FKSRX — Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-10
FKSRX — Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Long Total / Aggregate Bond · $2.75B AUM · 0.97% expense ratio · 4.7% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FKSRX Fund Overview
FKSRX — Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Franklin Strategic Series, categorised as Long 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: Franklin Strategic Series
- Category: Long Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $2.75B
- 1-year return: 4.7%
- Ticker: FKSRX
- SEC CIK: 0000872625
- SEC series ID: S000006879
- Share class ID: C000018624
FKSRX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Franklin Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund | 8.69% |
| United States of America | 4.34% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 3.38% |
| Gnma | 3.03% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 2.91% |
| Fnma | 2.69% |
| United States of America | 1.73% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 1.65% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 1.63% |
| United States of America | 1.59% |
FKSRX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 56.7% |
| Securitized | 53.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 8.7% |
| Loans | 2.9% |
FKSRX Performance
Total returns for FKSRX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.3% |
| 1 year | 4.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.6% |
FKSRX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FKSRX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.3%
FKSRX Costs and Fees
FKSRX costs about $97 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.97%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.10%
- Portfolio turnover: 156%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.21 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FKSRX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund had net inflows of $270.80M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $66.91M |
| 2026-03 | $31.34M |
| 2026-02 | $38.31M |
| 2026-01 | $26.91M |
| 2025-12 | $23.24M |
| 2025-11 | $37.60M |
FKSRX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States of America | 4.34% |
| United States of America | 1.73% |
| United States of America | 1.59% |
| United States of America | 1.41% |
| United States of America | 1.32% |
| United States of America | 1.00% |
| United States of America | 0.89% |
| United States of America | 0.61% |
| United States of America | 0.61% |
| Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital | 0.52% |
FKSRX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.