John Hancock Launches Small Company Fund
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John Hancock Funds has completed the adoption of Fiduciary Management Associates’ FMA Small Company Portfolio, and has launched it as the new John Hancock Small Company Fund (JCSAX).
The fund is now available for sale to retail investors
through their financial advisers.
According to a press release, the John Hancock Small
Company Fund seeks maximum, long-term total return, consistent with reasonable
risk to principal, by investing in common stocks of smaller companies in terms
of revenues and/or market capitalization. The fund’s strategy emphasizes a
relative value approach, seeking to identify investment opportunities that are
trading at attractive valuations and have opportunities to expand their
earnings and cash flow prospects.