Mark Dunn exits Franklin Templeton amid Legg Mason merger
Alex Barry assumes newly-created head of UK wholesale role
Alex Barry assumes newly-created head of UK wholesale role
Former head of wealth management Joe O’Donnell among the new hires
Martyn Gilbey will continue to head up UK business while Mark Dunn will be head of wholesale
£3.5bn deal comes a week after family scion stepped up as CEO
Blackrock and Legg Mason partnerships turn into strategic investments
Fund selectors say Julian Ide needs to boost boutique manager’s perception and fund range
Legg Mason has €26.5bn in Irish-domiciled funds
Asset manager bribed Libyan officials to land $1bn worth of investment business
Absolute return portfolio based on strategy launched in 2012
The days of treating ESG and sustainability matters as “extra curricular” are numbered and will be the differentiator for investments in the future, according to Legg Mason affiliates. Click through the slides below to find out five ways to integrate ESG into investments.
As the year comes to a close, investment managers have started to prepare for 2018. Portfolio Adviser asked a group of top fund selectors to pick one fund to watch in 2018.
Legg Mason has renamed the Western Asset Global Blue Chip Bond Fund to the Western Asset Short Duration Blue Chip Bond Fund.