HPF vs BNTC Comparison

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II is the United States based closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its primary objective is to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. The fund's principal investment strategies include to invests a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities, including convertible preferred securities. Its portfolio composition consists of U.S preferred securities, common stocks, foreign preferred securities, corporate bonds, capital preferred securities and short-term investments.

Benitec Biopharma Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the advancement of novel genetic medicines. Its technology has the potential to provide a one-shot cure for a wide range of diseases that are addressed by strict ongoing treatment regimens or that have no effective treatment or only palliative care options. The Company is developing a silence and replace-based therapeutic (BB-301) for the treatment of Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD), a chronic, life threatening genetic disorder.