Templeton International Bond Fund
Data updated: 2025-08-26
C000055046 — Templeton International Bond Fund. Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond · $19.89M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000055046 Fund Overview
Templeton International Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Templeton Income Trust, categorised as Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Templeton Income Trust
- Category: Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $19.89M
- 1-year return: 9.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000795402
- SEC series ID: S000019674
- Share class ID: C000055046
C000055046 Investment Objective and Strategy
Templeton International Bond Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Templeton Income Trust.
Investment objective
Current income with capital appreciation and growth of income.
Principal investment strategy
"Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in ""bonds."" Bonds include debt obligations of any maturity, such as bonds, notes, bills and debentures. The Fund invests predominantly in bonds issued by governments, government-related entities and government agencies located outside the U.S. Bonds may be denominated and issued in the local currency or in another currency. The Fund may also invest in inflation-indexed securities and securities or structured products that are linked to or derive their value from another security, asset or currency of any nation. In addition, the Fund's assets are invested in issuers located in at least three countries. The Fund may invest without limit in developing markets. The Fund is a ""non-diversified"" fund, which means it generally invests a greater portion of its assets in the securities of one or more issuers and invests overall in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund.
Although the Fund may buy bonds rated in any category, it focuses on ""investment grade"" bonds. These are issues rated in the top four rating categories by at least one independent rating agency, such as Standard & Poor's (S&P®) or Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) or, if unrated, determined by the Fund's investment manager to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest up to 35% of its total assets in bonds that are rated below investment grade or if unrated, determined by the investment manager to be of comparable quality. Generally, lower rated securities pay higher yields than more highly rated securities to compensate investors for the higher risk. The Fund may invest in debt securities of any maturity, and the average maturity of debt securities in the Fund's portfolio will fluctuate depending on the investment manager's outlook on changing market, economic, and political conditions.
For purposes of pursuing its investment goals, the Fund regularly enters into various currency related transactions involving derivative instruments, principally currency and cross currency forwards, but it may also use currency and currency index futures contracts. The Fund maintains extensive positions in currency related derivative instruments as a hedging technique or to implement a currency investment strategy, which could expose a large amount of the Fund's assets to obligations under these instruments. The results of such transactions may represent, from time to time, a large component of the Fund's investment returns. The use of these derivative transactions may allow the Fund to obtain net long or net negative (short) exposure to selected currencies. The Fund may also enter into various other transactions involving derivatives, including interest rate/bond futures and swap agreements (which may include interest rate and credit default swaps).
These derivative instruments may be used for hedging purposes, to enhance returns, or to obtain net long or net negative (short) exposure to selected, interest rates, countries, durations or credit risks. When choosing investments for the Fund, the investment manager allocates the Fund's assets based upon its assessment of changing market, political and economic conditions. It considers various factors, including evaluation of interest rates, currency exchange rate changes and credit risks. The investment manager may consider selling a security when it believes the security has become fully valued due to either its price appreciation or changes in the issuer's fundamentals, or when the investment manager believes another security is a more attractive investment opportunity."
C000055046 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Templeton International Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Institutional Fiduciary Trust - Money Market Portfolio | 12.81% |
| Arab Republic of Egypt | 4.87% |
| Republic of Korea | 4.32% |
| Federative Republic of Brazil | 4.29% |
| Kingdom of Spain | 4.26% |
| Federation of Malaysia | 3.69% |
| International Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 3.39% |
| Treasury Corp. of Victoria | 3.37% |
| Oriental Republic of Uruguay | 3.18% |
| Federative Republic of Brazil | 3.04% |
C000055046 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Templeton International Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 76.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 20.1% |
| Derivatives | 0.7% |
C000055046 Performance
Total returns for C000055046 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 9.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 1.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -2.2% |
C000055046 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000055046, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.3%
C000055046 Costs and Fees
C000055046 costs about $129 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.29%
- Gross expense ratio: 2.63%
- Portfolio turnover: 39%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000055046 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2025-06, Templeton International Bond Fund had net outflows of $869.68K, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2025-06 | −$941.14K |
| 2025-05 | −$240.88K |
| 2025-04 | −$85.22K |
| 2025-03 | −$1.51M |
| 2025-02 | −$383.70K |
| 2025-01 | $1.75M |
C000055046 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Templeton International Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Republic of Korea | 4.32% |
| Federative Republic of Brazil | 4.29% |
| Kingdom of Spain | 4.26% |
| Federation of Malaysia | 3.69% |
| International Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 3.39% |
| Treasury Corp. of Victoria | 3.37% |
| Oriental Republic of Uruguay | 3.18% |
| Federative Republic of Brazil | 3.04% |
| Republic of Colombia | 2.55% |
| Republic of South Africa | 2.42% |
C000055046 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Templeton International Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-25
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-04-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-08-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-02-24
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-03-08
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.