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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001228616-16-000074
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160915
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160921
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160921

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:			Macdonald Edward P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001326085

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08568
		FILM NUMBER:		161895069

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 HOPMEADOW STREET
		CITY:			SIMSBURY
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06089
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            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
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        <signatureName>Ariel Ayanna, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-21</signatureDate>
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                           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, Sarah Coutu,
Thomas Dee, John J. Danello, Kinga Kapuscinski, Suzanne Lambert, Nicholas J.
Kolokithas, Christopher Sechler, Betsy Anne Seel and Steven Sunnerberg, 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 John Hancock Closed-End Funds
(the "Companies") listed in Appendix A 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 12 day of September, 2016.


                                        /s/ Ed Macdonald
                                        --------------------------------------
                                        Ed Macdonald


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                                                                      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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