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Manulife Comvest launches specialty lending fund from West Palm Beach

New fund · Private equity / buyout · Pre-first close · WEST PALM BEACH, FL · Form D filed 2026-10-15 · sponsor: Manulife Comvest · all Manulife Comvest Specialty vehicles · Follow Manulife Comvest Specialty →

Manulife Comvest Specialty Lending Fund, L.P. is a new Delaware limited partnership filing to raise an indefinite amount under Regulation D exemption 3(c)(7) for institutional investors. The fund has engaged John Hancock Investment Management Distributors as placement agent and has not yet closed its first sale.

3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersPre-first closeFirst filing by this entityPlacement agent engagedPrivate creditPrivate equity / buyout

How this compares

  • Across 493 private equity / buyout sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 5 months.
  • No earlier fund launch by this sponsor appears on EDGAR.

Computed from every Form D fund launch on EDGAR since late 2024, not sampled. Amounts are the stated offering size; indefinite offerings are excluded.

Registered adviser

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MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PRIVATE MARKETS (US) LLC

Registration
SEC-registered adviser · since 2007-12-04
Regulatory AUM
$48.3B
Employees
730
Private funds on Form ADV
44
Office
Boston, MA

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People on the filing

- Manulife Comvest Specialty Lending (Cayman) GP, LLCPromoter
Robert O'SullivanExecutive Officer
Deborah NordellExecutive Officer
Greg ReynoldsExecutive Officer
Jason GelberdExecutive Officer
Michael AltschulerExecutive Officer

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Signed by Michael Altschuler, Class A Manager of the GP.

Placement agents / sales compensation: JOHN HANCOCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTORS LLC

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