Manulife Financial (MFC) reported Q4 core earnings late Wednesday of CA$1.03 ($0.72) per share, up from CA$0.92 a year earlier.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected CA$0.95 for the quarter ended Dec. 31.
Separately, the company increased quarterly dividend by 10% to CA$0.44 per share, payable by March 19 to shareholders as of March 5.
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