Jaime Ramos Martin replaces Stephen Weeple, who has left Standard Life Investments (SLI), as portfolio manager of the Manulife Global Equity Unconstrained Fund and Manulife Global Equity Unconstrained Class, effective immediately.

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Ramos Martin joins the five-person global equity team and reports to team head, Mikhail Zverev. The team’s approach remains unchanged.

Ramos Martin has 17 years’ experience — 10 with SLI — and has been responsible for managing a U.S. equity mandate, along with analyst responsibility for the U.S. insurance and medical technology sectors and idea generation for the team.

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