ADIV vs JHID

ADIVDGuinness Atkinson Asia Pacific Dividend Builder ETF

JHIDBJohn Hancock International High Dividend ETF

In short

ADIV A 2006 Asia Pacific dividend fund that became one of the first US mutual funds ever converted into an ETF, in March 2021. Roughly 35 equally weighted dividend payers, actively picked, at 0.78% net of a waiver through June 30, 2029.

JHID An active, stock-picked take on overseas dividend payers: roughly 100 large- and mid-cap names domiciled outside the US, measured against the MSCI World ex-USA High Dividend Yield Index, at 0.46% net of a waiver through July 31, 2027.

Stated mandate

ADIV The fund seeks dividend income and long-term capital growth by investing primarily in dividend-producing equity securities of companies tied to the Asia Pacific region.

JHID The fund seeks a high level of current income, with long-term growth of capital as a secondary objective.

Why people hold it

• ADIV Guinness Atkinson pioneered the mutual-fund-to-ETF conversion in March 2021, and this 2006-vintage Asia Pacific strategy was one of the two funds it flipped. Same manager approach, new wrapper.sec.govsec.gov 2
• Roughly 35 positions of approximately equal weight, spread across at least four Asia Pacific countries, so no single mega-cap runs the portfolio. The prospectus allows 25 to 75 holdings.sec.gov
• Dual mandate in plain terms: dividend income plus long-term capital growth from Asia Pacific equities, with at least 80% of assets in dividend-paying stocks tied to the region. Pays quarterly.sec.gov

• JHID 0.46% net of a waiver through July 31, 2027, below the category median fee and under active peers IDVO (0.65%) and IDVZ (0.75%).
• The objective is blunt: high current income first, long-term growth of capital second. Cash goes out quarterly.
• Aims at consistent, sustainable payers rather than simply the fattest yields, spread across roughly 100 developed-market holdings.jhinvestments.com
• Lands in the upper half of the small international dividend group we review, helped by a diversified book and a comparatively contained risk profile.

Worth knowing

• ADIV Costs 0.78% net of a waiver through June 30, 2029, above the category median; the gross fee is 1.95%. Peers such as VDI (0.39%) and JHID (0.46% net of a waiver through July 31, 2027) run cheaper.
• Thinly traded and modest in size, which can mean wider spreads than the category's biggest names.
• Concentrated by design and exposed to Asia Pacific currencies and emerging markets, so individual holdings and FX moves can swing results more than in a broad global fund.sec.gov

• JHID That 0.46% is a waiver price. Gross expenses run 2.03%, and the waiver is contracted only through July 31, 2027, after which it has to be renewed to stay in place.
• One of the smaller, thinner-traded funds in its category, which can mean wider bid-ask spreads than the household-name alternatives.
• Launched in 2022, so the record is short, and the quarterly payout floats with whatever the underlying companies actually distribute.

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