Manulife Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to speak at Barclays Global Financial Services Conference

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TORONTO, Sept. 9, 2016 /CNW/ - Steve Roder, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Manulife, will speak at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, September 13, 2016. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m.

Interested parties may access the live audio webcast through Manulife.com/presentations. An archived version of the replay audio will be available the day after the live event at the same location for six months.

About Manulife

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group providing forward-thinking solutions to help people with their big financial decisions.  We operate as John Hancock in the United States, and Manulife elsewhere.  We provide financial advice, insurance and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions.  At the end of 2015, we had approximately 34,000 employees, 63,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving 20 million customers.  At the end of June 2016, we had $934 billion (US$718 billion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made more than $25.4 billion in benefits, interest and other payments to our customers.  Our principal operations are in Asia, Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 100 years.  With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges and under '945' in Hong Kong.  Follow Manulife on Twitter @ManulifeNews or visit www.manulife.com or www.johnhancock.com.

SOURCE Manulife Financial Corporation

Media Contact: Sean B. Pasternak, Manulife, 416-852-2745, [email protected]; Investor Relations: Robert Veloso, Manulife, 416-852-8982, [email protected]