FTF - Franklin Ltd Duration Income Trust
A closed-end fund run by Franklin Templeton. Invests in bonds. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Not right now - Sit Investment was in this fund until April 4, 2024 and has since sold down.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
Sit Investment owned more than 5% of this fund and has since sold down below that level, so it no longer has to report its holding.
Nothing is required of you. If a large investor buys in again, the notice appears here the day it is filed.
What happened, and when
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April 4, 2024
Sit Investment sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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Feb 6, 2024
Sit Investment now owns 5%, as a passive investor.
Original document →
About this fund
- Run by Franklin Advisers, Inc. Part of the Franklin Templeton Group of Funds fund family. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $257 million of holdings, as of June 30, 2026. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Borrowing: the fund borrows about 39% on top of its own money, as of June 30, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 1% a year in management fees; 3.7% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025) the fund paid $0.74 a share. $0.53 of that was income; $0.21 was your own money back, not income. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Dec 31, 2025): $6.62. The shares traded at $6.15, about 7.1% below that.
As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
Over the last two years the gap ranged from 15.9% below to 4.4% below. As of Dec 31, 2024, from the fund's annual report. Original document → - How the holdings did: up 2.1% over the last three months we have (April-June 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +4.4%. As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended Dec 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +6.3%. How the share price did: the shares returned +4.1% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of Dec 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- First reported to the regulator in 2003.
What the fund holds
Mostly bonds (40%), the rest loans, mortgage bonds and asset-backed bonds. About 85% issued in the U.S.
- Cash and short-term - 5.1%
- GNMA II, Single-family, 30 Year - 7.2%
- FHLMC Pool, 30 Year - 3%
- FNMA, 30 Year - 6%
- FNMA or FHLMC, Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities - 2.3%
- Carlyle US CLO Ltd., Series 2017-2A, Class D1R2 - 0.8%
- Carlyle US CLO Ltd., Series 2017-2AR, Class D1R3 - 0.8%
- PHH Escrow Issuer LLC / PHH Corp. - 0.7%
- Elmwood CLO 25 Ltd., Series 2024-1A, Class CR - 0.7%
- Dexko Global, Inc. - 0.7%
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- Martin Midstream Partners LP / Martin Midstream Finance Corp. - 0.7%
- AthenaHealth Group, Inc., First Lien, Fourth Amendment CME Term Loan - 0.7%
- Wynn Resorts Finance LLC / Wynn Resorts Capital Corp. - 0.6%
- Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. - 0.6%
- Carlyle US CLO Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class BR2 - 0.6%
- Charter Next Generation, Inc., First Lien, Initial CME Term Loan - 0.6%
- Kedrion SpA - 0.6%
- Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co. - 0.6%
- Jefferson Capital Holdings LLC - 0.6%
- Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC / Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance plc - 0.6%
- Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 41 Ltd., Series 2021-41A, Class AR - 0.6%
As of June 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
| Date | Investor | Stake | Type of notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 4, 2024 | Sit Investment | 4.8% | Sold down below 5% |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Sit Investment | 5% | Updated notice |
No announcements from the fund on file.
- Run by
- Franklin Advisers, Inc.
- Fund family
- Franklin Templeton Group of Funds
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-21357
- Auditor
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Dec 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 9,072
- Preferred share classes
- none
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