Franklin Asian Equity Fund

Review Date: 07-08-2026

Beginning of Analysis

The 4 star rating shows a very good past performance of the Franklin Asian Equity Fund in International Fund. The Franklin Asian Equity Fund has a Jensen Alpha of 14.32% which is lower than the category average of 14.57%, showing poor performance. The Franklin Asian Equity Fund has a Sharpe Ratio of 0.79 which is lower than the category average of 0.88, showing poor performance.
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Franklin Asian Equity Fund Return Analysis

The Franklin Asian Equity Fund has delivered a mixed performance across various time horizons, showcasing both strengths and challenges when compared to its International Fund peers and the Nifty 500 TRI benchmark. This analysis examines the fund’s returns over periods ranging from one month to ten years, alongside its Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) performance, highlighting its rankings within the International Fund category and its ability to outperform or underperform the benchmark and category averages.

• The fund has given a return of -1.68%, 2.5 and 15.45 in last one, three and six months respectively. In the same period the category average return was 1.55%, 3.79% and 19.65% respectively.
• Franklin Asian Equity Fund has given a return of 41.02% in last one year. In the same period the Nifty 500 TRI return was 5.52%. The fund has given 35.5% more return than the benchmark return.
• The fund has given a return of 20.4% in last three years and rank 3rd out of seven funds in the category. In the same period the Nifty 500 TRI return was 12.94%. The fund has given 7.46% more return than the benchmark return.
• Franklin Asian Equity Fund has given a return of 8.67% in last five years and category average returns is 11.71% in same period. The fund ranked 4.0th out of five funds in the category. In the same period the Nifty 500 TRI return was 12.35%. The fund has given 3.68% less return than the benchmark return.
• The fund has given a return of 10.59% in last ten years and ranked 5.0th out of six funds in the category. In the same period the Nifty 500 TRI return was 13.59%. The fund has given 3.0% less return than the benchmark return.
• The fund has given a SIP return of 39.52% in last one year whereas category average SIP return is 52.1%. The fund one year return rank in the category is 2nd in 5 funds
• The fund has SIP return of 29.06% in last three years and ranks 2nd in 5 funds. Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund has given the highest SIP return (72.45%) in the category in last three years.
• The fund has SIP return of 19.01% in last five years whereas category average SIP return is 17.65%.

Franklin Asian Equity Fund Risk Analysis

• The fund has a standard deviation of 17.85 and semi deviation of 12.57. The category average standard deviation is 16.92 and semi deviation is 11.62.
• The fund has a Value at Risk (VaR) of -21.72 and a maximum drawdown of -12.66. The category average VaR is -18.93 and the maximum drawdown is -13.75. The fund has a beta of 0.48 which shows that fund is less volatile than the benchmark.

Standard deviation measures the fund's return volatility and Semi deviation focuses on downside volatility. Value at Risk (VaR) is a measure of the risk of investments. Maximum Drawdown is the maximum loss from a peak to a trough of a portfolio. Beta measures the volatility of the fund compared to the benchmark. A beta of 1 indicates that the fund will move in line with the benchmark. A beta of more than 1 indicates that the fund will be more volatile than the benchmark and vice versa.

Very Good Performance in International Fund Category

Good Performance in International Fund Category

Poor Performance in International Fund Category

Very Poor Performance in International Fund Category

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