JHS vs IVA Comparison

John Hancock Income Securities Trust is a United States-based closed-ended diversified management investment company. Its primary objective is to generate a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment risk. The fund invests its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in income securities, consisting of marketable corporate debt securities, governmental obligations, and cash & commercial paper.

Inventiva SA is a France-based biopharmaceutical company specialized in developing drugs that impact on nuclear receptors, transcription factors and epigenetic modulation. The company is focused on developing its product candidate, lanifibranor, for the treatment of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a disease for which there are currently no approved therapies. The company is also involved in developing a portfolio of pre-clinical therapy programs. It operates in the segment of Service delivery and clinical stage research, notably into therapies in the areas of oncology, fibrosis, and rare diseases. All the company's operations are in France. Majority of the group's revenue is derived from its research partnerships with AbbVie and BI.