Benchmark-driven structured US portfolio specialist; quantitative approach
Franklin Portfolio Associates ("Franklin"), based in Boston, USA, specialises in structured, risk-controlled investing. The firm has a 24-year history of creating customised investment strategies to meet or exceed the needs of its clients.
Franklin was among the first asset management firms to use quantitative investment management and modelling designed to outperform a variety of performance objectives, and it uses internally developed tools to value securities and build portfolios. Within these guidelines, the firm specialises in small-, mid- and large-capitalisation, broad market and market-neutral portfolios.
In building portfolios, Franklin targets an acceptable level of residual risk, and allocates that risk among three components: industries, style and size factors, with the majority of the emphasis on stock-specific risk.
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