Franklin Templeton SMACS Series EM

C000219581 Fund Overview

Franklin Templeton SMACS Series EM is a US mutual fund managed by Templeton Global Investment Trust, categorised as Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

• Type: US mutual fund
• Manager: Templeton Global Investment Trust
• Category: Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
• Assets under management: $2.55M
• 1-year return: 159.9%
• SEC CIK: 0000916488
• SEC series ID: S000068644
• Share class ID: C000219581

C000219581 Investment Objective and Strategy

Franklin Templeton SMACS Series EM describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Templeton Global Investment Trust.

Investment objective

Long-term capital appreciation.

Principal investment strategy

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests predominantly in securities of companies located or operating in emerging market countries. Emerging market countries are currently those considered to be emerging or developing by the United Nations or the countries' authorities or by S&P Dow Jones, Morgan Stanley Capital International or FTSE index providers. The Fund considers frontier markets to be a subset of emerging markets. These countries typically are located in the Asia-Pacific region, Eastern Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa. The Fund invests primarily in the equity securities of emerging market companies, principally common and preferred stocks. 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.

The Fund's investments in equity securities may include investments in the securities of companies of any capitalization, including smaller or mid-size companies. The Fund also invests in American, Global, and European depositary receipts, including both sponsored and unsponsored depositary receipts. The Fund, from time to time, may have significant investments in one or more countries, such as South Korea and Taiwan, or in particular industries or sectors, such as the semiconductor sector, based on economic conditions. In addition to the Fund's main investments, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in the securities of issuers in developed market countries. When choosing equity investments for the Fund, the investment manager applies a fundamental, research-driven, long-term approach, focusing on companies with sustainable earnings power that are trading at a discount to intrinsic worth.

In assessing individual investment opportunities, the investment manager considers a variety of factors, including a companys profit and loss outlook, balance sheet strength, cash flow trends and asset value in relation to the current price of the companys securities. The investment manager also focuses on incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors throughout the investment process, including the Funds security-selection and portfolio construction process. The Fund focuses on companies with appropriate and/or good management of material ESG issues, and in analyzing ESG factors, the investment manager conducts a materiality-based ESG assessment through both in-depth research and engagement with companies as appropriate to assess how a company's practices are aimed at improving or maintaining the ESG footprint of its operating model.

The following provides examples of ESG elements that can be taken into consideration when assessing a company: Environmental considerations, which can include issues such as resource efficiency, carbon emissions management, waste prevention and recycling and pollution prevention and control. Social considerations, which can include issues such as labor standards, fair wages, diversity and gender balance, health and safety practices and product safety. Governance considerations, which can include issues such as appropriate accounting practices, alignment of interests, board effectiveness, capital allocation, shareholder rights and quality of disclosures. In addition, the investment manager assesses the potential for improvement through the Funds engagement as an active owner. These are targeted engagements with specific goals and objectives based on scope for improvement.

The investment manager seeks companies that are good or improving stewards aligned with shareholder interest and the investment managers governance assessment includes regular dialogue with companies, monitoring material ESG issues and voting proxies. The Fund also applies specific ESG exclusions, including companies which, according to the investment managers analysis: repeatedly and/or seriously violate the United Nations Global Compact Principles; manufacture nuclear or controversial weapons defined as anti-personnel mines, biological & chemical weaponry, depleted uranium and cluster munitions or those that manufacture components intended for use in such weapons (companies that derive more than 5% revenue from any other weapons are also be excluded); derive more than 25% of their revenue from thermal coal extraction; or manufacture tobacco or tobacco products.

The investment manager may consider selling an equity security when it believes the security has become overvalued due to either its price appreciation or changes in the companys fundamentals, when there is significant deterioration of its ESG factors, or when the investment manager believes another security is a more attractive investment opportunity.

C000219581 Holdings

Top 10 holdings of Franklin Templeton SMACS Series EM by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

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C000219581 Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of Franklin Templeton SMACS Series EM by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000219581 Performance

Total returns for C000219581 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

C000219581 Risk Information

Risk metrics for C000219581, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

• 1-year volatility (annualised): 42.7%

C000219581 Costs and Fees

C000219581 costs about $0 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

• Net expense ratio: 0.00%
• Gross expense ratio: 9.97%
• Portfolio turnover: 18%
• Brokerage commissions: 2.59 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

C000219581 Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-05, Franklin Templeton SMACS Series EM had net outflows of $46.44K, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

C000219581 Debt Constituents

No individual debt constituents are reported in Franklin Templeton SMACS Series EM's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000219581 Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official Franklin Templeton SMACS Series EM filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-23
• Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-27
• Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-03-22
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-27
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
• Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-27
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-10
• Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-11-12

Related Funds

Other Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity funds tracked on ABC INVEST:

• Delaware Emerging Markets Fund (DEMAX)
• WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (DEM)
• Martin Currie SMASh Series EM Fund (LCSMX)
• Invesco Developing Markets Fund (GTDDX)
• Emerging Markets ex China Core Equity Portfolio (DAADX)

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.