Evo & Grace: The WanderLusts

Manulife CEO Ryan Charland. Being a parent now a day is really a challenge, especially if you are on the stage of expecting a new born or building a family, securing their future is a must for parents who wants best for their child. That’s why the Manufacturers Life Insurance (Co.) Philippines. Inc. or simply called Manulife recently launched their newest advocacy, the Bundle of Joy campaign that gives important milestones for parents in securing financial protection.  Ryan Charland, President and Chief Executive Officer of Manulife Philippines, said that Bundle of Joy is a website, wherein parents and parents to be can log, join and be secured for P100,000 for a 1 year coverage, and  the good news is it’s for free. Charland stress that it’s for free because they want to reach out to many Filipino family, it’s their way of helping, securing lifes. Bundle of Joy is originally introduce or launched early December of 2014. All they have to do is go to www....

The majority of Filipino investors are satisfied with  their government pension – but that sentiment is based on specific assumptions and a cash-dominant approach to retirement working out, according to the latest Manulife Investor Sentiment Index.* Two-thirds of respondents said that they are confident that their government pension  would be enough to meet their needs upon retirement – the highest level of all surveyed markets. In contrast, across all surveyed markets the proportion of confident investors was less than 40 percent, and as low as one-in-ten in some markets. While such optimism seems positive, the survey shows it is based on some risky assumptions. First, investors expect their retirement income to be relatively high, at 92% of their current income – the highest estimate among all surveyed markets (Asia average 69%). Second, they expect their retirement expenses to be relatively low, at just 61 percent of their current income, at the lower end of...