JHMB
John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF
John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
ETF
Expense ratio1
0.39%
Net assets2
$212.68M
Holdings2
442
Category
Other
2025 return3
8.33%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Aug. 26, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. To seek a high level of current income while seeking to outperform the benchmark over a market cycle.

Strategy. The fund is an exchange-traded fund (ETF), which is a fund that trades like other publicly-traded securities. The fund is not an index fund. The fund is actively managed and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in mortgage-backed securities. The fund may invest in mortgage-related securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. governmental entities and privately issued mortgage-related securities. These may include residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities and to-be-announced mortgage contracts, and may be rated investment grade or below. Investment-grade securities are rated from AAA to BBB- by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or by Fitch … The fund is an exchange-traded fund (ETF), which is a fund that trades like other publicly-traded securities. The fund is not an index fund. The fund is actively managed and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in mortgage-backed securities. The fund may invest in mortgage-related securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. governmental entities and privately issued mortgage-related securities. These may include residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities and to-be-announced mortgage contracts, and may be rated investment grade or below. Investment-grade securities are rated from AAA to BBB- by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or by Fitch Ratings (Fitch) or from Aaa to Baa3 by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys), or comparable rating by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), or their unrated equivalents. Below investment-grade securities are rated BB and below by S&P or Fitch or Ba and below by Moodys, or comparable rating by any NRSRO, or their unrated equivalents. The fund will limit its investment in below investment grade securities to 20% of its net assets at time of purchase. The funds investment policies are based on credit ratings at the time of purchase. There is no limit on the funds average maturity. The manager focuses on bottom-up sector allocation and security selection in making investment decisions. When making sector allocations, the manager considers each sectors place in the business cycle, forward looking trends and historical and technical factors before relative value decisions are made. The manager uses bottom-up fundamental research to find individual securities that appear comparatively undervalued. Under normal market conditions, the fund will not invest more than 5% of its net assets in derivatives transactions. Derivatives transactions include credit default swaps, foreign currency forward contracts, futures contracts, and options. The fund may engage in derivatives transactions to reduce risk and/or obtain efficient market exposure. The funds investments in U.S. government and agency securities may or may not be supported by the full faith and credit of the United States. The fund may trade securities actively. The fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in non-mortgage-backed securities including other asset-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and cash and cash equivalents. The fund may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign governments and corporations. Under normal market conditions, the fund will limit its investments in U.S. dollar-denominated foreign securities (excluding Canadian securities) to 25% of its total assets. The fund may invest in bonds issued by master limited partnerships. Due to the nature of certain of the funds investments, the fund intends to effect a portion of creations and redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind securities.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
JH COLLATERAL $9.05M 4.25%
FNCL 3 4/26 $1.67M 0.79%
FANNIE MAE POOL FN 06/52 FIXED VAR FN $1.59M 0.75%
FNCL 5.5 4/26 $1.50M 0.71%
NY Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2025-299P, Class A NY $1.40M 0.66%
FN CB9643 $1.38M 0.65%
UMBS FNMA $1.36M 0.64%
FANNIE MAE POOL FN 03/52 FIXED 3 FN $1.35M 0.63%
Houston Galleria Mall Trust, Series 2025-HGLR, Class A HGMT $1.26M 0.59%
FREDDIE MAC POOL FR 07/52 FIXED 4 FR $1.23M 0.58%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Jan 31, 2026 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
21
Exited
20
Increased
4
Decreased
316
Unchanged
101

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of April 30, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
John Hancock Investment Management LLC Adviser
Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of August 26, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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