A rise in global M&A activity could offer investors a new source of diversification in future, according to Franklin Templeton's David Saunders.
Michael Hasenstab, manager of the $39bn Templeton Global Bond fund, provides his macroeconomic outlook for 2015.
Franklin Templeton has launched its first multi-manager alternatives fund for European investors following its acquisition of K2 Advisors in 2012.
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Franklin Templeton is to rebrand Colin Morton's UK Blue Chip fund as the Franklin UK Rising Dividends fund in a bid to make it more attractive to those seeking a growing income stream.
Franklin Templeton's Dylan Ball has predicted an equity market rotation to value stocks can continue for another six years at least.
There have been "stark changes" to investor behaviour recently, but beware over-confidence in the UK economy as tailwinds could soon turn to headwinds, warns Franklin Templeton's Colin Morton.