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Domicile | Luxembourg | Legal Structure | SICAV | UCITS | Yes | Inception Date | 31/08/2004 | ![](/includes/images/clear.gif) | Fund Advisor(s) | Franklin Advisers, Inc. |
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Fund Manager | Patrick Klein | Manager Start Date | 01/08/2022 | Career Start Year | 2005 |
Education | Cornell University, B.S. | Stanford University, M.S. | Stanford University, Ph.D. |
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Biography |
Patrick Klein, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager of Franklin Advisers. Dr. Patrick Klein is a senior vice president and portfolio manager for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income. He leads the team managing the multisector fixed-income strategies with a focus on portfolio construction and quantitative modelling. Prior to his current role, he was a portfolio manager and research analyst focusing on the securitized, inflations protected, and portfolio construction areas. Dr. Klein was a principal member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. |
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Fund Manager | Sonal Desai | Manager Start Date | 31/12/2018 | Career Start Year | 1994 |
Education | Northwestern University (Kellogg), Ph.D. | Northwestern University (Kellogg), Ph.D. | Delhi University, New Delhi, B.A. |
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Sonal Desai, PhD, EVP, is Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group’s Chief Investment Officer, a portfolio manager for several fixed income funds and a member of the firm's executive committee. Dr. Desai started her career in 1994 as a university academic, followed by six years at the International Monetary Fund after which she joined the private sector. She started working at Franklin Templeton in 2009. She holds a PhD(Econ) from Northwestern Univ. and a BA(Econ) from Delhi Univ. |
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Fund Manager | Tina Chou | Manager Start Date | 15/10/2019 |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. | University of Chicago, M.B.A. |
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Biography |
Ms. Chou is a Portfolio Manager in the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. She is a member of the team managing multi-sector, fixed-income strategies with a focus on corporate credit, credit derivatives, and relative value trades. Ms. Chou joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 2004 as a fixed-income risk analyst and moved to the portfolio management team in 2007. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Ms. Chou was a management consultant focusing on the financial services and pharmaceutical industries with the Boston Consulting Group in Hong Kong and San Francisco. She also worked in the technology department at UBS in Singapore and London and as a research engineer at a U.S. government agency. Ms. Chou holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, with concentrations in finance and strategic management. She also holds a B.S. and M. Eng. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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Fund Manager | Kent Burns | Manager Start Date | 16/09/2011 | Career Start Year | 1994 |
Education | University of California–Santa Barbara, M.S. | University of California–San Diego, B.A. |
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Biography |
Kent Burns, CFA, is a senior vice president and portfolio manager for the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. He specializes in U.S. multi-sector fixed income strategies and government-related bonds.
Mr. Burns has been lead or co-lead portfolio manager of the Portfolio since its inception in 2011, and joined Franklin Advisers in 1994. He holds a B.A. in quantitative economics and decision science from University of California at San Diego, and a master's degree in economic theory from University of California at Santa Barbara. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and teaches review programs for CFA candidates. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of San Francisco. |