John Hancock Financial Network to Expand Retirement Planning Platform

BOSTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- John Hancock Financial Network (JHFN) has launched an effort to expand growth through its retirement planning platform and has hired industry veteran Bruce Harrington to lead the effort. Harrington will be based in Boston and report to Christopher Maryanopolis, president, Signator Investors, Inc, JHFN's broker dealer.

"The retirement market represents a huge opportunity for JHFN," said Maryanopolis. "We wanted to step up our efforts and approach it strategically, making sure we have the right products and services for clients and the right guidance and support for our representatives."

In his role as head of retirement sales and investment strategy, Harrington will work to expand JHFN's presence in the retirement plan marketplace and develop a strategy for capturing rollover business. He also will be responsible for reviewing JHFN's product platform and creating tools that help representatives navigate guidelines related to the retirement field.  

"We are very pleased to have Bruce join our team," said Maryanopolis. "His extensive product development and marketing expertise will help us meet the needs of our advisors and their clients and ultimately accelerate JHFN's growth."

Most recently, Harrington served as senior vice president in LPL Financial's Retirement Solutions Division, responsible for developing product and marketing offerings. Prior to that, he served as managing director for Cogent Research. He also was vice president and director of product development and marketing for MFS Investment Management and vice president of retirement products marketing for Putnam Investments.

About John Hancock Financial Network

John Hancock Financial Network is a national network of independent firms with approximately 1,900 financial professionals across the U.S. A leader with the stability and scale to offer an innovative business model, John Hancock Financial Network gives entrepreneurial financial professionals the power to effectively build unique businesses, based on their own vision and market opportunity. For more information on John Hancock Financial Network and its national network of independent firms, visit www.johnhancockfinancialnetwork.com.

About John Hancock Financial and Manulife Financial

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$454 billion (US$428 billion) as at June 30, 2010.

Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '945' on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can 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.

Securities and Investment Advisory Services offered through Signator Investors, Inc., Member FINRA, SIPC, a Registered Investment Advisor, 197, Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116.

SOURCE John Hancock Financial Network

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