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Franklin Royce Global Small Cap Premier Fund Ser A

Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

As Of: Nov 30, 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 48.56%
US Equity 42.22%
Canadian Equity 6.39%
Cash and Equivalents 2.83%

Sector Allocation

Sector Percent
Industrial Goods 18.09%
Industrial Services 17.29%
Real Estate 14.08%
Technology 13.82%
Basic Materials 11.58%
Other 25.14%

Geo Allocation

Region Percent
North America 49.31%
Europe 26.94%
Asia 18.78%
Latin America 1.43%
Other 3.54%

Top Holdings

Name Percent
FirstService Corp 2.48%
Arcosa Inc 2.37%
Colliers International Group Inc 2.29%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 4.15% 01-Oct-2024 2.13%
Hansen Technologies Ltd 2.08%
TKC Corp 2.00%
Littelfuse Inc 1.99%
SEI Investments Co 1.96%
ESAB Corp 1.90%
Haemonetics Corp 1.87%

Category

Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

General Info

Inception Date Jan 03, 1989
MER 2.37%
Total Assets
(in millions)
$210.34

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 $100,109.04
Rate of Return +901.09%
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 5.9 6.2 7.9 9.3 16.9 0.2 4.6 5.3 7.2
Dow Jones Global Small-Cap TR Index (C$) 6.5 10.7 14.1 22.4 29.3 7.9 9.7 9.8 -
Quartile 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 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 16.84 17.78 14.80
Beta 1.05 1.02 0.99
Alpha -0.08 -0.05 -0.04
R-Squared 0.91 0.92 0.91
Sharpe Ratio -0.12 0.21 0.32
Sortino Ratio -0.13 0.24 0.31
Treynor -0.02 0.04 0.05
Tax Efficiency - 75.11 85.65

Category

Global Small/Mid Cap Equity

General Info

Inception Date Jan 03, 1989
MER 2.37%
Total Assets
(in millions)
$210.34

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.