John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust - Strategic Income Opportunities Trust (JESPX)

Fund Assets	n/a
Expense Ratio	0.99%
Min. Investment	$0.00
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	1.04
Dividend Yield	8.18%
Dividend Growth	216.95%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Oct 23, 2025

Previous Close	12.77
YTD Return	1.51%
1-Year Return	3.46%
5-Year Return	4.31%
52-Week Low	12.46
52-Week High	13.59
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	528
Inception Date	n/a

About JESPX

JHVIT Strategic Income Opportunities Trust - Series II is an actively managed fixed income mutual fund within the John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, designed to pursue diversified income across global bond markets. The fund employs a flexible, multisector approach, allocating across investment-grade corporates, high yield, securitized assets, emerging markets debt, and government securities, with the ability to adjust duration and credit exposure as conditions change. Its strategy seeks to balance current income with total return by dynamically rotating among sectors and using risk management tools to navigate interest rate and credit cycles. The portfolio is broadly constructed, holding hundreds of securities with a modest concentration in its largest positions, reflecting a diversified implementation of its mandate. Within the trust lineup, the series structure provides share-class specific features while adhering to the same core investment process and objectives. The fund’s long-term record is presented against widely followed bond benchmarks, underscoring its role as a core-plus or opportunistic bond allocation within variable insurance platforms. Overall, JHVIT Strategic Income Opportunities Trust - Series II serves as a flexible income solution spanning multiple fixed income sectors.

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: JESPX
• Share Class: Series II
• Index: Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond TR

Performance

JESPX had a total return of 3.46% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 0.82%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
JVRNX	Nav	0.74%
JESNX	Series I	0.79%

Top 10 Holdings

9.90% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
JH COLLATERAL	n/a	2.23%
United States Treasury Note/Bond - UNITED STATES TREASURY NOTE/BO 02/49 3	T	1.23%
United States Treasury Note/Bond - UNITED STATES TREASURY NOTE/BO 08/32 2.75	T	0.92%
United States Treasury Note/Bond - UNITED STATES TREASURY NOTE/BO 02/33 3.5	T	0.87%
The AES Corporation	AES	0.86%
JAPAN GOVERNMENT TWO YEAR BOND BONDS 12/26 0.6	JGB	0.80%
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BOND UNSECURED 05/34 4.25	NZGB	0.77%
BRAZIL NOTAS DO TESOURO NACION NOTES 01/29 10	BNTNF	0.76%
BRAZIL NOTAS DO TESOURO NACION NOTES 01/27 10	BNTNF	0.74%
NextEra Energy, Inc.	NEE	0.72%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Oct 23, 2025	$1.04433	Oct 24, 2025
Oct 24, 2024	$0.32949	Oct 25, 2024
Oct 24, 2023	$0.41375	Oct 25, 2023
Oct 25, 2022	$0.43131	Oct 26, 2022
Oct 26, 2021	$0.46148	Oct 27, 2021
Oct 26, 2020	$0.20666	Oct 27, 2020

Data Sources: Tiingo, Twelve Data, and more

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Last checked:

Aug 28, 2026

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