Jo-Anne Bailey, Sales Director & Country Manager for Africa, Franklin Templeton Investments.
Franklin Templeton Investments is pleased to announce that Templeton Euroland Fund and Franklin US Opportunities Fund both won in their respective categories at the 20th annual Raging Bull Awards 2016 held in Cape Town on January 27, 2016.
Templeton Euroland Fund2 won two awards for the Best (FSB-Approved) Offshore Europe Equity General Fund and Risk Adjustment Europe Equity General Offshore Fund while Franklin US Opportunities Fund2 was adjudged the Best (FSB-Approved) Offshore US Equity General Fund.
Last year, Templeton Euroland Fund2 and Franklin European Growth Fund2 won Raging Bull awards for Best (FSB-approved) Offshore Europe Equity General Fund and Best (FSB-approved) Offshore Europe Equity Growth Fund respectively.
The Templeton Euroland Fund aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing mainly in equity and debt securities of European Monetary Union member country governments and companies. The Fund is managed by Heather Arnold, Dylan Ball & Peter Moeschter, portfolio managers from the Templeton Global Equity Group. The fund has over €283 million in assets under management as of December 31, 2015 and this is the third consecutive year that it has been recognised as best fund in the FSB-approved Offshore Europe Equity General Fund category at the Raging Bull Awards.
The Franklin US Opportunities Fund invests mainly in equity securities issued by companies of any size located in, or doing significant business in, the U.S. The Fund’s mandate is to provide investors with exposure to leading companies in their respective fields that meet the investment criteria of Growth, Quality and Valuation. The Fund is managed by Grant Bowers and Conrad Herrmann, portfolio managers, Franklin Equity Group and currently has over $4.7 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2015.
Over its illustrious 20-year existence, the Raging Bull Awards has established itself as a pre-eminent acknowledgement of the star performers in the South African unit trust industry. The awards for unit trust funds are based on outright performance over three years in a variety of categories, while risk-adjusted performance over the same period is the basis for recognition in terms of asset allocation and other sub-categories.
Commenting on the Fund House’s latest Raging Bull wins, Jo-Anne Bailey, Sales Director & Country Manager for Africa, Franklin Templeton Investments., said:
“The fact that this is the eighth consecutive year that the organisation has found itself amongst the recipients of the prestigious Raging Bull Awards speaks volumes about the high regard in which the Franklin Templeton name is held by the investment industry and the investors it serves. We are confident that our consistently good showing at the annual Raging Bull Awards over the years is a good indicator of the strong fundamentals and outstanding fund managers that underpin the investments we offer.”
Bailey added, “The awards affirm Franklin Templeton’s proven expertise in managing regional and global portfolios for the sustainable benefit of our diverse South African clients, most of whom are proactively seeking global diversification opportunities and the benefits of investing offshore from investment managers they know they can trust to see them through the increased volatility that has come to characterise investment markets since 2008.”
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