JTQAX — ESG International Equity
Data updated: 2025-06-26
JTQAX — ESG International Equity. Global (incl. US) Large Cap Growth Thematic Equity · $76.77M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
JTQAX Fund Overview
JTQAX — ESG International Equity is a US mutual fund managed by John Hancock Investment Trust, categorised as Global (incl. US) Large Cap Growth Thematic 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: Global (incl. US) Large Cap Growth Thematic Equity
- Assets under management: $76.77M
- 1-year return: 11.1%
- Ticker: JTQAX
- SEC CIK: 0000022370
- SEC series ID: S000055868
- Share class ID: C000175986
JTQAX Investment Objective and Strategy
ESG International Equity 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 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 stocks of foreign companies having a market capitalization of $2 billion or more at the time of purchase that meet the manager's sustainability criteria. The manager seeks companies meeting its sustainability criteria with high-quality characteristics, including strong or improving environmental, social, and governance (ESG) records. The fund primarily invests in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of foreign companies in a number of developed and emerging markets outside of the United States. The fund defines foreign companies as companies: (i) that are organized under the laws of a country outside the United States; or (ii) that have a minimum of 50% of their assets, or that derive a minimum of 50% of their revenue or profits, from businesses, investments, or sales outside of the United States.
The manager seeks to preserve and build capital over the long term through investing in a diversified portfolio of international-developed and emerging-market stocks of companies it believes are high quality and under-valued. The manager looks for companies with sound governance and a history of responsible financial management that, in its opinion, are capable of consistent profitability over a long time horizon. The manager seeks to fully integrate ESG criteria into the stock selection and portfolio construction process and expresses a preference for best-in-class firms with innovative approaches to the environmental and social challenges their industries, society, and the world face. ""Best-in-class"" refers to firms that the manager views as having better records on ESG criteria than other firms in the same industry or sector.
The manager seeks to identify companies with a demonstrated overall high level of accountability to all stakeholders, including providing safe, desirable, high-quality products or services and marketing them in responsible ways. ESG criteria reflect a variety of key sustainability issues that can influence company risks and opportunities and span a range of metrics including board diversity, climate change policies, water management policies, and supply chain and human rights policies. The fund may focus its investments in a particular sector or sectors of the economy. The fund will avoid investments that in the judgment of the manager have material direct revenues from production of nuclear power, tobacco, and/or weapons/firearms. The manager selects stocks through bottom-up, fundamental research, while maintaining a disciplined approach to valuation and risk control.
The manager may sell a security when its price reaches a set target, if it believes that other investments are more attractive, when in its opinion ESG performance significantly deteriorates, or for other reasons it may determine. The manager employs active shareowner engagement to raise environmental, social, and governance issues with the management of select portfolio companies. Through this effort, the manager seeks to encourage company managements toward greater transparency, accountability, disclosure, and commitment to ESG issues."
JTQAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of ESG International Equity by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.29% |
| Deutsche Telekom AG | 3.40% |
| Sap SE | 2.90% |
| Axa | 2.79% |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited | 2.71% |
| Singapore Telecommunications Limited | 2.50% |
| Schneider Electric SE | 2.29% |
| Naspers Limited | 2.29% |
| Unilever PLC | 2.20% |
| BYD Company Limited | 2.16% |
JTQAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of ESG International Equity by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.6% |
JTQAX Performance
Total returns for JTQAX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 11.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 7.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.9% |
JTQAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for JTQAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.8%
JTQAX Costs and Fees
JTQAX costs about $123 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.23%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.45%
- Portfolio turnover: 28%
- Brokerage commissions: 11.04 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
JTQAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2025-04, ESG International Equity had net outflows of $60.65M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2025-04 | −$5.89M |
| 2025-03 | −$6.37M |
| 2025-02 | −$5.55M |
| 2025-01 | −$2.37M |
| 2024-12 | $1.89M |
| 2024-11 | $611.55K |
JTQAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in ESG International Equity's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
JTQAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official ESG International Equity filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-02-26
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-03-05
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-06-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-03-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-12-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-08
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-01-10
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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.