Templeton Emerging Markets Fund, managed by Templeton Asset Management Ltd, is a closed-ended equity mutual fund investing in the public equity markets of emerging market countries worldwide. The fund primarily invests in value stocks of companies across diversified sectors, using fundamental analysis to determine long-term earnings, asset value, and cash flow potential. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund benchmarks its portfolio performance against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index since its inception on February 26, 1987 in the United States.