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Templeton Global Bond W MDis GBP
Sector:

IA Global Government Bond
Benchmark:

JPM GBI Global GBP

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	31/03/20 to 31/03/21	31/03/21 to 31/03/22	31/03/22 to 31/03/23	31/03/23 to 31/03/24	31/03/24 to 31/03/25
Templeton Global Bond W MDis GBP	-10.70%	4.77%	2.04%	-5.70%	-4.11%
IA Global Government Bond	-4.29%	-3.13%	-3.17%	-1.90%	0.28%
JPM GBI Global GBP	-9.80%	-2.62%	-3.09%	-3.89%	-0.29%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
Templeton Global Bond W MDis GBP	-0.76%	1.33%	-1.77%	-3.07%	-2.91%
IA Global Government Bond	-0.60%	1.28%	1.74%	-1.06%	-2.50%
JPM GBI Global GBP	-2.22%	0.56%	0.02%	-2.52%	-4.10%

Overview

Fund Objective: Templeton Global Bond Fund (the “Fund”) aims to maximise total investment return by achieving an increase in the value of its investments, earning income and realising currency gains over the medium to long term.The Fund invests mainly in:debt securities of any quality issued by governments and government-related entities located in any developed or emerging markets The Fund can invest to a lesser extent in:debt securities of any quality issued by corporations located in any countrydebt securities of supranational entities, such as the European Investment Bank The Fund can use derivatives for hedging, efficient portfolio management and/or investment purposes which are used as an active investment management instrument to gain exposure to markets.The flexible and opportunistic nature of the strategy allows the investment team to take advantage of different market environments. By using in-depth economic, country and security research including detailed risk analysis, Franklin Templeton’s large team of fixed income specialists seek to take advantage of these differences by identifying and investing in fixed income securities with the strongest potential for income, capital growth and currency gain around the world. In making investment decisions, the investment team thoroughly researches various factors that may affect bond prices and currency values.The Fund may distribute income gross of expenses. Whilst this might allow more income to be distributed, it may also have the effect of reducing capital.

Manager name	Franklin Temp Intnl Serv SARL
Manager start date	31 December 2018
Manager Biography	Calvin Ho, Ph.D., is a senior vice president and director of research for Templeton Global Macro. Dr. Ho also serves as a portfolio manager for a number of funds, including Templeton Global Bond Fund, Templeton Global Total Return Fund and Templeton Emerging Market Bond Fund. Templeton Global Macro offers global, unconstrained investment strategies through a variety of investment vehicles ranging from retail mutual funds to unregistered, privately offered hedge funds. Over the last decade, these strategies have collectively received more than 400 awards from various rating agencies globally, including Lipper and Morningstar. Dr. Ho is responsible for shaping the team's research agenda of in-depth global macroeconomic analysis covering thematic topics, regional and country analysis, and interest rate, currency and sovereign credit market outlooks. This includes facilitating broader research efforts leveraging Franklin Templeton's local fixed income investment professionals across global markets. Dr. Ho joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 2005 after obtaining his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley. He has been a core part of the Templeton Global Macro team since 2005, working closely with Dr. Michael Hasenstab as a lead research analyst. He specializes in global macroeconomic analysis and exchange rate modeling, and has served as the lead analyst for economies in Europe, Latin America and Africa. He also has a specialization in analyzing international monetary arrangements. Dr. Ho holds both B.A. and Ph.D. in economics from University of California, Berkeley. His prior research analyzed international monetary arrangements. He is also fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese.

Investment style:	*None
Region (geographical)	Global

Benchmark	JPM GBI Global GBP
Sector	IA Global Government Bond
FE fundinfo Rating	1 of 5

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge	Who receives this?	What is it?	Amount
Initial charge:	The fund manager	Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged.	N/A%
Ongoing Charges:	The fund manager	The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year.	0.86%
Performance Fee:	The fund manager	A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions.	N/A
Typical transaction cost:	The fund manager	The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading.	0.188%*
Dealing commission:	Halifax	The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment.	£9.50 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.
Account charges are not included
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Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 2,518,542,851.11 GBP

Chart date: May 5, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Treasury corp of victoria, local govt guarn, sr unsecured, mtn, 2.00%, 11/20/37	5.82%
Brazil notas do tesouro nacional serie f, notes, unsecured, ntnf, 10.08183%, 1/01/31	5.61%
Malaysia government bond, bonds, sr unsecured, 0417, 3.899%, 11/16/27	4.92%
Norway(kingdom of) 1.5% nts 19/02/26 nok1000	4.86%
Korea treasury bond, bonds, sr unsecured, 2803, 3.25%, 3/10/28	3.66%
Nota do tesouro nacional, 10.00%, 1/01/29	3.47%
United states treasury note/bond, unsecured, 4.25%, 11/15/34	3.12%
Uruguay government international bond, 3.875%, 7/02/40	3.02%
Government of south africa, 9.00%, 1/31/40	2.97%
India government bond, sr unsecured, sr unsecured, 7.18%, 8/14/33	2.83%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Government Bonds	81.14%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	14.28%
Government Bonds	5.43%
Others	-0.84%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
Others	27.49%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	14.28%
Brazil	10.67%
Australia	10.07%
India	9.91%
Malaysia	8.76%
Colombia	7.44%
South Africa	6.73%
United States	4.65%

ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.

Templeton Global Bond W MDis GBP