WisdomTree Asia Pacific ex-Japan Fund (AXJL) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the WisdomTree Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index, focusing on dividend-paying companies in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan. The fund invests in public equity markets across diversified sectors, targeting growth and value stocks of large-cap companies incorporated primarily in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand; it employs a representative sampling technique and weights holdings based on annual cash dividends paid. Launched on June 16, 2006, by WisdomTree Trust under the management of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc., a subsidiary of WisdomTree, Inc., the fund is domiciled in the United States.
The fund provides exposure to high-dividend-yielding equities in the specified region, with assets under management of approximately $22.92 million, a net expense ratio of 0.48%, and a dividend yield of around 4.07% as of recent data. It serves investors seeking regional diversification outside Japan, with operations tied to WisdomTree's global ETF platform headquartered in New York.
WisdomTree, Inc., the parent sponsor founded in 1985 and based at 250 West 34th Street in New York, has undergone significant strategic changes recently, including the completion of its acquisition of Ceres Partners, LLC, a premier U.S. farmland investment manager with nearly $2 billion in assets, on October 2, 2025, marking its entry into private asset markets. In November 2025, WisdomTree announced a $2.5 million strategic minority investment in AlphaBeta ETF Ltd., an Israeli fintech firm, to accelerate AI-driven ETF innovation and collaboration on quantitative strategies. These moves, alongside record assets under management of $126.1 billion reported in Q2 2025 and new ETF launches such as the GeoAlpha Opportunities Fund and Inflation Plus Fund earlier in the year, reflect WisdomTree's expansion into alternatives, tokenization, and diversified revenue streams. Note that as of June 9, 2020, public records indicated the fund had gone out of business, though trading data persists into 2025; investors should verify current status.