John Hancock Mutual Funds Wins Three Internet Advertising Awards from the Web Marketing Association

BOSTON, May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- John Hancock Mutual Funds received three awards from the Web Marketing Association (WMA) during their annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC), announced recently. The IAC Awards were created by the WMA to recognize the best in online marketing and advertising from individuals and organizations.

John Hancock won three "Best of Industry" IAC awards for the 'Roth Conversion Campaign,' including:  Best Investment Online campaign, Best Marketing Online campaign, and Best Mutual Fund Online campaign.

"John Hancock Mutual Funds is dedicated to helping financial advisors meet client needs, and web content such as the Roth Conversion Campaign demonstrates our commitment. Each year the IAC awards recognize, honor and showcase the best in online advertising in 86 separate industries. I would like to congratulate all who worked on the tools, print collateral, videos and web content for this campaign. We are very proud of this recognition of the Marketing team's hard work," said Carey Foran Hoch, Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing and General Manager, College Savings for John Hancock Funds.  

About the Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association (WMA) was founded in Boston in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and corporate web development on the World Wide Web. Staffed by volunteers, this organization is made up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals who share an interest for improving the quality of advertising, marketing and promotion used to attract visitors to corporate Web sites.  The Web Marketing Association is the producer of the WebAwards, an annual award competition that is designed to judge corporate Web sites against an Internet standard and against peer sites within their industry. Now in its 15th year, the WebAward Competition has become the premier event for web developers and marketers each year. While some of the other advertising competitions have categories for banner ads, no one had developed an entire competition solely to recognize online advertising by industry - until the WMA created the IAC Awards in 1999.

About John Hancock Funds

The Boston-based mutual fund business unit of John Hancock Financial, John Hancock Funds manages more than $70.0 billion in open-end funds, closed-end funds, private accounts, retirement plans and related party assets for individual and institutional investors as at March 31, 2010.  

About John Hancock Financial and Manulife Financial Corporation

John Hancock Financial is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 22 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and in most of Asia, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States, Manulife Financial Corporation offers clients a diverse range of financial protection products and wealth management services through its extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners. For more than 120 years, clients have looked to Manulife for strong, reliable, trustworthy and forward-thinking solutions for their most significant financial decisions. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$478 billion (US$492 billion) as at March 31, 2010.  

Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '945' on the SEHK. Manulife Financial may be found on the Internet at www.manulife.com.

The John Hancock unit, through its insurance companies, comprises one of the largest life insurers in the United States. John Hancock offers a broad range of financial products and services, including life insurance, fixed and variable annuities, fixed products, mutual funds, 401(k) plans, long-term care insurance, college savings, and other forms of business insurance. Additional information about John Hancock may be found at www.johnhancock.com.

SOURCE John Hancock Funds