CGXU vs JIG

CGXUBCapital Group International Focus Equity ETF

JIGBJPMorgan International Growth ETF

In short

CGXU Launched in 2022, CGXU runs international growth on a short leash: roughly 80 developed- and emerging-market stocks picked bottom-up, at a fee below the typical active rival in its lane.

JIG J.P. Morgan's stockpickers loose on international growth: roughly 90 foreign companies chosen one at a time, priced under the typical active peer in this corner of the market.

Stated mandate

CGXU The fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in international equities, including companies in developed and emerging markets. It uses active, bottom-up stock selection to pursue companies with attractive growth opportunities.

JIG The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in foreign equity securities.

Why people hold it

• CGXU At 0.54%, the fee sits under the median for its active international growth cohort and well under rivals like BKCI (0.75%).
• About 80 stocks spanning developed and emerging markets: conviction-sized picks in one ticket, no separate EM sleeve to bolt on.capitalgroup.com
• Rates among the strongest implementations in its ten-fund group of active international growth funds.
• A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, which counts when the underlying stocks sit in markets that close before New York opens.

• JIG At 0.55%, it undercuts the median fee among active international growth peers and lands within a basis point of the cohort's cheapest name, CGXU (0.54%).
• Roughly 90 foreign companies. Concentrated enough that individual picks show up in results, without the thousand-name sprawl of a broad index.
• Sits in the upper tier of its active international growth peer group on our review.
• Live since 2020, so there is a multi-year real-money record behind the strategy rather than a backtest.

Worth knowing

• CGXU Emerging markets ride alongside developed ones here, so currency moves and local politics are part of the package.capitalgroup.com
• With roughly 80 names, each pick carries real weight; results track the managers' stock selection rather than broad index math.
• Built around long-term capital growth, not cash flow: distributions land once or twice a year.

• JIG Thinly traded next to big index funds, so spreads and order size matter more here than with a heavily traded ETF.
• No index to grade it against. The mandate is long-term capital appreciation from foreign equities, and the route there is the manager's call.jpmorgan.com
• Distributions land once or twice a year, not monthly or quarterly.

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