Manulife

Toronto – November 06, 2026 -- Manulife has told shareholders that an unsolicited mini-tender offer from Ocehan LLC prices its shares roughly 24% below the market. The bid seeks up to 100,000 common shares, less than 0.006% of shares outstanding, at $47.20 per share.

Manulife states it has no association with Ocehan and does not recommend or endorse acceptance of the offer.

Offer price trails TSX and NYSE closing prices by more than 23%

Against closing prices on October 16, 2026, the last trading day before the offer began, the $47.20 price is a discount of about 24.68% on the TSX and 24.79% on the NYSE. Against November 5, 2026 closing prices, the discount is 23.41% on the TSX and 23.30% on the NYSE.

Greenville – October 08, 2026 -- Pacolet Milliken, LLC has acquired 100% of Georgia Renewable Power (GRP), adding 116 MW of biomass generating capacity across two Georgia plants and roughly tripling the size of its biomass platform. Financing for the deal was provided by Manulife; transaction terms were not disclosed.

Two Georgia biomass plants now sell output to Georgia Power under long-term contracts

GRP owns facilities in Franklin County and Madison County, Georgia, both fueled by woody biomass and classified as renewable power sources under federal and state standards. The plants sell electricity to Georgia Power under long-term power purchase agreements and generate renewable energy credits traded on the open market.

Toronto – October 05, 2026 -- The Hinton Lectures, co-founded by Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, will return to Toronto for a third year on November 9-11, 2026, naming Paul Christiano as this year's distinguished lecturer.

Christiano brings OpenAI and alignment credentials to the stage

Christiano was an early researcher at OpenAI, where he developed reinforcement learning from human feedback, a technique now foundational to large language model training. He currently serves as founder and executive director of the Alignment Research Center, a non-profit focused on understanding decision-making inside machine learning systems. He also holds roles as Senior Technical Advisor at NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation, Board Member of the OpenAI Foundation, and Member of the OpenAI Safety and Security Committee.

Boston – September 28, 2026 -- John Hancock has expanded its protection insurance portfolio, enhancing its Protection Indexed Universal Life solution (Protection IUL 26) and its term life insurance suite to give financial professionals more tools for addressing clients' long-term planning needs.

Longevity Preparedness Index shows US adults score just 60 out of 100

John Hancock's 2025 Longevity Preparedness Index, developed with the MIT AgeLab, found that U.S. adults averaged only 60 out of 100 in overall preparedness for longer lives. The study, based on a representative sample of 1,307 Americans surveyed between May 14 and June 5, 2025, found planning needs extend across health, care, housing, community, and major life transitions—beyond a single financial goal.

Toronto – September 16, 2026 -- Manulife has appointed Sarah Chapman as Global Chief Marketing & Customer Experience Officer, effective September 16, 2026, giving her oversight of brand, marketing and customer experience strategy for a company serving more than 37 million customers worldwide.

Chapman joins Manulife's Executive Leadership Team, reporting directly to CEO Phil Witherington

Chapman will lead Manulife's Global Marketing organization and report to President and Chief Executive Officer Phil Witherington. Witherington said the appointment reflects internal succession planning and cited Chapman's track record leading transformation as key to advancing Manulife's goal of becoming the top choice for customers.