JIRE vs TINS

JIREAJPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF

TINSCTempleton International Insights ETF

In short

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.

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

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.

TINS The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.

Why people hold it

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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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