JHCB Fees and Costs — John Hancock Corporate Bond ETF

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 0.29%: a 0.24% management fee plus 0.22% other expenses, less a 0.17% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 38%.

JHCB Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of JHCB. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.24%
12b-1 fee—
Other expenses0.22%
Gross expense ratio0.46%
Fee waiver−0.17%
Net expense ratio0.29%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

JHCB Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in JHCB, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $184 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.30% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.29%)$30$96$167
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$5$17
Total costs$30$100$184
Value after costs$10,470$11,476$12,579
Impact on return, per year0.30%0.30%0.30%

JHCB Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $155.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 38%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

JHCB Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$42.4M29.84%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$31.8M22.40%
State Street Global Markets, LLC$29.0M20.43%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$8.9M6.26%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$8.3M5.82%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$6.8M4.79%
Barclays Bank PLC$4.7M3.31%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$4.6M3.26%
Deutsche Bank AG$3.7M2.59%
UBS AG$1.8M1.30%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.