<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001228616-15-000021.txt : 20150630
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001228616-15-000021
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150625
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150630
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150630

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000925683
		IRS NUMBER:				043241844
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
		STREET 2:		601 CONGRESS STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-663-3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
		STREET 2:		601 CONGRESS STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JOHN HANCOCK BANK & THRIFT OPPORTUNITY FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110214

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HANCOCK JOHN BANK & THRIFT OPPORTUNITY FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940728

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HANCOCK JOHN REGIONAL BANK & THRIFT FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940620

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ballard Alison
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001646669

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08568
		FILM NUMBER:		15960144

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JOHN HANCOCK
		STREET 2:		601 CONGRESS STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210
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        <issuerName>JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>601 CONGRESS STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02210</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    </reportingOwner>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kinga Kapuscinski, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-06-30</signatureDate>
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<TEXT>

                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                      FOR
                 JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS COMMON SHARES
                           SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

As an officer, trustee and/or shareholder of John Hancock Closed-End Funds (the
"Companies") listed in Appendix A, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints with full power of substitution each of Ariel Ayanna, Thomas Dee, John
J. Danello, Kinga Kapuscinski, Nicholas J. Kolokithas, Christopher Sechler,
Betsy Anne Seel, Steven Sunnerberg and Andrew Wilkins, acting singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

          (1) Prepare and execute for the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 and
amendments thereto regarding Common Shares of the Companies in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

          (2) File any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendments thereto with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

          (3) Take any other action which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that neither the foregoing attorneys-in-fact nor
the Companies are assuming the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as may be
necessary or appropriate.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 25th day of June, 2015.


                                                     /s/ Alison Ballard
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Alison Ballard

<PAGE>


                                                                      APPENDIX A

                     LIST OF JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS

John Hancock Emerging Markets Income Fund
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
John Hancock Floating Rate High Income Fund
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund
John Hancock Income Securities Trust
John Hancock Investors Trust
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
John Hancock Strategic Diversified Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund


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