINANCIAL
CORPORATION HEAD OFFICE
200 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON Canada M4W 1E5
Telephone 416 926-3000
Fax: 416 926-5454
Web site: www.manulife.com
 
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Financial analysts, portfolio managers
and other investors requiring financial
information may contact our Investor
Relations Department or access our
Web site at www.manulife.com
Fax: 416 926-6285
E-mail: investor_relations@manulife.com
 
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
For information or assistance regarding your share account, including dividends, changes of address or ownership, lost certificates, to eliminate duplicate mailings or to receive shareholder material electronically, please contact our Transfer Agents in Canada, the United States, Hong Kong or the Philippines. If you live outside one of these countries please contact our Canadian Transfer Agent.
 
TRANSFER AGENTS
Canada
CIBC Mellon Trust Company
P.O. Box 7010, Adelaide Street Postal Station
Toronto, ON Canada M5C 2W9
Local: 416-682-3860
Toll Free: 1 800 783-9495
Fax: 1 877 713-9291
E-mail: inquiries@cibcmellon.com
Online: www.cibcmellon.com
CIBC Mellon offices are also located in
Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver and Calgary.
 
United States
Computershare Shareowner Services LLC
480 Washington Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07310 USA
or
P.O. Box 358015
Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8015 U.S.A.
Telephone: 1 800 249-7702
E-mail: shrrelations@bnymellon.com
Online: www.bnymellon.com/shareowner/
equityaccess
 
Hong Kong
Registered Holders:
Computershare Hong Kong
Investor Services Limited
17M Floor, Hopewell Centre
183 Queen’s Road East,
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Telephone: 852 2862–8555
 
Ownership Statement Holders:
The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited
Sub-Custody and Clearing,
Hong Kong Office
GPO Box 64 Hong Kong
Telephone: 852 2288-8346
 
Philippines
The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited
HSBC Stock Transfer Unit
7th Floor, HSBC Centre
3058 Fifth Avenue West
Bonifacio Global City
Taguig City, 1634
Philippines
Telephone: PLDT 632 581-7595;
GLOBE 632 976-7595
 
AUDITORS
Ernst & Young LLP
Chartered Accountants
Licensed Public Accountants
Toronto, Canada
 
 
 
The following Manulife Financial documents are available online at www.manulife.com
·Annual Report and Proxy Circular
·Notice of Annual Meeting
·Shareholders Reports
·Public Accountability Statement
·Corporate Governance material
 
RATING
Financial strength is a key factor in generating new business, maintaining and expanding distribution relations and providing a base for expansion, acquisitions and growth. As at September 30, 2013, Manulife Financial had total capital of Cdn$31.1 billion, including Cdn$26.5 billion of total shareholders’ equity. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company’s financial strength and claims paying ratings are among the strongest in the insurance industry.
Standard & Poor’s
AA-
(4th of 21 ratings)
Moody’s
A1
(5th of 21 ratings)
Fitch Ratings
AA-
(4th of 19 ratings)
DBRS
IC-1
(1st of 6 ratings)
A.M. Best
A+
(2nd of 15 ratings)
COMMON STOCK TRADING DATA
The following values are the high, low and close prices plus the average daily trading volume for Manulife Financial Corporation’s common stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the Philippine Stock Exchange for the first quarter. The common stock symbol is MFC on all exchanges except Hong Kong where it is 945.
As at September 30, 2013, there were 1,843 million common shares outstanding.
July 1 – September 30, 2013
Toronto
Canadian $
New York
United States $
Hong Kong
Hong Kong $
Philippines
Philippine Pesos
High
$ 18.74
$ 18.16
$ 139.90
 P 750
Low
$ 16.79
$ 15.89
$ 123.30
 P 590
Close
$ 17.04
$ 16.56
$ 128.70
 P 655
Average Daily Volume (000)
   3,074
   1,821
        131
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