John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by John Hancock Funds, LLC. The fund is co-managed by John Hancock Advisers, LLC and Wellington Management Company L.L.P. It invests in the public equity markets across the globe. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in stocks of companies operating across all market capitalizations. The fund also invests in securities by usinf financial derivatives such as futures and options. John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund was formed on May 26, 2011 and is domiciled in the United States.