Franklin Templeton Investments
Franklin Templeton Investments ( Franklin Resources ) is a leading global investment company headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company is represented in more than 30 countries and is as Franklin Ress Inc. ( Bloomberg code: BEN ) listed in the stock index S & P 500. The assets under management amounts to 707.1 billion U.S. dollars (as of 30 June 2012).
System focuses on global growth and value equity investments, international fixed income strategies and specialized offers for alternative investments.
Franklin Templeton Investments in Germany
Since 1992, the investment company is represented by a branch in Frankfurt am Main, there are about 160 employees. In Germany, the company manages 19 billion U.S. dollars, or about 14 billion euros of assets under management (as at 30 September 2011).
Investment funds
In Germany and Austria Franklin Templeton offers investment funds under the names Franklin, Templeton and Mutual Series. The broad range of funds including equity funds, bond funds, balanced funds, Cash Funds, money market funds, funds of funds and sector funds.
The Fund Templeton Growth Fund, Inc. was in 1954 raised and invested in global equities after the value-oriented investment style. On 9 August 2000, the Templeton Growth ( Euro ) Fund was launched, part of the Luxembourg fund range of Franklin Templeton Investment Funds. He is basically controlled by the same team and the same principles as the Templeton Growth Fund, Inc. From January 2008 to 1 March 2011, the best-known fund of Franklin Templeton by Cindy Sweeting is managed. Now Norman Boersma holds the helm of the flagship fund of Franklin Templeton: Templeton Growth Fund, Inc and its European variant Templeton Growth ( Euro) Fund in hand.
Investment Philosophy
Franklin Templeton Investments consists of three independent firms that pursue each different investment styles.
Franklin - growth investment
Franklin has a special expertise in the area of pensions and is one of the largest investors in the United States. At the stock level track the fund manager at Franklin mainly a growth investment strategy (Growth Investing ). The purchase decisions are based on fundamental analysis, complemented by an examination of the individual companies on site. Intensive discussions with management and company visits to gain an insight into the individual company ( bottom- up approach). Specializing Franklin has in equities primarily on growth values of individual sectors such as technology and biotechnology.
Templeton - value investing
The fund manager of Templeton choose their investments for a value-oriented investment strategy ( Value Investing ). They invest in securities whose current prices, as measured by the expected future performance, are to be low. The average investment horizon is three to five years. Stock selection is based on the bottom-up approach. The focus here is the investigation of each company in the following flows in an analysis of industries and countries.
Mutual Series
The analysts and fund manager at Mutual Series pursue a " deep value " strategy: they look for stocks that are trading below their intrinsic value 40 to 50 percent. However, the manager of the Mutual Series funds also invest in companies that are in a particular situation through mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations or threat of bankruptcy. In these organizations, they often work pro- actively cooperate with management to implement the measures that are needed to increase the company's value. The stocks are selected using a bottom -up approach.
History
The company has a long tradition, which is reflected in the investment approach. In particular, Franklin Templeton is connected to one of the greatest men in U.S. history: With the scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin, who not only adorns the American 100 dollar bill, but also represented in the corporate logo. This goes back to the founder of the Franklin Distributors, Inc. Rupert H. Johnson, who was by Benjamin Franklin so fascinated that he gave his company, founded in 1947 the name Franklin Distributors. In 1992 it merged with Franklin Templeton then, which was founded in 1940 by Sir John Templeton in New York. Sir John Templeton was one of the first to recognize the possibilities of global investments. In 1996, Franklin Templeton Mutual Shares Corporation took over, making the fund assets under management rose to 118 billion euros. Since 2001, the Fiduciary Trust Company International is one of Franklin Templeton.