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Former Western AM investment chief to receive final judgement

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
... Exchange Commission (SEC) has moved for a final judgement against the former co-chief investment officer of Western Asset Management, which could result in $147 million (US$103m) returned to harmed investors. The SEC is advancing the legal proceedings ...

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
... Equity Fund returned 15.16% after fees, compared with benchmark return of 15.06% in the same period. Western Asset Management head of Asia Pacific investment management and co-chief investment officer Anthony Kirkham said FEIF offers a short-duration ...

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
... 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 under management ...

Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... 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 assets under ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... 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 sector has ...

Betashares captures most net flows in managed funds industry

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... 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 managed ...

Barings builds out local team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... 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 Millin, head ...

New head of infrastructure at VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... 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," VFMC investment ...
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