Franklin Templeton Investments
Franklin Templeton is a global investment management organization that focus on delivering clients better outcomes. Millions of clients in more than 160 countries have entrusted them with their investments, making Franklin Templeton one of the world’s largest asset managers in assets under management.
Introducing the Investment Managers
Ben Russon
Ben Russon is Co-Head, UK Equities (Large Cap) at Martin Currie. Ben joined the UK equity team in 2013. Prior to this he spent 13 years as a fund manager with Newton Investment Management, specialising in UK Equities. He was the lead manager on the Newton UK Opportunities Fund from 2005, alongside associated institutional mandates.
Ben is the lead manager on the FTF Martin Currie UK Equity Income Funds, FTF Martin Currie UK Opportunities Fund, FTF Martin Currie UK Rising Dividends Fund and co-manager on the FTF Martin Currie UK Managers Focus Fund.
He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA (joint honours) in geography and economics. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.
Dan Green
Omnis UK Smaller Companies Fund
Dan Green is a Portfolio Manager and Equity Research Analyst for the Franklin UK Equity Team, focussing on UK Small-Cap and Mid-Cap equities.
He is a co-manager on the Franklin UK Smaller Companies fund. Dan joined Franklin Templeton Investments in September 2015. Dan began his career with PwC working predominately with Financial Services clients before joining JP Morgan to work as Equity Derivatives Analyst.
His role prior to Franklin Templeton Investments was at Deutsche Bank where he was Assistant Vice President in the Valuations team.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Sheffield. He also holds an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.