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Templeton China Fund
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Price
 
Ranking
Sector: Far East-Equity-General
Size: (USD) 330 110 000
 
Sector Rank: 19 out of 21
(lump sum over 3 years to 28 Feb 2026)
 
Overall Rank: 466 out of 524
(lump sum over 3 years to 28 Feb 2026)
 
R20000 invested on 28 Feb 2023 was worth R20 311 at 28 Feb 2026
(0.52% annual compound return)
 
R5000 per month since 28 Feb 2023 was worth R203 245 at 28 Feb 2026
(7.76% annual return compounded monthly)
 
Please note that offshore fund performance figures are calculated from NAV prices (ie, equivalent to sell-to-sell) and therefore not directly comparable to domestic fund performance figures on this site.
 
Management
Dr Mark Mobius, PhD
Mark Mobius joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 1987 as president of the Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Inc in Hong Kong, with responsibility for all of Templeton's emerging markets activity. In this capacity, he directs the analysts based in Templeton's eleven emerging markets offices and manages the emerging markets portfolios. Dr Mobius has spent over thirty years working in Asia and other parts of the emerging markets world, and has extensive experience in economic research and analysis. Each year he spends over 200 days travelling from one emerging market to another in search of emerging market opportunities. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Investments, from 1983 to 1986 he was president of International Investment Trust Company Ltd - Taiwan's first and largest investment management firm. He had served as a director at Vickers da Costa, an international securities firm. He started in that firm's Hong Kong office in 1980, and then moved to Taiwan in 1983 to open an office and to direct operations in India, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Korea. Before joining Vickers, Dr Mobius operated his own consulting firm in Hong Kong for ten years, and was a research scientist for Monsanto Overseas Enterprises Company in Hong Kong and the American Institute for Research in Korea and Thailand. Dr Mobius holds bachelor and master degrees from Boston University; and received his PhD in economics and political science in 1964 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also studied at the University of Wisconsin, University of New Mexico, and Kyoto University in Japan.
 
Focus and Objective
Long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies located primarily in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
 
Technical Overview
Benchmark: MSCI Golden Dragon Index
Allows debit orders No Formation date: 01 Sep 1994
Annual Registrar Fee 0.20% Management fee (p.a.): 2.12%
Base currency: USD Minimum lump sum: $5 000
Broker Comm. Payable Yes Minimum monthly: $1 000
Domicile Luxembourg Number of holdings: 77
Exit fee charge: No Pricing system: Forward
 
Top holdings on 31 Dec 2025
Share (Sector) Value (USD) % of fund
TENCENT (Cyclical Goods & Services) 31 624 538 9.58%
ALIBABA (Consumer Services) 30 106 032 9.12%
XIAOMI (Technology) 17 363 786 5.26%
CHINACONSTRUC (Banks) 12 379 125 3.75%
PINGINSURANCE (Insurance) 11 289 762 3.42%
NETEASE.COM (Technology) 10 200 399 3.09%
TRIPCOMGROUP (Consumer Services) 10 167 388 3.08%
TOTALS 123 131 030 37.30%

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