FLAXFranklin FTSE Asia ex Japan ETF
Seeks investment results that closely correspond to the performance of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index.
By Franklin Templeton Investments · Launched 2018
Annual Cost
0.19%
#838 of 5,861 · low cost
Fund Size
$51M
#3,621 of 5,861 · mid-size
Return (1Y)Goal
+34.0%
Track Record
8 years
#1,677 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$13,476+34.8%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Asia pacificCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
FTSE Asia ex Japan RIC Capped Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 33.6% of fund✓ well diversified
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
13.7%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
5.3%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD
3.9%
SK Hynix Inc.
2.9%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD
2.8%
AIA Group Ltd, Hong Kong
1.2%
Reliance Industries Ltd.
1.0%
China Construction Bank Corp.
1.0%
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.
0.9%
HDFC Bank Ltd.
0.9%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.5%
Cash
0.5%
By sector
Technology
48.1%
Financial Services
15.9%
Consumer Cyclical
8.1%
Industrials
7.9%
Communication
5.6%
Basic Materials
3.4%
Healthcare
3.0%
Energy
2.3%
Other
5.7%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
23.7%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-42.5%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.82Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.20Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks investment results that closely correspond to the performance of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index.
- Strategy
- Employs a passive indexing approach, investing at least 80% in component securities of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index, which includes large- and mid-cap stocks from developed and emerging Asian countries, excluding Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. May use replication or representative sampling strategies to track the index closely.
- Inception date
- February 6, 2018
- Fund family
- Franklin Templeton Investments
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Data updated on 2026-08-04