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Templeton Asian Growth Fund

Franklin Templeton Investment Funds
	Templeton Asian Growth Fund
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Price

Ranking

Sector:	Far East-Equity-General
Size:	(USD) 1 700 000 000

Sector Rank:	9 out of 18
(lump sum over 3 years to 30 Apr 2025)

Overall Rank:	394 out of 490
(lump sum over 3 years to 30 Apr 2025)

R20000 invested on 30 Apr 2022 was worth R24 670 at 30 Apr 2025
(7.25% annual compound return)

R5000 per month since 30 Apr 2022 was worth R201 385 at 30 Apr 2025
(7.18% 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.

Allan Lam

Focus and Objective
Long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies incorporated or who have their area of primary activity in Asia (excluding Australia, New Zealand and Japan).

Technical Overview
Benchmark:	MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan index
Allows debit orders	No	Formation date:	30 Jun 1991
Annual Registrar Fee	0.20%	Management fee (p.a.):	1.97%
Base currency:	USD	Minimum lump sum:	$5 000
Broker Comm. Payable	Yes	Minimum monthly:	$1 000
Domicile	Luxembourg	Number of holdings:	84
Exit fee charge:	No	Pricing system:	Forward

Top holdings on 31 Mar 2025

Share (Sector)	Value (USD)	% of fund
TAIWANSEMICON (Technology)	161 670 000	9.51%
TENCENT (Cyclical Goods & Services)	128 010 000	7.53%
ICICIBANK (Banks)	115 600 000	6.80%
ALIBABA (Consumer Services)	89 420 000	5.26%
SAMSUNG (Goods & Services)	71 230 000	4.19%
AIAGROUPLTD (Insurance)	66 810 000	3.93%
HDFCBANK (Banks)	62 050 000	3.65%
MEDIATEK (Media)	56 950 000	3.35%
MEITUANCLASSB (Consumer Services)	54 570 000	3.21%
TOTALS	806 310 000	47.43%