C000162178 Performance — Franklin Global Market Neutral Fund, Class IS

Data updated: 2023-08-24

C000162178 returned +9.62% over one year to Jun 2023. The annualised 3-year return is +7.45%. The fund beat its Emerging Markets Real Estate category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $124, against $112 for the category, and to $110 over one year, against $103. Volatility over the past three years was 6.01% a year. In the 12 months to Jun 2023 the fund took in a net $34.7M, and assets reached $36.84M.

C000162178 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Franklin Global Market Neutral Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Emerging Markets Real Estate category average over the same months.

PeriodC000162178Category average
1 year (Jul 2022 – Jun 2023)$110$103
3 years (Jul 2020 – Jun 2023)$124$112
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Jun 2023)$117$107

C000162178 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jun 2023, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+9.62%
3 years (annualised)+7.45%

C000162178 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Franklin Global Market Neutral Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2023 (Jan–Jun)+3.94%
2022+8.19%
2021+16.05%
2020−6.79%
2019 (Jul–Dec)−3.66%

C000162178 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023−0.3%+2.0%−1.0%0.0%−0.4%+3.7%——————
2022+2.3%+0.6%−1.6%+1.5%+2.0%−2.2%−0.5%+0.5%+0.9%+2.4%+0.3%+1.8%
2021+2.9%−0.4%+4.0%+0.9%+2.3%−0.3%+1.3%−0.4%−0.1%+0.5%+1.8%+2.9%
2020−1.4%−2.0%−0.6%+2.0%+0.2%−0.2%+1.5%−1.3%−0.4%−0.8%−4.7%+0.7%
2019——————−0.1%−3.3%+1.2%−0.3%−1.4%+0.3%

C000162178 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jul 2020 – Jun 2023.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 6.01%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: 0.49 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +3.95% (Mar 2021)
  • Worst month: −4.66% (Nov 2020)

C000162178 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Franklin Global Market Neutral Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $34.7M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $19.4M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: -1.26×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jun 2023$42K−$630K$673K
May 2023$137K−$671K$808K
Apr 2023$377K−$673K$1.0M
Mar 2023$598K−$644K$1.2M
Feb 2023$314K−$703K$1.0M
Jan 2023$204K−$2.3M$2.5M
Dec 2022$6.7M−$742K$7.5M
Nov 2022$676K−$2.9M$3.6M
Oct 2022$3.4M−$3.1M$6.5M
Sep 2022$4.1M−$770K$4.9M
Aug 2022$1.1M−$385K$1.4M
Jul 2022$1.7M−$1.8M$3.5M

C000162178 Assets Under Management

Net assets of Franklin Global Market Neutral Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2023-06-30$36.84M
2023-03-31$37.08M
2022-12-30$39.43M
2022-09-30$39.82M
2022-06-30$35.59M
2022-03-31$97.12M
2021-12-31$72.60M
2021-09-30$69.81M
2021-06-30$69.65M
2021-03-31$66.69M
2020-12-31$55.91M
2020-09-30$58.25M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.