JAFWX — Short Term Government Income Trust
Data updated: 2026-05-29
JAFWX — Short Term Government Income Trust data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Short Treasury / Sovereign Bond · $249.49M AUM · 0.90% expense ratio · 3.0% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
JAFWX Fund Overview
JAFWX — Short Term Government Income Trust is a US mutual fund managed by John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, categorised as Short Treasury / Sovereign Bond. 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 Variable Insurance Trust
- Category: Short Treasury / Sovereign Bond
- Assets under management: $249.49M
- 1-year return: 3.0%
- Ticker: JAFWX
- SEC CIK: 0000756913
- SEC series ID: S000024662
- Share class ID: C000073239
JAFWX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Short Term Government Income Trust by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 25.93% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 13.62% |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | 5.37% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 3.99% |
| Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation | 3.98% |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | 3.47% |
| Jh Collateral | 2.77% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.63% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.37% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.20% |
JAFWX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Short Term Government Income Trust by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 89.7% |
| Securitized | 8.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.8% |
JAFWX Performance
Total returns for JAFWX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -0.1% |
| 1 year | 3.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 3.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 0.6% |
JAFWX Risk Information
Risk metrics for JAFWX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 1.9%
JAFWX Costs and Fees
JAFWX costs about $90 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.90%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.91%
- Portfolio turnover: 487%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
JAFWX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Short Term Government Income Trust had net outflows of $1.04M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $3.36M |
| 2026-02 | −$2.46M |
| 2026-01 | $5.45M |
| 2025-12 | −$1.86M |
| 2025-11 | $1.85M |
| 2025-10 | −$562.84K |
JAFWX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Short Term Government Income Trust by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 25.93% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 13.62% |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | 5.37% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 3.99% |
| Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation | 3.98% |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | 3.47% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.63% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.37% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.20% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.01% |
JAFWX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Short Term Government Income Trust filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.