Franklin Templeton soft-launches two multi-asset funds

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Franklin Templeton has soft-launched two multi-asset funds for recent hire Toby Hayes ahead of a full launch later this year.

The funds - Franklin Diversified Income and Franklin Diversified Growth - have been launched with the aim of actively marketing them to UK investors this autumn. The launches follow the hire of former Insight manager Hayes (pictured) last year, as revealed by Investment Week, and mark the start of the group's bid to roll out a multi-asset capability. The company already manages £24.8bn in multi-asset portfolios globally as of 31 March. "[We] soft-launched two new funds on 30 May - Franklin Diversified Income and Franklin Diversified Growth. Franklin Templeton plans to actively prom...

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