Franklin Templeton eyes ETF Europe expansion
Franklin Templeton has poached a smart beta specialist from Invesco Powershares for a newly-created senior ETF role as it eyes expansion in Europe.
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Franklin Templeton launches absolute return bond fund
Franklin Templeton Investments has launched an absolute return bond fund for UK investors, a sub-fund of its UK-registered Oeic.
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Mark Mobius to launch his own EM fund
Mark Mobius is reportedly starting his own fund management firm and has also joined the investment committee of Mumbai-based venture capital firm Equanimity Investments, according to local media reports in India.
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Franklin Templeton launches EM local currency bond fund
Franklin Templeton Investments has launched a Templeton Emerging Markets (EM) Local Currency Bond fund.
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Winterflood cuts Temit after manager departure
Winterflood Investment Trusts has removed the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (Temit) from its recommend list of funds until the future direction of Franklin Templeton’s emerging markets team becomes clearer.
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Templeton Emerging IT lead manager resigns
Carlos Hardenberg, lead manager for the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT), has resigned but will remain as portfolio manager until 31 March 2018.
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Franklin Templeton appoints emerging market equity CIO
Franklin Templeton has appointed Manraj Sekhon as chief investment officer (CIO) of emerging market equity, effective from 19 February.
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Franklin Templeton acquisition sees familiar face return
Franklin Templeton has struck a deal to acquire Edinburgh Partners, which will see the return of alumnus and former executive VP Dr Sandy Nairn.
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What Mark Mobius has done for emerging markets
Whenever a fund manager has a prolonged period of success in their area, certain terms get bandied about as to their status within that field. One favourite used by journalists is ‘guru’, indicating a manager has moved on from ordinary status, to the extraordinary.
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Mobius announces retirement from Franklin Templeton
Emerging markets pioneer Mark Mobius will be stepping down as executive chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group (TEMG) and formally retire from Franklin Templeton on 31 January.
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Patience is a virtue for Franklin Templeton’s Bullas
Based in Leeds, Richard Bullas’s team goes its own way, and in the five years he has been running the Franklin UK Smaller Companies Fund, this investment strategy has gone from strength to strength.
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Franklin Templeton shuts three funds; teases upcoming products
Franklin Templeton has announced it will be shutting three of its Oeic products, while hinting it has other investment offerings in the pipeline.
