Franklin Templeton is a global leader in fixed income with depth and breadth of expertise in all major sectors of the fixed income market. These include domestic bonds, global bonds, emerging market debt, high-yield and investment-grade corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds and bank loans. Each sector is covered by a dedicated team, enabling us to comprehensively examine the market and uncover unique opportunities.
More than 170 dedicated fixed income investment professionals utilize multiple sources of expertise:1
TOP-DOWN
Fixed Income Policy Committee and multi-sector strategists seek to capitalize on global economic trends:
BOTTOM-UP
Dedicated sector teams strive to add value through security selection and sector-specific insights:
QUANTITATIVE
Dedicated team builds proprietary risk models to identify potential alpha opportunities:
1. Investment professionals include portfolio managers, analysts and traders (as of September 30, 2017).
Canadian Money Market
Canadian Fixed Income
Global Fixed Income
The Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group is an integrated global fixed income platform comprising over 100 investment professionals located in offices around the world. The group launched its first fixed income portfolio more than 40 years ago and has been managing money for the Institutional market for more than 30 years.
A global fixed income leader, the group has depth and breadth of expertise in all major sectors of the fixed income market, including investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, global sovereign and emerging market debt, municipal securities and bank loans. Each sector is covered by a dedicated team, enabling us to comprehensively examine the market and uncover unique opportunities. Our global perspective is enhanced by dedicated local teams in many nations and a quantitative research team that participates in research and portfolio reviews. This global framework, significant bottom-up resources and integrated quantitative group enable us to build portfolios with a disciplined, risk-controlled approach.
Established
1970
Style
Fixed Income
Capabilities
Single and Multi-Sector Strategies
Strengths
Templeton Global Macro has been a pioneer in unconstrained global fixed income investing for almost three decades, beginning with the launch of its flagship Templeton Global Bond Strategy in 1986. The team conducts in-depth global macroeconomic analysis covering thematic topics, regional and country analysis, and interest rate, currency and sovereign credit market outlooks.
The team applies a fundamental, research-driven investment approach that focuses on identifying potential sources of high current income worldwide and seeks to capitalize on duration, currency, and sovereign credit opportunities to provide the best potential for solid risk-adjusted returns.
Templeton Global Macro follows a well-defined research process characterized by a regular review of investment opportunities. This process features forums scheduled throughout the month to share information on potential sources of alpha generation and to review current holdings and potential risk factors. Team members meet daily to discuss ongoing market activity, as well as political and macroeconomic events.
Established
1986
Style
Global Unconstrained Fixed Income
Capabilities
Unconstrained Fixed Income, Currency, Global Macro
Strengths