FRGN vs JIRE

FRGNDHorizon International Equity ETF

JIREAJPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF

In short

FRGN One ticker for developed and emerging markets, steered by quant models instead of an index, with put spreads layered on top. Horizon's international entry launched in December 2025, so the record is still being written.

JIRE EAFE core with a stock-picker's fingerprints. JIRE holds sector and geographic risk close to the MSCI EAFE Index and expresses J.P. Morgan's global analyst calls as small over- and underweights, for 0.29% a year, below the typical active international fee.

Stated mandate

FRGN The fund seeks capital appreciation through active management and quantitative models allocating across developed and emerging markets. It also uses put spreads tactically to enhance total-return potential.

JIRE JIRE seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in foreign developed-market companies. It uses global fundamental research and seeks to outperform the MSCI EAFE Index while maintaining similar sector and geographic risk characteristics.

Why people hold it

• FRGN Developed and emerging markets ride in one actively managed wrapper, so the manager sets the mix rather than an index committee.horizoninvestments.com
• Stock picking runs through multi-factor screens: value, quality, momentum and low volatility. Rules do the ranking, not hunches.horizoninvestments.com
• Put spreads are used tactically alongside the stock book, an options overlay most plain international funds simply do not carry.horizoninvestments.com
• Roughly 250 names across two market tiers, so no single stock or country dominates the outcome.

• JIRE Index-like by design: sector and geographic risk stay close to MSCI EAFE, so stock-level tilts from J.P. Morgan's worldwide research bench do the work.jpmorgan.com
• 0.29% a year, below the median fee in its active international category, and no waiver is propping that up, so there is no expiry date to watch.
• Risk spread wide: roughly 200 stocks across developed markets outside North America, inside a multi-billion-dollar fund.
• Rates as one of the stronger implementations in the active international equity group.

Worth knowing

• FRGN 0.75% a year sits above the norm for active international funds and far above index-plus rivals such as AVDE (0.23%) and DFIC (0.22%).
• It opened in December 2025, so there is no long history to judge the models or the options overlay against.
• Trading is light so far, which can mean wider bid-ask spreads, and distributions land once or twice a year rather than monthly.

• JIRE Hugging the benchmark cuts both ways: differences from EAFE come in small slices from stock selection, not bold sector or country bets.
• Cheaper shelf-mates exist: DFIC at 0.22% and AVDE at 0.23%, plus TACN at 0.20% gross but 0% net of a waiver through January 30, 2027.
• Developed-market holdings are priced in foreign currencies, so moves in the dollar ride along with the stock results.jpmorgan.com

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