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Franklin Royce Global Small Cap Premier Fund Ser A

Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

As Of: May 31, 2024

Fund Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of smaller companies around the world.

Asset Allocation

Asset Percent
International Equity 48.85%
US Equity 43.71%
Canadian Equity 6.38%
Cash and Equivalents 1.06%

Sector Allocation

Sector Percent
Industrial Goods 20.36%
Industrial Services 17.79%
Technology 14.33%
Real Estate 13.06%
Basic Materials 12.54%
Other 21.92%

Geo Allocation

Region Percent
North America 51.15%
Europe 29.09%
Asia 17.28%
Latin America 1.56%
Other 0.92%

Top Holdings

Name Percent
FirstService Corp 2.40%
Arcosa Inc 2.26%
Colliers International Group Inc 2.20%
MKS Instruments Inc 2.19%
Innospec Inc 2.07%
Haemonetics Corp 2.03%
Restore PLC 2.02%
Hansen Technologies Ltd 2.00%
Marlowe PLC 1.89%
Ufp Industries Inc 1.87%

Category

Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

General Info

Inception Date Jan 03, 1989
MER 2.41%
Total Assets
(in millions)
$202.57

UL Fees

Wave 33 or later
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.25%
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Wealth Dimensions 0.25%
Wave 32 or earlier (2016 or earlier)
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.00%
UL Investment Loan Plan 2.25%
Ultimate Dimension 0.50%

Fund Management Company

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Investment Style

This investment's style box characteristics are Large Blend.

Fund Growth

Period

Growth Summary

Table below lists the current growth and return for an investment of $10,000 at the fund's inception:

Investment Value $92,768.02
Rate of Return +827.68%
Values over period specified.

Legend

Franklin Royce Global Small Cap Premier Fund Ser A

Dow Jones Global Small-Cap TR Index (C$)


Performance

1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception
Fund 3.9 0.0 8.4 1.3 6.4 -2.1 4.6 4.1 7.1
Dow Jones Global Small-Cap TR Index (C$) 3.0 3.6 13.3 7.3 20.5 4.5 8.6 8.6 -
Quartile 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 -

Calendar Performance

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Fund 7.4 -17.5 16.1 9.6 15.2 -13.3 16.3 7.5 7.2 0.0
Dow Jones Global Small-Cap TR Index (C$) 14.6 -13.1 15.5 11.1 20.1 -7.3 15.4 7.5 16.6 9.6
Quartile 4 3 2 3 3 4 2 2 4 4

Volatility

Volatility: 9

Risk vs. Return

Period

Franklin Royce Global Small Cap Premier Fund Ser A

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

Risk & Tax Efficiency

3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 16.17 17.50 14.57
Beta 1.02 1.02 0.99
Alpha -0.06 -0.04 -0.04
R-Squared 0.88 0.92 0.91
Sharpe Ratio -0.23 0.23 0.25
Sortino Ratio -0.33 0.24 0.20
Treynor -0.04 0.04 0.04
Tax Efficiency - 74.98 82.01

Category

Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

General Info

Inception Date Jan 03, 1989
MER 2.41%
Total Assets
(in millions)
$202.57

UL Fees

Wave 33 or later
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.25%
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Wealth Dimensions 0.25%
Wave 32 or earlier (2016 or earlier)
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.00%
UL Investment Loan Plan 2.25%
Ultimate Dimension 0.50%

Fund Management Company

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Investment Style

This investment's style box characteristics are Large Blend.