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LU0122613499

Franklin Biotechnology Discovery Fund

As of 31/10/2025

NAV 1

$44,56

 
 

NAV Change 1

$0,26

(0,59%)
As of 30/09/2025

Morningstar Overall Rating™ 2

Sector Equity Biotechnology

Overview

Summary of Fund Objective

To seek long-term investment growth, through growth of capital. The Fund mainly invests in equities of biotechnology companies and discovery research firms of any market capitalisation. This may include companies involved with genomics, genetic engineering and  gene therapy as well as companies involved in the application and development of biotechnology in areas such as health care, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture. These investments may be from anywhere in the world, although the Fund may invest significantly in the US.

Sustainability-related Disclosures

The Fund promotes environmental and social characteristics in accordance with Article 8 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (the “SFDR”) and aims to invest in companies with positive environmental, social, governance (“ESG”) results. 

In its implementation of the Fund’s ESG strategy, the Investment Manager favours issuers with a high-quality and/or an improving ESG profile, as captured by its proprietary ESG methodology. In addition, the Fund applies specific ESG exclusions. 

The Fund’s environmental or social characteristics are assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively, by means of sustainability indicators as well as of the Investment Manager’s proprietary ESG methodology and its research and engagement process further described in the Website disclosure’s dedicated sections. As part of its investment decision making process, the Fund’s ESG strategy also uses binding criteria for the selection of underlying assets. 

Finally, the Fund has a minimum allocation of 10% of its portfolio to sustainable investments. The Fund ensures that its sustainable investments do not cause significant harm to any environmental or social sustainable investment objective.

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Investor Profile

  • Seeking capital appreciation by investing in equity securities.
  • Seeking a growth investment in the biotechnology sector in the U.S. and around the world.
  • Planning to hold their investment for the medium to long term.

What Are The Key Risks?

The value of shares in the Fund and income received from it can go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested. Performance may also be affected by currency fluctuations. Currency fluctuations may affect the value of overseas investments.

  • The Fund invests mainly in equity securities of biotechnology companies. Such securities have historically been subject to significant price movements that may occur suddenly due to market, sector or company-specific factors. As a result, the performance of the Fund can fluctuate significantly over relatively short time periods.
  • Other significant risks include:
    Liquidity risk: the risk that arises when adverse market conditions affect the ability to sell assets when necessary. Such risk may be triggered by (but not limited to) unexpected events such as environmental disasters or pandemics. Reduced liquidity may have a negative impact on the price of the assets.
    Equity risk: prices of equities may be affected by factors such as economic, political, market, and issuer-specific changes. Such changes may adversely affect the value of the equities regardless of company-specific performance.
    Securities Lending risk: the risk that default or insolvency of the borrower of securities lent by a Fund may lead to losses if collateral received realises less than the values of securities lent.

For full details of all of the risks applicable to this Fund, please refer to the “Risk Considerations” section of the Fund in the current prospectus of Franklin Templeton Investment Funds.

Fund Information
Total Net Assets  As of 30/09/2025 (Updated Monthly)
$1,53 Billion
Fund Inception Date 
03/04/2000
Share Class Inception Date 
29/12/2000
Base Currency for Fund 
USD
Base Currency for Share Class 
USD
Benchmark 
NASDAQ Biotechnology Index
Asset Class 
Equity
Investment Manager 
Franklin Advisers, Inc.
Investment Vehicle 
Franklin Templeton Investment Funds
Domicile 
Luxembourg
EU SFDR Category 
Article 8
Minimum Investment 
USD 1000
Charges 4
Initial Charge  As of 30/09/2025
3,00%
Ongoing Charges Figure3  As of 30/09/2025
2,54%
Identifiers
CUSIP Code 
L4058R415
ISIN Code 
LU0122613499
Bloomberg Code 
TEMBDBX LX
SEDOL Code 
7015234
Fund Number 
0733

Fund Managers

Evan McCulloch, CFA®

California, United States

Managed Fund Since 2000

Akiva Felt

California, United States

Managed Fund Since 2020

Performance

Portfolio

Portfolio Holdings

Pricing

Pricing History Chart

As of 31/10/2025 Updated Daily

Share Prices

As of 31/10/2025
NAV1 (Net Asset Value)
$44,56
NAV Change1 
$0,26
NAV Change (%)1 
0,59%
Highest / Lowest NAV
As of 31/10/2025 Updated Daily
Year 
Highest NAV
2025  
$44,56 As on 31/10/2025
2024  
$37,77 As on 19/09/2024
2023  
$32,07 As on 27/12/2023
2022  
$31,77 As on 03/01/2022
2021  
$42,69 As on 08/02/2021
2020  
$39,38 As on 23/12/2020
2019  
$31,07 As on 24/12/2019
2018  
$30,16 As on 29/01/2018
2017  
$29,65 As on 05/10/2017
2016  
$28,15 As on 05/01/2016
Year 
Lowest NAV
2025  
$26,69 As on 08/04/2025
2024  
$31,75 As on 03/01/2024
2023  
$25,25 As on 27/10/2023
2022  
$22,64 As on 13/06/2022
2021  
$29,90 As on 06/12/2021
2020  
$22,41 As on 16/03/2020
2019  
$23,06 As on 02/01/2019
2018  
$21,10 As on 24/12/2018
2017  
$24,00 As on 03/01/2017
2016  
$20,45 As on 08/02/2016

Documents

Product Literature

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Fact Sheet - Franklin Biotechnology Discovery Fund (N (acc) USD)

Regulatory Documents

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Prospectus - Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF)

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Dokument med central information - Franklin Biotechnology Discovery Fund N (acc) USD

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Key Information Documents (Denmark - English) - Franklin Biotechnology Discovery Fund N (acc) USD

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Annual Report (Abridged) - Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF)

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Annual Report (full) - Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF)

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Semi Annual Report (full) - Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF)

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Semi-Annual Report (abridged) - Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF)