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FT opens Malaysian office

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Franklin Templeton Investments has opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Franklin Templeton Asset Management Malaysia Sbn Bhd gained a capital markets and services licence in January. The firm already manages global equities, emerging markets ...

Zenith ranks Martin Currie and Franklin Templeton

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... Investment Partners has added two new high quality grow style international shares products by Martin Currie and Franklin Templeton to its recommended list. Zenith has tagged the Martin Currie Global Alpha Fund and the Franklin Global Growth Fund as ...

Templeton opens SWF arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments is expanding its services to the $13 trillion sovereign wealth fund (SWF) sector. The firm promoted David Smart as global head of sovereign wealth and supranationals. Smart will be based in the firm's London office and ...

Templeton targets Vietnam

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... we have placed an emerging markets research team in Ho Chi Minh City," he said. This office opening follows Franklin Templeton Investments' entry into the Vietnamese market in February 2008 through the acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Vietcombank ...

FT snags $200m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments has been awarded a $200 million Global Aggregate fixed income mandate by Advance Asset Management Limited (Advance) - St. George Group's specialist investment management arm. The mandate will be managed by John Beck, co-director ...

FTI Aus unveils global equity fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has launched the Franklin Global Equity ex-Australia strategy to institutional investors. The international fund manager said its Global Equity Strategy, managed by Franklin Global Advisers, provides employs ...

The next frontier of investing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... Kazakhstan, Slovenia and Nigeria? Today frontier market investing is more than just a fad, says Mark Mobius of Franklin Templeton Investments. "[Frontier market investing is] part of a long-term trend, one that's connected to the increasing prosperity ...

Franklin Templeton adds to real estate division

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors (FTREA) has appointed Larissa Herczeg as vice president of its private real estate division. Prior to this position, Herczeg worked at Credit Suisse Customised Fund Investment Group (CFIG) as vice president and ...

State Super awards $39m property mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
State Super has awarded Franklin Templeton a $39.2 million global direct property mandate in line with the super fund's strategy to invest in more overseas assets. Martin Drew, State Super chief investment officer, said the mandate is not a typical ...

Big Day Out for advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... The event in Sydney saw 140 advisers learn from representatives of Opus Capital, Aberdeen Asset Management, Franklin Templeton Investments, and MLC among others. Fixed income investments was one of the topics explored at the event, with fixed income ...