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Patrick Klein |
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2022-08-01 |
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| Biography |
| Patrick Klein, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager of Franklin Advisers. Dr. Patrick Klein is a senior vice president and portfolio manager for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income. He leads the team managing the multisector fixed-income strategies with a focus on portfolio construction and quantitative modelling. Prior to his current role, he was a portfolio manager and research analyst focusing on the securitized, inflations protected, and portfolio construction areas. Dr. Klein was a principal member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. |
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Sonal Desai |
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2018-12-31 |
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| Sonal Desai, PhD, EVP, is Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group’s Chief Investment Officer, a portfolio manager for several fixed income funds and a member of the firm's executive committee. Dr. Desai started her career in 1994 as a university academic, followed by six years at the International Monetary Fund after which she joined the private sector. She started working at Franklin Templeton in 2009. She holds a PhD(Econ) from Northwestern Univ. and a BA(Econ) from Delhi Univ. |
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Benjamin B. Cryer |
| Mngr Start Date |
2022-08-01 |
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| Biography |
| Mr. Cryer joined Franklin Templeton in 2006. |
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Thomas Runkel |
| Mngr Start Date |
2022-08-01 |
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| Biography |
| Tom Runkel is a vice president and portfolio manager for Franklin Templeton Investments. Mr. Runkel focuses on relative value security selection and allocation among the credit sectors for the multi-sector fixed income portfolios. He also serves as the director of portfolio strategies and the lead portfolio manager for the SMA Taxable Fixed Income strategies and supervises the Franklin SMA Taxable Fixed Income Portfolio Management team.
Mr. Runkel joined Franklin in 1983 and served as a senior portfolio manager for Franklin's taxable money fund and investment grade fixed income assets as well as a trader for taxable fixed income and equity securities. Mr. Runkel founded Runkel Funds, Inc. in 2002 and managed a large-cap value fund until late 2005 before returning to Franklin in 2006.
Mr. Runkel has an M.B.A. from the University of Santa Clara and earned a B.S. in political science from the University of California, Davis. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. |
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Patricia O'Connor |
| Mngr Start Date |
2016-02-01 |
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| Patricia O'Connor, CFA, VP, is a vice president and portfolio manager for the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in 1997, Ms. O'Connor worked for Morgan Stanley Asset Management. She holds a B.S. (Accounting, Lehigh Univ.) and an MBA (Univ. of Chicago). Ms. O'Connor holds a B.S. in accounting from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. in finance and economics from the University of Chicago. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, as well as a member of the CFA Society of San Francisco and CFA Institute. |
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