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Manulife Financial Corporation

5/23/2013, 11:05 AM ET

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Thursday, May 9, 7:11 AM MetLife (MET) and Manulife Financial (MFC) are reportedly among the companies submitting bids for a controlling stake in the life insurance unit of Malaysia's AMMB Holdings (worth about $350M). It would mark the 3rd insurance deal in Malaysia this year as sellers cash out amid demand from Western firms for growing markets and interest rates north of zero. Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, May 2, 2:58 PM Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC): declares $0.13/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.41%. For shareholders of record May 14. Payable June 19. Ex-div date May 10. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, May 2, 10:32 AM More on Manulife (MFC +2.7%) Q1 earnings: Core EPS of C$0.32 up 18% Y/Y. Insurance sales off 23% Y/Y due to tax changes and the need to raise prices to offset low interest rates. Offsetting that were strong results in Wealth Management with sales of $7B up 45%. Conference call 2 ET. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Thursday, May 2, 9:04 AM Manulife Financial (MFC): Q1 EPS of C$0.32 in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Thursday, May 2, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ABMD, ACOR, ACT, AEE, ANR, ANSS, ARG, ARQL, ATK, AYR, BDBD, BDX, BEAM, BGCP, BZH, CAH, CEVA, CHD, CI, CME, CNP, CPN, CTRX, DIN, DNR, EL, ELNK, FIG, FLY, FNP, FWLT, GEL, GG, GIL, GM, GNRC, GOLD, HAR, HK, HSH, INCY, INGR, IP, IRDM, IT, ITT, K, LF, LQDT, LXP, MDC, MFC, MGI, MGM, MMC, MMP, MWW, NIHD, NNN, NUS, OCN, OGE, OXF, OZM, PCG, PPL, PWR, PXP, RGLD, RNO, SBH, SFY, SHPG, SNI, SPR, SRE, STRA, TEVA, VMC, VRX, WNR, WPX, WWE, XEL Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, May 1, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ABMD, ACOR, ACT, AEE, ANR, ANSS, ARG, ARQL, ATK, AYR, BDBD, BDX, BEAM, BGCP, BZH, CAH, CEVA, CHD, CI, CME, CNP, CPN, CTRX, DIN, DNR, EL, ELNK, FIG, FLY, FNP, FWLT, GEL, GG, GIL, GM, GNRC, GOLD, HAR, HK, HSH, INCY, INGR, IP, IRDM, IT, ITT, K, LF, LQDT, LXP, MDC, MFC, MGI, MGM, MMC, MMP, MWW, NIHD, NNN, NUS, OCN, OGE, OXF, OZM, PCG, PPL, PWR, PXP, RGLD, RNO, SBH, SFY, SHPG, SNI, SPR, SRE, STRA, TEVA, VMC, VRX, WNR, WPX, WWE, XEL Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, April 11, 7:09 AM Manulife Financial (MFC) will pay HK$4.5B ($580M) to buy a Hong Kong office tower - marking the second highest price on record for an office building in the region. The company plans to use the building as its Hong Kong headquarters. 1 Comment [Financials]
Monday, March 25, 3:20 PM Canadian insurer Manulife (MFC -1.4%) gave its CEO Donald Guloien a 21% raise in 2012. Guloien made $10.17M last year including stock, options, and cash bonuses. The company says the pay hike is well deserved as Guloien has guided it through a rebuilding process. Guloien may be set to make even more in the future as his pay is still "slightly below the median of [the company's] peer group." 3 Comments [Financials]
Thursday, February 7, 6:14 AM Manulife Financial (MFC): Q4 Adj. EPS of C$0.28. Revenue of C$7.19B. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Thursday, February 7, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: AAP, ALU, BG, CCE, CI, CS, CTSH, EXC, FLIR, FLO, GPK, HLSS, HOT, INGR, KKR, MFC, MPW, MWW, NBL, NNN, NYT, ONNN, OZM, PM, PMT, PTEN, S, SBH, SIAL, SNE, SNI, SPH, SQNS, TDC, TEVA, XYL Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, February 6, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: AAP, ALU, BG, CCE, CI, CS, CTSH, EXC, FLIR, FLO, GPK, HLSS, HOT, INGR, KKR, MFC, MPW, MWW, NBL, NNN, NYT, ONNN, OZM, PM, PMT, PTEN, S, SBH, SIAL, SNE, SNI, SPH, SQNS, TDC, TEVA, XYL 1 Comment [Earnings]
Monday, January 14, 11:51 AM Manulife (MFC +0.9%) catches an upgrade to Buy from UBS, which also ups its price target to $15.50 thanks to higher-than-expected interest rates boosting returns on the insurer's investments. Comment! [Financials]
Monday, January 14, 8:06 AM Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC) declares $0.06/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.38%. For shareholders of record Jan. 25. Payable Feb. 08. Ex-div date Jan. 23. (PR) 3 Comments [Dividends]
Sunday, January 13, 5:31 AM U.K. insurer Aviva (AV) and Singapore listed CIMB Group (CIMDF.OB) have reportedly agreed to sell their Malaysian insurance JV to a consortium of Canada's Sun Life Financial (SLF) and Malaysian state investor Khazanah Nasional for 1.7B ringgit ($563M). The winning bid beat Manulife (MFC) after an 8-month auction. The sale is part of Aviva's strategy of exiting non-core ops. Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 9:31 AM Going where the money is, insurers - including Prudential, Sun Life, and Manulife - line up to get a bigger piece of the growing Southeast Asian life insurance business. CIMB Group - Malaysia's 2nd largest bank - is drawing bids for the sale of its stake in a JV with Aviva, and AMMB Holdings is expected to get keen interest for a 30% piece of its life insurance operations. Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, November 8, 2012, 11:04 AM Manulife Financial (MFC) declares C$0.13/share quarterly dividend. For shareholders of record Nov. 20. Payable Dec. 19. Ex-div Nov. 16. Comment! [Dividends]