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FT opens global bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
Franklin Templeton Investments is using its fixed income clout and launching a multisector bond fund for institutional and retail clients. The Franklin Templeton Multisector Bond fund is designed to provide a combination of interest income and currency ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... OptiMix's new investment manager line-up. CrA(C)dit Agricole, MFS, Investec, AllianceBernstein and Franklin Templeton Investments have been added to the OptiMix Global Shares Portfolio. The firms join Capital International in the global shares line-up. ...

CORRECTION: FT loses international prop manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Franklin Templeton Investments' international property co-portfolio manager, Boris Pialloux, has left the firm prompting S&P Fund Services to place its three-star ratings Franklin International Property Fund and Property Income Fund on hold. Global ...

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 ...

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
... 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 Fund Management ...

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
... 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 of numerous ...

Big Day Out for advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... 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 fund manager ...