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Former fund manager admits to obstructing SEC probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
Former Western Asset Management co-chief investment officer Ken Leech pleaded guilty to obstructing an investigation into a fraudulent trading scheme that disadvantaged certain clients. At the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York ...

Franklin Templeton launches two active ETFs in Australia

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... has launched two new active ETFs on the ASX, the Franklin Global Systematic Equity Fund Active ETF (FGSE) and the Western Asset Enhanced Income Fund Active ETF (FEIF). This brings its total local active ETF range to nine products. Unlike traditional ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
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. The order follows the SEC's 2024 ...

Vale Raymond Mason

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... affiliates of Brandywine Global, ClearBridge Investments, The Permal Group, QS Investors, Royce & Associates, and Western Asset Management. In 2020, Franklin Templeton acquired Legg Mason. At the time, the group had a combined US$1.4 trillion in assets ...

Private debt leads fixed income returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... conviction in their investment team, research capability, and/or investment process," Morningstar said. Meanwhile, Western Asset Global Bond A; Pimco Diversified Fixed Interest W; Schroder Absolute Return Income Fund; Schroder Absolute Return Active ...

Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... affiliates of Brandywine Global, ClearBridge Investments, The Permal Group, QS Investors, Royce & Associates, and Western Asset Management. Legg Mason was then acquired by Franklin Templeton in 2020, which at the time had a combined US$1.4 trillion in ...

Martin Currie adds to active ETF stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... terminated three of its funds - Martin Currie Diversified Income Fund, Martin Currie Tactical Allocation Fund, and Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund.

Former Western AM investment chief charged for 'cherry-picking'

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged former Western Asset co-chief investment officer Ken Leech for "engaging in a multi-year scheme to allocate favourable trades to certain portfolios." The SEC alleges Leech engaged in the conduct ...

Acadian, Yarra among most commonly used external managers by super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... Macquarie, BlackRock, Ninety One, and T. Rowe Price. For fixed income, the most common managers are Wellington, Western Asset Management, PIMCO, Macquarie, BlackRock, State Street, Janus Henderson, and TCW. The report noted that as the superannuation ...

End of the road for three Franklin Templeton funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... management (AUM). The funds are Martin Currie Diversified Income Fund, Martin Currie Tactical Allocation Fund, and Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund. The two Martin Currie funds shut on August 22 as Franklin Templeton in its capacity of Responsible ...
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