Quantcast
The MFWire
Manage Email Alerts | Sponsorships | About MFWire | Who We Are

Subscribe to MFWire.com's News Alerts [click]

Rating:Franklin Preps a Two-Fund, $253MM-AUM Transformation Not Rated 0.0 Email Routing List Email & Route  Print Print
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Franklin Preps a Two-Fund, $253MM-AUM Transformation

Reported by Neil Anderson, Managing Editor

A publicly traded mutual fund titan's team is preparing to transform a $253-million-AUM pair of mutual funds.

Jennifer M. "Jenny" Johnson
Franklin Resources, Inc. (dba Franklin Templeton)
President, CEO
Yesterday, Pierre Caramazza, head of U.S. product and specialty sales for Franklin Resources, Inc. (dba Franklin Templeton [profile]), and Patrick O'Connor, head of global ETFs, confirmed that they plan to convert the BrandywineGLOBAL - Dynamic US Large Cap Value Fund and the Martin Currie International Sustainable Equity Fund into active ETFs. The conversions, which are subject to shareholder approval, are targeted for Q3 or Q4 of 2022. The two funds are subadvised by a pair of old Legg Mason boutiques: Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC and Martin Currie Inc.. (Franklin bought Legg in July 2020.)

O'Connor puts the planned conversions in the context of active ETFs' "phenomenal growth" in recent years.

The Brandywine fund is PMed by Michael Fleisher, Henry Otto, and Steven Tonkovich and was first launched 15 years ago. It currently comes in five mutual fund share classes, whose expense ratios range from 66 basis points to 182 bps.

The Martin Currie fund is PMed by Ken Hughes and Zehrid Osmani and was first launched six years ago. It currently also comes in five mutual fund share classes, whose expense ratios range from 75 bps to 195 bps.

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (LMPFA) serves as the investment manager (investment advisor?) to both funds. Their other service providers include: the Bank of New York Mellon as custodian and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. as transfer agent; Franklin Distributors, LLC as distributor; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as counsel; and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accounting firm. 

Stay ahead of the news ... Sign up for our email alerts now
CLICK HERE

0.0
 Do You Recommend This Story?



GO TO: MFWire
Return to Top
 News Archives
2024: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2023: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2022: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2021: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2020: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2019: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2018: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2017: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2016: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2015: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2014: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2013: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2012: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2011: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2010: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2009: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2008: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2007: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2006: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2005: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2004: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2003: Q4Q3Q2Q1
2002: Q4Q3Q2Q1
 Subscribe via RSS:
Raw XML
Add to My Yahoo!
follow us in feedly




©All rights reserved to InvestmentWires, Inc. 1997-2024
14 Wall Street | 20th Floor | New York, NY 10005 | P: 212-331-8968 | F: 212-331-8998
Privacy Policy :: Terms of Use