AVDE vs TINS

AVDEAAvantis International Equity ETF

TINSCTempleton International Insights ETF

In short

AVDE Active management at almost-index prices: Avantis runs roughly 3,300 developed-market stocks outside the US without tracking a benchmark, for 0.23% a year. One of the strongest implementations in its active international peer group.

TINS Templeton's bargain-hunting instinct, in ETF form. Launched in October 2025, TINS is an actively managed international stock fund seeking long-term capital growth from overseas companies its managers judge to be mispriced, priced just under the active-international median.

Stated mandate

AVDE Invests in a broad range of stocks of all sizes across non-U.S. developed countries, with active portfolio management rather than replication of a specified index.

TINS The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.

Why people hold it

• AVDE 0.23% a year, well under half the typical fee in its active international peer group. Active management usually costs more than this.
• Index-like breadth without an index: about 3,300 stocks of all sizes across non-US developed countries, chosen by managers rather than copied from a benchmark.avantisinvestors.com
• A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so getting in and out tends to be cheap and easy. It pays out quarterly.
• Sits at the top of a crowded field alongside rivals like DFIC and JIRE, priced within a basis point or two of both.

• TINS Real stock picking, not index tracking: the prospectus sets a long-term capital growth objective with a value style across developed and emerging markets.
• The 0.55% expense ratio comes in under the median for active international equity funds, which is unusual for a brand-new stock-picking strategy.
• One ticker reaches both developed and emerging markets, so the manager can move between them instead of you bolting on a separate EM sleeve.
• Franklin Templeton launched it in October 2025 as one of a pair of active international equity ETFs, so it sits inside an established ETF operation rather than a startup shop.businesswire.com

Worth knowing

• AVDE Developed markets only. Emerging markets are a separate purchase if you want them.
• No index to grade the manager against, so results come down to Avantis's own portfolio calls rather than a published benchmark.
• It is all-equity and all-foreign: stock market swings plus currency moves both show up in the price.

• TINS A 2025 launch means a short live record. There is not yet enough history to judge how the strategy behaves across a full market cycle.
• Systematic rivals undercut it on fee: AVDE charges 0.23% and DFIC 0.22%. The gap is what you pay for human judgment.
• Small asset base and light trading so far, so spreads can run wider than in the giant international index funds. Limit orders matter here.

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