Should I invest in Franklin Asian Equity Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 36.8%. 5-year CAGR: 5.16%.

Franklin Templeton

Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW

Latest NAV

₹20.4488

As of

24 Jul 2026

4,552 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	-2.21%	-0.24%	-1.97	122 / 122	Q4
1W	-0.41%	-1.20%	+0.79	24 / 122	Q1
2W	-3.59%	-1.38%	-2.21	116 / 122	Q4
1M	-4.47%	-0.33%	-4.14	119 / 122	Q4
3M	+7.61%	+2.77%	+4.84	19 / 122	Q1
6M	+14.86%	+4.75%	+10.12	25 / 122	Q1
YTD	+21.50%	+0.21%	+21.29	3 / 122	Q1
1Y	+35.62%	+1.48%	+34.14	2 / 120	Q1
2Y	+24.81%	+1.54%	+23.28	2 / 116	Q1
3Y	+17.19%	+13.01%	+4.18	35 / 114	Q2
4Y	+12.81%	+14.55%	-1.74	67 / 106	Q3
5Y	+5.16%	+11.72%	-6.56	92 / 104	Q4
7Y	+6.45%	+14.88%	-8.43	90 / 99	Q4
10Y	+4.69%	+11.23%	-6.54	85 / 93	Q4
Inception	+4.23%	+10.97%	-6.74	113 / 122	Q4

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2026 YTD	+21.50%	+0.11%	+21.39	3 / 118
2025	+23.49%	+3.20%	+20.29	3 / 115
2024	+14.32%	+19.60%	-5.28	78 / 113
2023	-2.26%	+31.56%	-33.81	108 / 108
2022	-16.87%	+2.19%	-19.05	98 / 104
2021	-10.66%	+32.41%	-43.07	102 / 102
2020	+20.26%	+18.32%	+1.94	32 / 100
2019	+20.08%	+5.50%	+14.58	9 / 97
2018	-19.96%	-10.07%	-9.89	79 / 94
2017	+23.91%	+30.10%	-6.19	64 / 93
2016	-2.12%	-0.25%	-1.87	48 / 93

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+5.82%

214 windows

min -34.1% · max 71.4%

66% positive

3-Year rolling

+3.29%

190 windows

min -14.2% · max 22.9%

64% positive

5-Year rolling

+2.57%

165 windows

min -6.3% · max 17.6%

68% positive

7-Year rolling

+2.28%

141 windows

min -2.6% · max 12.0%

74% positive

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

Period

Total invested

₹ —

Today's value

₹ —

XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

13.79%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.81

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

1.59

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-15.51%

Jul 2023 → Jan 2024

% positive months

63.9%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Peers in Sectoral/Thematic Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Banking & Financial Services Fund - Growth Option	HDFC	₹17.7760	24 Jul 2026
Nippon India Japan Equity Fund- Growth Plan- Bonus Option	Nippon India	₹27.1441	24 Jul 2026
SBI COMMA Fund - REGULAR PLAN - Growth	SBI	₹114.8349	24 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Active Momentum Fund - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹10.5800	24 Jul 2026
Franklin Asian Equity Fund - Growth Plan	Franklin Templeton	₹43.3220	24 Jul 2026
Franklin India Multi-Factor Fund- Growth	Franklin India	₹9.3942	24 Jul 2026
Kotak Infrastructure & Economic Reform Fund - Standard Plan-Growth	Kotak	₹68.1110	24 Jul 2026
CANARA ROBECO INFRASTRUCTURE FUND - REGULAR PLAN - GROWTH OPTION	Canara Robeco	₹166.1100	24 Jul 2026
UTI - MNC Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option	UTI	₹392.8627	24 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Consumption Fund -Regular - IDCW	Birla Sun Life	₹35.4300	24 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
24 Jul 2026	₹20.4488
23 Jul 2026	₹20.9115
22 Jul 2026	₹20.7322
21 Jul 2026	₹20.8310
20 Jul 2026	₹20.4889
17 Jul 2026	₹20.5340
16 Jul 2026	₹20.9647
15 Jul 2026	₹21.2267
14 Jul 2026	₹20.8402
13 Jul 2026	₹20.8334

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

As of 24 Jul 2026, the NAV of Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW is ₹20.4488. It's a Sectoral/Thematic Fund from Franklin Templeton, run as a Unknown plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW has NAV history starting from 17 Jan 2008, a track record of about 18 years 6 months. Long-tenured funds like this have weathered multiple market cycles — the 2008 crash, 2013 taper tantrum, 2020 COVID drawdown — which makes their returns more credible than a 3-year track record alone.

Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW is managed by Franklin Templeton. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Sectoral/Thematic Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 35.62% — +34.14 pp ahead of the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 1.48%. The fund ranks #2 of 120 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 17.19% — +4.18 pp ahead of the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 13.01%. The fund ranks #35 of 114 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 5.16% — -6.56 pp behind the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 11.72%. The fund ranks #92 of 104 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹158,083 today — a multiplier of 1.58×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 4.69%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹289,792.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹901,939 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 16.31%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,797,200 (multiplier 1.50×). XIRR: 7.83%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW ranks #92 out of 104 funds in the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 11.72%; this fund delivered 5.16%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 36.78% — its NAV fell from a high on 25 Oct 2021 to a low on 25 Oct 2022. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 5-year rolling windows, Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW averaged 2.57% (best 17.59%, worst -6.27%). 68% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.04 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW returned 23.49% — beating the Sectoral/Thematic Fund category average of 3.20% by 20.29 pp. It ranked #3 of 115 in its category that year.

Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. Franklin Asian Equity Fund - IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 36.8%. 5-year CAGR: 5.16%.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.