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JPMorgan UCTS ETFs dividend announced for June 2026
They were quite late with announcing the dividend this time, maybe there will be some kind of permanent shift in ex-date and pay date in the future?
The Directors of JPMorgan ETFs (Ireland) ICAV (the “Company”) wish to announce the following dividends which are ex dividend as of the 21 May 2026, record date as of the 22 May 2026 & payment date is the 05 June 2026:
- JPM Global Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF - USD (dist) IE0003UVYC20 USD 0.324400 per share
- JPM Nasdaq Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF - USD (dist) IE000U9J8HX9 USD 0.302100 per share
- JPM US Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF - USD (dist) IE000U5MJOZ6 USD 0.215000 per share
- JPM Europe Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF - EUR (dist) IE00064TWYK9 EUR 0.336000 per share
Looks like a good month to me 🙂
My thoughts on the "World’s First Autocallable UCITS ETF"
So Calamos has recently launched the "Calamos Autocallable Income UCITS ETF" at the Xetra, LSE and SIX exchanges. It's a monthly paying ETF with a 14% yield.
https://www.calamos.com/about/news/press-releases/2026/worlds-first-autocallable-ucits-etf/
Since understanding autocallables is above my paygrade, I've asked Chat to explain this ETF's strategy;
>The ETF does not simply hold stocks or bonds; instead, it gains exposure through swaps to an index of more than 50 autocallable structured notes that are continuously rolled and refreshed, where each note is typically linked to a stock index such as the S&P 500, pays a fixed coupon as long as the underlying market stays above a specified level, includes a downside barrier often around -40% that defines loss protection, can be called early if market conditions are favorable, and otherwise runs to a maturity of up to around five years if it is not redeemed beforehand.
Right! How I see it this ETF has the following pros and cons:
Pros
- 14% is a juicy yield, especially for a UCITS product
- Monthly payments are always welcome
- Diversification from traditional dividends and covered call ETFs
Cons
- Complex product, quite hard to understand
- Autocallables are still niche and new, unproven
- TER of 0,79 is not the cheapest
- Limited upside, more sensitive to crashes
It's good to see more and more income focused products that become available for European investors. I'm not entirely convinced yet, but will keep an eye on it to see how it performs.
Any thoughts on this one?
This one is pretty new. L&G launched it in January 2026, and it's domiciled in Ireland. It tracks the FTSE Developed All Cap Dividend Growth with Quality index, which picks stocks from developed markets based on dividend growth and quality criteria. Stocks are equally weighted and run through an ESG filter.
The monthly distributions are probably the main draw for income investors. The forward yield is sitting around 3.97%, paid in US dollars. Biggest sector bets are Financials, Industrials, and Utilities, which feels about right for a dividend-quality screen.
At 0.29% TER it's the cheapest option tracking this index, and with around 122 million euros in assets it's got decent size for such a young fund. The equal-weight approach is a nice touch too since it keeps you from being overly exposed to a handful of large-cap names, which is a common issue with market-cap-weighted dividend ETFs.
The one thing to keep in mind is that it only launched a few months ago, so there's basically no track record yet. The yield and methodology look solid on paper, but you won't really know how consistent the distributions are until you've watched it through a few different market conditions.
Ticker: LDGL
ISIN: IE0005AJA0P1
TER: 0.29%
https://fundcentres.landg.com/en/uk/institutional/fund-centre/ETF/Global-Quality-Dividends/