FCEEX
Franklin Emerging Market Core Equity (IU) Fund
Franklin Fund Allocator Series
Expense ratio1
0.00%
Net assets2
$224.97M
Holdings2
223
Category
International Equity
2025 return3
34.77%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Nov. 26, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Funds investment goal is capital appreciation.

Strategy. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of issuers located in emerging market countries." Emerging market countries include those currently considered to be emerging or developing by the United Nations or the countries' authorities or by S&P Dow Jones, Morgan Stanley Capital International or Russell index providers. The Fund considers frontier markets to be a subset of emerging markets and any investments in frontier markets will be counted toward the Funds 80% investment policy. These countries typically are located in the Asia-Pacific region (including Hong Kong), Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central and South America, and Africa. The Fund may invest in equity securities of any capitalization and primarily invests … Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of issuers located in emerging market countries." Emerging market countries include those currently considered to be emerging or developing by the United Nations or the countries' authorities or by S&P Dow Jones, Morgan Stanley Capital International or Russell index providers. The Fund considers frontier markets to be a subset of emerging markets and any investments in frontier markets will be counted toward the Funds 80% investment policy. These countries typically are located in the Asia-Pacific region (including Hong Kong), Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central and South America, and Africa. The Fund may invest in equity securities of any capitalization and primarily invests in common stock, but may also invest in depositary receipts. The Fund's investable universe typically includes equity securities of companies in the MSCI Emerging Market Equity Index. The Fund, from time to time, may have significant investments in one or more countries, such as China. Investments in Chinese companies may be made through a special structure known as a variable interest entity (VIE) that is designed to provide foreign investors with exposure to Chinese companies that operate in certain sectors in which China restricts or prohibits foreign investments. The Fund invests in both growth and value stocks, or in stocks with characteristics of both ("core" style of investing). The investment manager employs a multi-factor selection process that includes using a proprietary model to assign a quantitative factor score for each issuer in the Funds investible universe based on that issuers exposure to quality, value, momentum, alternative factors and conviction factors. Each security is then further analyzed based on the assigned factor scores, but taking into account certain sector weight limits and security weight limit constraints determined by, among others, the portfolio management team.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
TSMC $27.48M 12.22%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD $12.52M 5.56%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD $10.26M 4.56%
BABA-W $6.33M 2.81%
SK HYNIX INC $5.86M 2.61%
MEDIATEK $3.94M 1.75%
DELTA ELEC $3.55M 1.58%
ITAU UNIBAN-PREF $3.14M 1.40%
PETROCHINA CO-A $2.74M 1.22%
TATA CONSULTANCY VSS LTD TCS $2.60M 1.16%
View all holdings →

Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2026 · N-PORT
View portfolio breakdown →

Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
79
Exited
31
Increased
32
Decreased
113
Unchanged
12

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

View portfolio moves →

Similar funds

Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight

Advisers

As of July 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Franklin Advisers, Inc. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of November 26, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

Machine-readable: JSON · Markdown. Programmatic access via the agent surface.