Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

Franklin Templeton Investments’ inception dates back to 1947. (a joint venture between Pioneer and the Investment Trust of India) to become the largest mutual fund in India after Unit Trust of India.The company also offers loyalty programs where clients can get to engage with the fund management team, get invited to external management development programs, annual thought leadership platforms, and other extensive engagement events.

Templeton Asset Management India Pvt. Ltd. has also undertaken various CSR initiatives like:

• Installation of 4 water purifier plants to support 6000 families in partnership with the Bala Vikasa Social Service Society.
• Facilitate the process of providing 5000 rickshaws in partnership with the American India Foundation Trust.
• Providing support to about 2353 girl children in Chennai in partnership with the K. C. Mahindra Educational Trust.
• Adoption of Abhudaya English Medium School, Mumbai in partnership with The Akanksha Foundation.

As per Statement of Additional Information (SAI) provided by SEBI, Franklin Templeton Investments had a total income of $6,392.2 million, profit after tax of $1,696.7 million, and a net worth of $14877.7 million back in 2017.

Key information

1. Mutual fund

a. Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

2. Asset management company

a.Templeton Asset Management India Pvt. Ltd.

3. Set up

a. 19 February 1996

4. Incorporated

a. 6 October 1995

5. Sponsors

a. Templeton International Inc.

6. Trustee

a. Franklin Templeton Trustee Services Pvt. Ltd.

7. Name of trustees

a. Alok Sethi (Associate Director)

b. Anand J. Vashi (Independent Director)

c. Percy Jal Pardiwalla (Independent Director)

d. Dr. Indu Shahani (Independent Director)

e. Shilpa Shetty (Associate Director)

8. President

a. Sanjay Sapre

9. CIO

a. Mr. Anand Radhakrishnan, Mr. R. Kumar, and Mr. Santosh Kamath

10. Investor Service Officer

a. Ms. Rini K Krishnan

11. Compliance Officer

a. Mr. Saurabh Gangrade

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Top Fund Managers

1. Mr. Anand Vasudevan

Mr. Anand Vasudevan is a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and Master of Finance from the London Business School. Later, he moved to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. as the Equity Research Analyst in 2004.Since 2008, he is also the Head of Research.

2. Mr. Anand Radhakrishnan

Mr. Anand Radhakrishnan is a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Anna University, Chennai, PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Mr. Radhakrishnan has been associated with the investment management sector since 1994. He is currently the Chief Investment Officer in the company.

3. Ms. Roshi Jain

Ms. Roshi Jain holds a PGDM degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She is also Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Accountant.
Ms. Jain began her career with S.R Batliboi. She then joined the Research Division of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Singapore/ Hong Kong in 2002. Two years later, she moved to Goldman Sachs, London.

4. Mr. Anil Prabhudas

Mr. Anil Prabhudas holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Mumbai. He is also a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has held multiple positions in the company.

5. Mr. Janakiraman Rengaraju

Mr. Janakiraman Rengaraju is a B.Tech from the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore and PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Mr. Rengaraju initially worked with UTI Securities, Mumbai. Later, he joined Indian Syntans Group, where he was responsible for managing the investment corpus.
He is currently the Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Manager, and Senior Research Analyst of Equities. Some of the Franklin Templeton Mutual Funds he manages include Franklin India Prima Plus and Franklin India Prima fund.

Franklin India Dynamic Accrual Plan Growth

Why to invest: The fund has consistently beaten other funds in same category along with its benchmark and provided 10.12% returns in the last 1 year.

Franklin India Income Opportunities Growth

Fund Objective: The Fund seeks to provide regular income and capital appreciation by investing in fixed income securities across the yield curve.
Why to invest: The fund has consistently beaten other funds in same category along with its benchmark and provided 8.78% returns in the last 1 year.

Franklin India Corporate Debt Fund Growth

Fund Objective: Aims to provide investors regular income primarily through investments in fixed income securities.
Why to invest: The fund has consistently beaten other funds in same category along with its benchmark and provided 11.65% returns in the last 1 year.