Our integrated private markets approach
Founded in 1862, John Hancock Life Insurance Company has been providing private capital financing solutions to U.S. middle market companies for decades. In 2001, the Hancock Capital Management team was established to spearhead these activities. Today HCM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of John Hancock, manages over $5.8 billion in capital 1 for John Hancock and its partners.
HCM has sponsored five third-party funds to invest in Private Credit transactions as well as one third-party fund to invest in Equity Co-Investments alongside John Hancock. Limited partners in these funds include: insurance companies; public, private, and Taft-Hartley pension plans; endowments, family offices, and others. For more information on our Private Credit Funds and Equity Co-Investment Fund, click here.
Timeline
| 1994 | Senior members of current HCM team begin making private credit and equity investments as members of John Hancock’s Investment Team | ||
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| 1998 | John Hancock launches its first Private Credit Fund | ||
| 2001 | HCM team formed to focus on private credit and equity investments for John Hancock and third parties | ||
| 2002 | Second Private Credit Fund launched | ||
| 2004 | Third Private Credit Fund launched | ||
| 2006 | HCM expands its private equity focus and formalizes its Private Equity Fund Investment and Equity Co-Investment programs | ||
| 2007 | Fourth Private Credit Fund launched | ||
| 2012 | Fifth Private Credit Fund launched | ||
| 2017 | First Equity Co-Investment Fund launched. HCM expands its Private Credit platform to include Senior Debt. | ||
| 2018 | Over $5.8 billion deployed across HCM's platform 1 |
1 As of July 2018