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Over the past half century, few investment management
organizations have matched the success of Franklin
Resources, Inc., which operates as Franklin Templeton
Investments. With over 50 years of investing experience,
the company has become recognized as a leader
for its global growth and value stock investments
and innovative fixed income products under the
Franklin, Templeton and Mutual Series names.
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In
April 2001, Franklin Templeton Investments acquired
Fiduciary Trust Company International, one of
the oldest investment firms in the United States,
specializing in managing global assets for institutional
and high net worth investors. Franklin Templeton
Investments also deals in separate account management
and institutional accounts, and has offices in
29 countries and offers investment products and
services in more than 100. Franklin Resources,
Inc. is a member of the S&P 500® Index.
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Franklin
Templeton Investments has been serving investors
religiously for over 50 years. The group is composed
of four well-known names in the industry: Franklin,
Templeton, Mutual Series and Fiduciary Trust.
Each is an expert in their own unique field, be
it sector specific equity, emerging markets, global
fixed income or distressed securities. Currently,
Franklin Templeton Investments is one of the largest
publicly-listed asset management companies in
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Franklin
Templeton Investments offers more than 200 investment
products under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual
Series, Bissett and Fiduciary Trust names globally,
providing investors with the flexibility to choose
from a great variety of goals—from value
to growth and sector–specific to international—to
meet their individual investment objectives.
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Franklin offers investors both growth- and
value-style equity products, as well as several
focused sector portfolios. Growth and sector
funds are managed by chief investment officer
of the Franklin Equity Group, Ed Jamieson, and
his team in California, located in the heart
of the Silicon Valley's tech industry. Franklin's
value-style analytical research and investment
management is conducted by president of Franklin
Advisory Services, LLC, Bill Lippman, and his
team in New Jersey. Franklin's investment process
starts with fundamental hands-on research, which
involves speaking with key management personnel
and observing operations on location. Franklin's
growth team looks for companies with distinct
and sustainable competitive advantages in rapidly
growing markets, while value-driven analysts
search for bargains and a catalyst that might
unlock the companies' hidden worth for shareholders.
All portfolios benefit from the depth and breadth
of Franklin's research team of over 35 analysts.
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Franklin also offers a line of fixed-income
funds headed by Chris Molumphy, chief investment
officer of the Franklin Fixed-Income Group.
Franklin fixed-income managers focus on income,
without speculating on interest rates or buying
exotic derivatives. Due to Franklin's size and
presence in the bond market, portfolio managers
receive competitive offerings, which can reduce
costs and help boost yields and returns. In
fact, among tax-free fund managers, Franklin
is the largest in the nation. The municipal
bond team's success can be attributed to a conservative,
straightforward investment philosophy that emphasizes
high, current tax-free income, while seeking
preservation of capital. Franklin also offers
a variety of money funds.
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Templeton has more than 45 years of experience
in global mutual fund management. Templeton
managers are bargain hunters, employing a bottom-up,
value-oriented approach to stock selection.
They focus on identifying stocks of companies
throughout the world that they believe are selling
at the greatest discount to their five-year
potential. They buy at the point of maximum
pessimism and sell at the point of maximum optimism.
Nassau, Bahamas-based Jeff Everett, heads up
a line of global value-oriented equity funds.
Mark Mobius leads an international team of emerging
markets analysts and managers who run Templeton's
emerging markets and country-specific funds.
Gary Motyl oversees Templeton's institutional
group.
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