John Hancock Investments launches Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF

John Hancock Investments expanded its exchange-traded fund (ETF) product lineup today with the launch of John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF (ticker JHEM). 

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, a company regarded as a pioneer and industry leader in strategic beta investing and subadvisor to 13 existing John Hancock Investments ETFs, was selected to design the underlying emerging-market equity index for the new ETF. The ETF trades on the NYSE Arca.

Dimensional began applying the concept of multifactor investing more than 35 years ago, and the firm is a respected manager in the industry. Dimensional's approach is rooted in decades of academic research into the factors that drive expected returns and it offers a compelling track record of delivering results to investors.