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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 ...

Betashares captures most net flows in managed funds industry

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... FUM. Completing the top 10 were Macquarie Asset Management, MA Financial, Talaria Asset Management, Yarra Capital, Western Asset Management, and super fund investor ISPT. Magellan experienced the most dramatic outflows, bleeding $3.9 billion from its ...

Barings builds out local team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... where he led its asset management business. Previous roles include local head of client services and marketing for Western Asset Management, investment specialist at UBS and senior investment analyst at Zenith Investment Partners. He will report to Jon ...

New head of infrastructure at VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... manager. Before joining VFMC, he worked in the funds management industry in London as a client services executive at Western Asset Management and account manager at Citigroup Asset Management. "Stephen has been a valued member of VFMC for nearly 17 years," ...

US default risk: Are credit default swaps signalling trouble?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
A Western Asset product specialist says rising credit default swap (CDS) spreads have sparked concerns. However, he downplayed the risk of a US default, calling it a "very low probability event". Robert Abad recalled the sole instance of a "technical" ...

Colonial First State adds 17 new funds to FirstChoice platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... The new funds available through FirstChoice are, CFS Thrive+ Sustainable Growth, Janus Henderson Tactical Income, Western Asset Australian Bond, T.Rowe Price Dynamic Global Bond, FirstRate Cash on FirstChoice Wholesale Investments, AB Managed Volatility ...
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