Gregory Kenneth Phelps

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC (Manulife IM-US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1968 and is a subsidiary of John Hancock Subsidiaries LLC, ultimately held by Manulife Financial Corp. (NYSE, TSE: MFC), a Canadian-based financial services firm. Manulife IM-US manages assets for a variety of institutional and other types of clients, such as public and private pension funds, foundations, mandatory provident funds outside the US, financial institutions, investment trusts, separately managed account clients, and high net-worth individuals. The firm also manages registered funds, which includes UCITS, US and Canadian open- and closed-end mutual funds and privately-offered unregistered investment funds.

Spectrum Asset Management, Inc. (SAM) is an investment advisor headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1987 by Mark Lieb. In 2001, they were acquired by Principal Global Investors Holding Company (US) LLC (PGI), the asset management arm of The Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG). SAM provides portfolio management services to registered mutual funds, private investment funds, foreign funds such as UCITS, sponsors of wrap account programs, corporate pension and profit–sharing plans, charitable institutions, insurance companies, foundations, endowments, and other US and international institutions.

Boston-based John Hancock Advisers, Inc. (JHA) is the mutual fund affiliate of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. and manages the John Hancock family of retail and institutional mutual funds, as well as separate equity portfolios for private accounts and retirement plans for individual and institutional investors. In 2003, Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX, NYSE: MFC) and John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: JHF) announced that they would merge and would thus create a leading global insurance franchise. The combined company will market products and services under multiple brands including John Hancock in the US and Manulife in Canada and the US.