Fidelity Enhanced International ETF

FENI

Market cap $6.28B

The international ETF space has rewarded investors greatly so far in 2025. One particular strategy, FENI, recently crossed $5 billion in AUM.

Clark Allen, head of product at Horizon Investments, and Mike Hagopian, institutional portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, joined host Nate Geraci this week on ETF Prime to discuss how their firms are addressing specific needs in advisor portfolios. Allen discussed Horizon's rapid entry into the ETF space, launching nine ETFs with $1.

Fidelity Enhanced International ETF earns a buy rating for its consistent outperformance and lower risk vs. the MSCI EAFE Index benchmark. FENI's active, factor-based strategy delivers superior total returns, lower volatility, and a lower expense ratio (0.28%) compared to EFA's 0.32%. The ETF features dynamic sector and geographic tilts, emphasizing growth and defensive positions, but relies on a new management team since 2023.

Investors seeking international exposure may want to target companies using a discerning strategy as opposed to simply tracking an all-encompassing index. They can achieve this with the flexibility of an active ETF wrapper with the Fidelity Enhanced International ETF (FENI).

Fidelity Enhanced International ETF is an actively managed ETF in developed markets outside the US and Canada, using quantitative analysis to select stocks. The FENI fund is well-diversified across 300+ holdings, with a tilt toward large caps, Japan, and financials. FENI has outperformed its benchmark, EFA, and major factor-based international ETFs over the past decade.

For many investors, building a diversified portfolio is one of the first steps in investing. Fidelity Investments' extensive range of ETFs offers a powerful toolkit to achieve this.

For investors heavily weighted toward U.S. growth equities, international ETFs could be a useful diversification play for portfolios. Developed-market international equities, particularly in Europe, appear to have significant upside before reaching their long-term valuation levels relative to the S&P 500, according to recent research from Fidelity Investments.

The landscape of international equity ETFs often centers around benchmarks like the MSCI EAFE Index, which measures the performance of developed markets excluding the U.S. and Canada. While passive investing in such broad indexes is a common strategy, active international ETFs may be able to outperform benchmarks and add value to portfolios.

On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi's Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Fidelity Enhanced International ETF (FENI) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. The pair covered various aspects of the fund to give investors a deeper understanding of the ETF overall.

VettaFi's Head of Research Todd Rosenbluth discussed the Fidelity Enhanced International ETF (FENI) on this week's “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe of “Money Life.” For more news, information, and analysis, visit VettaFi | ETF Trends.