Franklin Templeton

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  New Hire Roundup: Comfort Joins LPL; Clark Moves Up at Clark Capital

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2012

  This week in new hires, Robert Comfort went to LPL Financial, Brendan Clark was named president of Clark Capital Management and Ken Paieski joined UAT.

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  Advisor iPad App Allows Client Reviews to Go Anywhere

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2012

  “As long as I have my iPad with me, there’s nothing I can’t access. I can run into a client in a restaurant and do things on the fly,” says Ted Rich of Vinoy Capital.

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  New Hire Roundup: Lynch Joins ByAllAccounts Board; Mariner Names Greiner CIO

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 11, 2012

  This week in new hires, Matt Lynch joined ByAllAccounts’ board of directors; William Greiner became CIO at Mariner Wealth Advisors and FactRight brought in Scott Smith and Chris Bove.

• Lifecycle Products Grew 8% in Q4 to $842 Billion

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2012

  Target-date and target-risk products grew 5% in 2011 and 8% in fourth quarter, according to New York-based Strategic Insight.

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  JPMorgan Cracks Top 10 as Fund Manager, Thanks to Advisors

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  March 13, 2012

  A sea change may be occurring in the $12 trillion asset management space, as JPMorgan Chase in February became the first bank to crack the top 10 list of the largest U.S. stock and bond funds.

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  Franklin Templeton Launches iPad App for Advisors, Investors

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 12, 2012

  Franklin Templeton announced on Monday that it has launched an iPad app for advisors and investors with fund information and portfolio manager perspectives.

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  Lifecycle Funds Grew 8% in Q4 to $842B

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2012

  Assets in target-date mutual funds remain highly concentrated among five firms, says Strategic Insight.

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  Top Portfolio Products: New PIMCO, State Street Funds

  By Marlene Satter  |  January 15, 2012

  Plus other new products and portfolios are launched by Franklin Templeton, SteelPath, Brown and Envestnet.

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  Templeton’s Mobius on 2012 Outlook: Market Volatility Here to Stay

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2012

  Market volatility will be a continued risk in 2012, and it’s difficult to say when the next crisis may hit, says Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton’s emerging markets guru.

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  Derivatives Danger: Fears of Next Big Financial Crisis Won’t Go Away

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  November 18, 2011

  On a summer evening in 2007, a Goldman Sachs salesman sent a courtesy email to an AIG Financial Products exec warning of a margin call. So began the first collateral call on CDS contracts, leading up to the firm’s September 2008 insolvency.