JISAX — International Small Company Fund
Data updated: 2025-07-29
JISAX — International Small Company Fund. Developed ex-US Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $123.40M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
JISAX Fund Overview
JISAX — International Small Company Fund is a US mutual fund managed by John Hancock Funds II, categorised as Developed ex-US Small Cap Blend / Core 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 Funds II
- Category: Developed ex-US Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $123.40M
- 1-year return: 11.3%
- Ticker: JISAX
- SEC CIK: 0001331971
- SEC series ID: S000009779
- Share class ID: C000128520
JISAX Investment Objective and Strategy
International Small Company Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by John Hancock Funds II.
Investment objective
To seek long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of small-cap companies in the particular markets in which the fund invests. Based on market capitalization data as of October 31, 2017, the maximum market capitalization range of companies eligible for purchase by the fund was approximately $1.8 billion to $6.9 billion, depending on the country. The fund will primarily invest in a broad and diverse group of equity securities of foreign small companies of developed markets, but may also hold equity securities of companies located in emerging markets. The fund invests its assets in securities listed on bona fide securities exchanges or traded on the over-the-counter markets, including dual-listed securities, either within or outside the issuer's domicile country.
The manager measures company size on a country- or region-specific basis and based primarily on market capitalization. In the countries or regions authorized for investment, the manager first ranks eligible companies based on market capitalizations and then determines the universe of eligible stocks by defining the maximum market capitalization of a small company that may be purchased by the fund with respect to each country or region. These thresholds will vary based on market conditions. The fund intends to use a market-capitalization-weighted approach in seeking to set country weights based on the relative market capitalizations of eligible small companies within each country (see below). Weightings of certain countries may vary from their weightings in international indexes. The fund may also use derivatives such as futures contracts and options on futures contracts to adjust market exposure based on expected cash inflows to or outflows from the fund.
Futures contracts and options on futures contracts may be for foreign or U.S. equity securities and indexes. The fund may also enter into forward currency contracts to facilitate settlement of equity purchases of foreign securities, repatriation of foreign currency balances, or currency exchange. In addition to cash, money market instruments, and other short-term investments, the fund may invest in affiliated and unaffiliated unregistered money market funds to manage cash pending investment, to maintain liquidity to pay redemptions, to make other anticipated cash payments, or for other purposes. Investments in money market funds may involve a duplication of certain fees and expenses. The fund does not seek current income as an investment objective and investments will not be based on an issuer's dividend payment policy or record, although many of the companies in which the fund invests do pay dividends.
The manager may, in its discretion, invest in countries authorized by its Investment Committee, depending upon factors such as asset growth in the fund and market characteristics. Other countries may be authorized for investment in the future, and the fund may continue to hold investments in countries previously but not currently authorized. The fund may focus its investments in a particular sector or sectors of the economy. Market-capitalization-weighted approach The fund uses market capitalization weighting to determine individual security weights and, where applicable, country or region weights. Market-capitalization weighting means each security is generally purchased based on the issuer's relative market capitalization. Market-capitalization weighting will be adjusted by the manager for a variety of factors, including free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity management, profitability, and market conditions, among others.
The manager may deviate from market-capitalization weighting to limit or fix the exposure of the fund to a particular country or issuer to a maximum proportion of fund assets and may exclude the stock of a company that meets applicable market-capitalization criteria at its discretion. These adjustments will result in a deviation from traditional market-capitalization weighting. Country weights may be based on the total market capitalization of companies within each country and may take into consideration the free float of companies within a country or whether these companies are eligible to be purchased for the particular strategy. In addition, to maintain a satisfactory level of diversification, the Investment Committee may limit or adjust the exposure to a particular country or region to a maximum proportion of the assets of that vehicle.
Country weights may also deviate from target weights due to general day-to-day trading patterns and price movements.
JISAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of International Small Company Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Jh Collateral | 2.90% |
| Belimo Holding AG | 0.34% |
| BAWAG Group AG | 0.33% |
| Imcd N.v. | 0.28% |
| PSP Swiss Property AG | 0.27% |
| Spie SA | 0.27% |
| Hensoldt AG | 0.26% |
| Gaztransport Et Technigaz | 0.25% |
| Telecom Italia SpA | 0.25% |
| LEG Immobilien SE | 0.25% |
JISAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of International Small Company Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.3% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.9% |
JISAX Performance
Total returns for JISAX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 11.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 7.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 10.2% |
JISAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for JISAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.8%
JISAX Costs and Fees
JISAX costs about $133 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.33%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.34%
- Portfolio turnover: 9%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.11 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
JISAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2025-05, International Small Company Fund had net outflows of $428.21M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2025-05 | −$903.50K |
| 2025-04 | −$3.71M |
| 2025-03 | −$126.60M |
| 2025-02 | −$200.66M |
| 2025-01 | −$86.92M |
| 2024-12 | $29.60M |
JISAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in International Small Company Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
JISAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official International Small Company Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-20
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-21
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2022-12-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-07-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-04-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-01-28
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-11-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-11-08
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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.