Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-25
C000156917 — Emerging Markets Equity Fund. Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Consumer Staples Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000156917 Fund Overview
Emerging Markets Equity Fund is a US mutual fund managed by John Hancock Investment Trust, categorised as Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Consumer Staples Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: John Hancock Investment Trust
- Category: Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Consumer Staples Equity
- Assets under management: $1.50B
- 1-year return: 40.2%
- SEC CIK: 0000022370
- SEC series ID: S000049614
- Share class ID: C000156917
C000156917 Investment Objective and Strategy
Emerging Markets Equity Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by John Hancock Investment Trust.
Investment objective
To seek long-term capital growth.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity and equity-related securities of emerging-market issuers. The manager may consider, but is not limited to, the classifications by the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, or the United Nations and its agencies in determining whether a country is an emerging- or a developed-market country. The fund seeks to invest in securities that the manager considers to be undervalued or otherwise offer good prospects for capital growth. The fund intends to invest in equity securities listed on bona fide securities exchanges or actively traded on over-the-counter markets. Equity and equity-related securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, warrants, and other similar securities.
The fund may also invest in other investment companies (including closed-end funds) and other pooled investment vehicles that also invest in developing or emerging market economies. Fundamentals-based stock selection lies at the heart of the manager's investment process, which focuses on high quality companies within a diverse range of dynamic emerging economies. The manager seeks to invest in companies with strong assets that exhibit balance sheet strength, superior management, and high levels of free cash-flow to support a sustainable dividend payout. There is no sector or geographical bias. The fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization. Due to volatile conditions in emerging markets, the fund's investment process may result in a higher-than-average portfolio turnover ratio, which could increase transaction costs.
The fund may attempt to mitigate the risk of unintended currency fluctuations through the use of exchange-listed or over-the-counter financial derivatives instruments, including currency forwards, non-deliverable forwards, currency options, and index options. The fund may also enter into forward currency contracts to facilitate the settlement of foreign securities purchases, repatriation of foreign currency balances, or exchange of one currency to another. The fund may use derivatives such as futures contracts and options on futures contracts to gain market exposure on uninvested cash, pending investment in securities, or to maintain liquidity to pay redemptions.
C000156917 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Emerging Markets Equity Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 14.20% |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 11.55% |
| Tencent Holdings Limited | 5.21% |
| SK hynix Inc. | 5.05% |
| Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.Ltd. | 3.06% |
| MediaTek Inc. | 2.95% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.52% |
| NAURA Technology Group Co. Ltd. | 2.23% |
| NARI Technology Co.Ltd. | 2.14% |
| Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de C.V. | 2.07% |
C000156917 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Emerging Markets Equity Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.7% |
C000156917 Performance
Total returns for C000156917 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 15.4% |
| 1 year | 40.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 14.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -0.1% |
C000156917 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000156917, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 21.5%
C000156917 Costs and Fees
C000156917 costs about $89 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.89%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.05%
- Portfolio turnover: 33%
- Brokerage commissions: 6.51 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000156917 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Emerging Markets Equity Fund had net outflows of $186.57M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $60.77M |
| 2026-03 | $79.72M |
| 2026-02 | −$84.79M |
| 2026-01 | −$74.23M |
| 2025-12 | $14.04M |
| 2025-11 | −$10.33M |
C000156917 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Emerging Markets Equity Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000156917 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Emerging Markets Equity Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-25
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-26
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-03-05
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-30
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-09
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-08
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.