Franklin Templeton Investments

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Franklin Templeton Investments is a global investment management organisation headquartered in San Mateo, California. As of 30 April 2009, Franklin Templeton Investments has more than 55 offices in over 30 countries, over 60 years of investment experience, and management of over US$421 billion for more than 21 million investor accounts worldwide.

Investment Philosophy
- Franklin is reputed as a fixed income and money market specialist, utilising the growth style in equity investing. Its funds employ a strict investment style dedicated to seeking solid, long-term performance. These funds also share a disciplined investment process integrating bottom-up research and collaborative analysis of critical investment themes that help Franklin's seasoned team of investment professionals identify companies they believe offer the greatest potential for growth.
  
  Templeton's strength lies in global equity and emerging markets equities, using the value approach. Templeton believes that investors should look globally to take advantage of foreign growth opportunities instead of limiting investments to only one country. With this vision, Templeton created a disciplined, long-term, bottom-up approach to identifying bargain stocks worldwide.
  
  Franklin Mutual Advisers are known for their expertise in the US and European equity markets, specialising in identifying 'special situation' investments using the value approach.

Unit Trusts You Can Invest In:

Unit Trust/ Launch Date	Investment Objective	Investment Amount	Management Fee (p.a.)	CPFIS-Approv-ed
FTIF - Templeton Asian Growth Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities listed in Asia (excluding Australia, New Zealand and Japan).	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	1.35%	SRS
FTIF - Templeton Emerging Markets Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	Long-term capital growth by investing mainly in equity securities of emerging market companies, or those companies which derive a significant proportion of their revenues or profits from emerging economies.	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	1.60%	SRS
FTIF - Templeton Global Balanced Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation and current income by investing principally in equity and government debt securities issued by entities throughout the world, including emerging markets. The majority of the Fund’s portfolio is normally invested in equity or equity-linked securities.	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	0.80%	OA/SA/SRS
FTIF - Templeton Global Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity and debt obligations of companies and governments of any nation throughout the world, including emerging markets. The Fund invests principally in common stocks.	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	1.00%	OA/SRS
FTIF - Templeton Korea Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of issuers incorporated or having their principal business activity in Korea.	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	1.60%	SRS
FTIF - Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	The Fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing principally in US equity securities with no more than 30% of the Fund’s net assets invested in securities of non-US issuers. The Fund may also seek to invest in the securities of companies involved in mergers, consolidations, liquidations and reorganisations. To a lesser extent, the Fund may also purchase debt securities of companies involved in reorganisation or financial restructuring.	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	1.00%	SRS
FTIF - Templeton Thailand Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	Long-term capital appreciation by investing mainly in the equity securities of companies incorporated or having their principal business activities in Thailand.	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	1.60%	SRS
FTIF - Templeton Global Equity Income Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	To provide a combination of current income and long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions the Fund will invest in a diversified portfolio of equity securities worldwide.	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	1.00%	OA/SRS
FTIF - Franklin Biotechnology Discovery Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	The Fund aims to achieve capital appreciation by investing principally in equity securities of biotechnology companies and discovery research firms mainly located in the US.	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	1.00%	SRS
FTIF - Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund A(ACC) SGD Launch Date: 25 Oct 2007	The Fund aims to achieve capital appreciation by investing principally in equity securities of US companies believed to possess sustainable growth characteristics and which meet growth, quality and valuation criteria. These include small, medium, and large capitalisation companies with strong growth potential across a wide range of sectors that have exceptional growth potential and fast growing, innovative companies within these sectors.	Minimum S$1,000 Subsequent S$500	1.00%	OA/SRS

CPFIS = CPF Investment Scheme
SRS = Supplementary Retirement Scheme
OA = Using funds from CPF Ordinary Account
SA = Using funds from CPF Special Account

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Notes
The information provided herein is strictly for general information only and should not be considered as an offer, or solicitation, to deal in any of the unit trusts mentioned herein. Investors may wish to seek advice from a financial adviser before making a commitment to invest in units of the relevant fund. In the event that an investor chooses not to seek advice from a financial adviser, the investor should consider whether the fund is suitable for him. Investments in the unit trusts are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed or insured by the Investment Manager or United Overseas Bank Group. Investments are subject to investment and foreign exchange risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested. The value of the units and the income from them may fall as well as rise. The Investment Manager's past performance is not indicative of its future performance. Any forecast made is not necessarily indicative of future or likely performance of the unit trusts. All applications for units in the unit trusts must be made on the application forms accompanying the relevant prospectuses. Investors should read the prospectuses for details.

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