Registration No. 33-73244 and 811-08226
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2018
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933				x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.				¨
Post-Effective Amendment No.			88	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940				x
Amendment No.			89	x
TEMPLETON GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
300 S.E. 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301-1923
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)
(954) 527-7500
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Craig S. Tyle, One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906
(Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
	[X]	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
	[ ]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
	[ ]	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
	[ ]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
	[ ]	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
	[ ]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
	¨	this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment
This Amendment to the registration statement of the Registrant on Form N-1A (the “Amendment”) relates only to the prospectus and statement of additional information of Templeton Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Templeton Dynamic Equity Fund and Templeton Frontier Markets Fund, series of the Registrant and does not otherwise delete, amend, or supersede any other information relating to any other series of the Registrant.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Fort Lauderdale and the State of Florida, on the 7th day of August, 2018.

TEMPLETON GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRUST

(REGISTRANT)

By: /s/LORI A. WEBER

Lori A. Weber

Vice President and Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Signature	Title	Date
NORMAN J. BOERSMA*
Norman J. Boersma	President and Chief Executive Officer – Investment Management	August 7, 2018
MATTHEW T. HINKLE*
Matthew T. Hinkle	Chief Executive Officer – Finance and Administration	August 7, 2018
ROBERT G. KUBILIS*
Robert G. Kubilis	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer	August 7, 2018
HARRIS J. ASHTON*
Harris J. Ashton	Trustee	August 7, 2018
ANN TORRE BATES*
Ann Torre Bates	Trustee	August 7, 2018
MARY C. CHOKSI*
Mary C. Choksi	Trustee	August 7, 2018
EDITH E. HOLIDAY*
Edith E. Holiday	Trustee	August 7, 2018
GREGORY E. JOHNSON*
Gregory E. Johnson	Trustee	August 7, 2018
RUPERT H. JOHNSON, JR.*
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr.	Trustee	August 7, 2018
J. MICHAEL LUTTIG*
J. Michael Luttig	Trustee	August 7, 2018
DAVID W. NIEMIEC*
David W. Niemiec	Trustee	August 7, 2018
LARRY D. THOMPSON*
Larry D. Thompson	Trustee	August 7, 2018
CONSTANTINE D. TSERETOPOULOS*
Constantine D. Tseretopoulos	Trustee	August 7, 2018
ROBERT E. WADE*
Robert E. Wade	Trustee	August 7, 2018

*By: /s/LORI A. WEBER________

 Lori A. Weber, Attorney-in-fact

(Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase