To seek long-term investment growth, through growth of capital. The Fund mainly invests in equities of companies of small market capitalisation that are located in, or derive significant business from, Asia (excluding Japan).

The Fund promotes environmental and social characteristics in accordance with Article 8 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (the “SFDR”).

In its implementation of the Fund’s environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) process, the Investment Manager promotes environmental and social characteristics by investing primarily in small-cap companies located or having their principal business activities in the Asia region with an adequate or better ESG profile, as captured by its proprietary ESG methodology.

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

Finally, the Fund has a minimum allocation of 20% of its portfolio to sustainable investments, with a minimum of 5% allocated towards investments with an environmentally sustainable objective and a minimum of 5% allocated towards investments with a socially sustainable objective. The Fund ensures that its sustainable investments do not cause significant harm to any environmental or social sustainable investment objective.

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• Seeking capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of small cap companies located in the Asia region.
• Planning to hold their investment for the medium to long term.

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 smaller companies located in or doing significant business in Asia. Emerging markets have historically been subject to significant price movements, frequently to a greater extent than equity markets globally. As a result, the performance of the Fund can fluctuate considerably over time.
• Other significant risks include: 
  Foreign Currency risk: the risk of loss arising from exchange-rate fluctuations or due to exchange control regulations. 
  Emerging markets risk: the risk related to investing in countries that have less developed political, economic, legal and regulatory systems, and that may be impacted by political/economic instability, lack of liquidity or transparency, or safekeeping issues. 
  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. 
  Chinese Market risk: In addition to typical risks linked to Emerging Markets, investments in China are subject to economic, political, tax and operational risks specific to the Chinese Market. Please also refer to the prospectus for China QFII risk, Bond Connect risk and Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect risk.

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.