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TORONTO—Manulife Financial Corp. said it moved closer to protecting a greater portion of its earnings against declines in equity prices in the fourth quarter, shorting about five billion Canadian dollars (US$5 billion) of equity futures contracts as part of the life insurer's macro hedging program.

Manulife has struggled to boost its profits in recent years because of the dependence of its earnings on increases in stock prices and in interest rates, both of which have been relatively weak in the wake of the credit crisis.

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