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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
3.74% -11.55% 603.72M 222266.5
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
6.65% 54.00% -31.55M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek high current income and its secondary investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in debt securities of issuers in emerging market countries.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Emerging Markets Bond
Category Index JPM EMBI Global Diversified TR USD
Global Category Name Emerging Markets Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization Emerging Markets Bond
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg EM USD Aggregate (^BBEMUSDATR)
Prospectus Objective Worldwide Bond
Fund Owner Firm Name Franklin Templeton Investments
Prospectus Benchmark Index
JPM EMBI Global TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Chia-Liang Lian 9.10 yrs
Kevin Ritter 8.76 yrs
Mark Hughes 2.25 yrs
Gordon Brown 0.08 yrs
Michael Buchanan 0.08 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of May 01, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
14.27%
-13.70%
26.59%
7.11%
-0.32%
-20.80%
12.21%
2.65%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-2.92%
14.66%
-12.70%
19.48%
13.98%
-7.19%
-22.87%
16.55%
-3.86%
12.91%
-12.48%
29.88%
3.00%
0.04%
-31.13%
17.08%
5.48%
24.28%
-18.17%
45.14%
-31.12%
-10.88%
-27.78%
21.77%
30.96%
16.32%
-14.13%
25.43%
-2.82%
-7.04%
-14.13%
14.05%
-0.29%
As of May 01, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of February 29, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash -35.97% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 136.0% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek high current income and its secondary investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in debt securities of issuers in emerging market countries.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style --
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Emerging Markets Bond
Category Index JPM EMBI Global Diversified TR USD
Global Category Name Emerging Markets Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization Emerging Markets Bond
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg EM USD Aggregate (^BBEMUSDATR)
Prospectus Objective Worldwide Bond
Fund Owner Firm Name Franklin Templeton Investments
Prospectus Benchmark Index
JPM EMBI Global TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Chia-Liang Lian 9.10 yrs
Kevin Ritter 8.76 yrs
Mark Hughes 2.25 yrs
Gordon Brown 0.08 yrs
Michael Buchanan 0.08 yrs

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