TACN vs TINS

TACNAT. Rowe Price Active Core International Equity ETF

TINSCTempleton International Insights ETF

In short

TACN T. Rowe Price's index-aware take on developed international stocks: it shadows the MSCI EAFE benchmark while nudging weights, and the fee is waived to 0.00% through January 30, 2027 (0.20% gross).

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

TACN The fund's goal is to achieve long-term capital growth.

TINS The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.

Why people hold it

• TACN Fee waived to zero through January 30, 2027, then the 0.20% gross rate applies. Top-scoring active international peers AVDE (0.23%) and DFIC (0.22%) charge more, with no waiver.troweprice.com
• Built around the MSCI EAFE Index: an optimizer modestly over- and underweights names, targeting tracking error above most passive funds and below most active ones.sec.govtroweprice.com
• Names come from T. Rowe's quant models plus bottom-up fundamental research (valuation, profitability, financial stability, earnings quality), with at least 80% of net assets normally in equities.sec.govtroweprice.com
• Despite being new, it already stands among the strongest-rated funds in a crowded active international equity group, with long-term capital growth as the stated goal.

• 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

• TACN Launched December 10, 2025, so the track record is short and assets are still small. Trading is thin, which can mean wider spreads than at big index rivals.
• The zero fee is contractual, not permanent: it runs through January 30, 2027, after which the 0.20% gross expense ratio kicks in.troweprice.com
• Low tracking error is the design, not a bug. The active tilt is deliberately modest, so the portfolio is built to hug EAFE rather than stray from it.sec.gov

• 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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