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Franklin Emerging Markets Equity Index ETF (FLEM : NEO)

Emerging Markets Equity

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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(12-04-2025)
$22.01
Change
$0.04 (0.18%)
Open $22.00
Day Range $21.97 - $22.02
Volume 110,034

As at October 31, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 29, 2018): 4.85%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 4.70% 14.19% 28.87% 27.86% 27.20% 26.40% 20.98% 9.72% 10.65% 7.23% 7.36% - - -
Benchmark 2.46% 11.46% 24.10% 21.44% 22.29% 24.88% 20.78% 8.55% 8.86% 8.75% 9.50% 6.85% 8.17% 8.71%
Category Average 4.54% 28.71% 28.71% 29.56% 28.91% 25.07% 20.76% 6.68% 7.64% 7.86% 8.40% 5.56% 7.04% 7.43%
Category Rank 120 / 326 203 / 326 203 / 325 219 / 322 222 / 322 115 / 302 142 / 287 61 / 270 47 / 251 167 / 248 156 / 218 - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund -3.00% 2.56% 2.17% -0.46% 0.39% -2.83% 3.85% 5.08% 3.42% 0.90% 8.09% 4.70%
Benchmark -2.18% 2.94% 1.05% -0.22% 0.19% -3.13% 3.89% 3.91% 3.12% 1.69% 6.98% 2.46%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.29% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.86% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 6.65% -0.58% 6.01% -14.08% 9.19% 16.55%
Benchmark 2.69% 7.90% 26.42% -6.05% 15.55% 11.45% 0.08% -12.38% 7.03% 21.65%
Category Average -3.92% 6.53% 28.88% -11.86% 15.06% 17.52% -3.30% -17.32% 8.68% 12.46%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 4 4 1 2 2 1
Category Rank - - - - 221/ 228 244/ 248 11/ 251 70/ 270 125/ 289 73/ 302

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

16.55% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-14.08% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 99.30
Income Trust Units 0.49
Cash and Equivalents 0.22

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 33.54
Financial Services 23.35
Consumer Goods 9.70
Basic Materials 5.03
Industrial Goods 4.96
Other 23.42

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 80.43
Africa and Middle East 10.36
Latin America 6.86
Europe 1.82
North America -0.01
Other 0.54

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 9.46
Tencent Holdings Ltd 4.19
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.46
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.26
HDFC Bank Ltd 1.44
Xiaomi Corp 1.44
SK Hynix Inc 1.26
Reliance Industries Ltd 1.14
China Construction Bank Corp Cl H 1.03
International Holding Co PJSC 1.02

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Franklin Emerging Markets Equity Index ETF

Median

Other - Emerging Markets Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.56% 12.36% -
Beta 1.02% 0.92% -
Alpha 0.00% 0.02% -
Rsquared 0.95% 0.85% -
Sharpe 1.27% 0.67% -
Sortino 3.24% 1.15% -
Treynor 0.16% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 93.04% 86.03% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 11.34% 12.56% 12.36% -
Beta 1.13% 1.02% 0.92% -
Alpha 0.02% 0.00% 0.02% -
Rsquared 0.93% 0.95% 0.85% -
Sharpe 1.95% 1.27% 0.67% -
Sortino 4.82% 3.24% 1.15% -
Treynor 0.20% 0.16% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 97.22% 93.04% 86.03% -

Fund Details

Start Date January 29, 2018
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Semi Annual
Assets ($mil) -
52 Week High $22.79
52 Week Low $16.17
Annual Dividend $0.34
Annual Yield -
Index LibertyQ Emerging Markets Index
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

Franklin Emerging Market Equity Index ETF seeks to replicate, to the extent possible and before fees and expenses, the performance of the Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap CAD Index-NR. It invests primarily in equity securities in emerging markets.

Investment Strategy

In order to achieve its investment objective, Franklin Emerging Markets Equity Index ETF employs a “passive” or indexing investment approach designed to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap CAD Index-NR. The portfolio advisor seeks to achieve, over time, a correlation between this Franklin ETF’s performance, before fees and expenses, and that of the index, of 95% or better.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Franklin Advisory Services, LLC

  • Dina Ting
  • Hailey Harris
  • Joe Diederich
  • Basit Amin

Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC

Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.20%
Management Fee 0.15%

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