Franklin Templeton builds on Putnam Investments range with US high conviction fund for UK clients

Around $169m in AUM

Linus Uhlig
clock • 2 min read

Franklin Templeton is set to introduce the FTGF Putnam US Research fund to UK investors, Investment Week can reveal.

The strategy offers investors exposure to US large-cap equities with an emphasis on "opportunistic" stock selection that reflects sleeve managers' highest-conviction ideas about industry-specific sleeves.  The Big Interview: Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson on 'the three Cs' of takeovers, agentic AI and alternatives It adopts a similar approach to the Putnam US Research Equity strategy, which was established in 1995 and has more than $2.4bn in assets under management (AUM) pooled across a raft of segregated portfolios. Franklin Templeton acquired Putnam Investments back in Janu...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Funds

Artemis reports two funds miss good value for money mark

Artemis reports two funds miss good value for money mark

Due to performance issues

clock 14 May 2025 • 4 min read
Two Unicorn funds lose fund ratings amid UK small and mid-cap investment challenges

Two Unicorn funds lose fund ratings amid UK small and mid-cap investment challenges

Five ratings removed

Sorin Dojan
clock 14 May 2025 • 1 min read
Trio of Invesco funds fail to deliver value to investors

Trio of Invesco funds fail to deliver value to investors

Three of Invesco's funds have failed to deliver value to investors last year, according to its latest Assessment of Value report.

clock 14 May 2025 • 2 min read
Trustpilot