Janus Henderson Emerging Markets Debt Hard Currency ETF
$52.35+0.34 (+0.65%)
History starts Aug 14, 2024.
- Expense ratio
- 0.52%
- Fund size
- $482M
- 1Y return
- +4.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 6.42%
- Holdings
- 292
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $52.40
- 52W range
The ETF.net JEMB Grade
Score 33 of 100 sits in the D band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 13Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.DScore 34Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 50Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 56Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 26Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 49Category rank
Our read on JEMB
DEmerging market bonds minus the currency guessing game. JEMB holds hard-currency debt, so credit calls drive returns rather than the rand or the real. Run actively against the JP Morgan EMBI Global Core Index, with income paid monthly.
The Fund seeks long-term returns from a combination of income and capital growth.
Why people hold it
- Hard currency is the whole point: the bonds are issued in major currencies rather than local money, so local FX swings are not the main lever. Credit and rates are.janushenderson.com
- Actively managed against the JP Morgan EMBI Global Core Index, so the team can size country and issuer positions instead of inheriting index weights.janushenderson.com
- Roughly 300 bond positions spread across emerging market issuers, and the fund pays monthly.
- The stated aim is long-term return from income plus capital growth, not a headline yield target, so the mandate leaves room to manage credit risk.janushenderson.com
Worth knowing
- 0.52% a year, slightly above the middle of its emerging markets peer group. Active bond management costs more than following an index.
- Dollar-denominated debt sidesteps local currency moves, not sovereign credit or interest rate risk. Downgrades and restructurings still bite.janushenderson.com
- Launched in 2024, so the record is short. Broad EM equity trackers like VEXC and XCEM cost a fraction, but they own stocks, not bonds.
JEMB Holdings
- Bonds
- 292
- 30%
- FX Forward|USD|11/04/2026
JEMB Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
JEMB$10,421
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | JEMB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.9% |
| 1 month | −1.9% |
| 3 months | −2.2% |
| 1 year | +4.2% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | JEMB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.9% | |
| 2025 | +14.7% | |
| 2024 | +1.8% |
JEMB in the news
JEMB Dividends
- 6.42%
- $3.34
- $0.24 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.24 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.24 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.31 |
| May 29, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.38 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | $0.26 |
JEMB Risk
- 5.6%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.79
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −5.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.33
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
JEMB Cost
0.52%
JEMB0.52%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar) funds
- Median 0.40%
14 of the 17 Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar) funds charge less.