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John Hancock Expands 529 Menu

Published June 09, 2004, 1:00 a.m. EDT

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John Hancock Financial Services has added funds from John Hancock Funds and Fidelity Investments to its Freedom 529 college savings plan.

In addition, the Fidelity Advisor Equity Growth Fund will be offered as an individual portfolio that can be used as a core strategy or to complement investors' choice of enrollment-based or static portfolios. Individual portfolios allow investors to further customize their 529 college savings plan.

John Hancock, a subsidiary of Manulife Financial Services of Toronto, already offers investments managed by Fidelity, American Funds, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates Inc., among others, through the 529 plan.

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