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Franklin Templeton's Western AM hit with US$100m penalty

BY KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026 12:24PM

Franklin Templeton's Western Asset Management has been hit with a whopping US$100 million penalty for failing to detect and prevent its former co-chief investment officer's alleged cherry-picking scheme.

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