Top-Down Macroeconomic
A team of macroeconomists and senior leaders seek to capitalize on global economic trends
The future of fixed income has already arrived—it lies in successfully marrying quantitative science with fundamentals-based active management. Today that’s what we at Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group do. Our economists, analysts, data scientists and portfolio managers work together. They push and challenge each other, and create a virtuous loop between quantitative and fundamental analysis.
Sonal Desai, Ph.D.
Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income
Investment Philosophy
At Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group, we bring fundamental and quantitative approaches together, reflecting our core belief that we believe that successful active fixed income investing requires the marrying of fundamental and quantitative management.
Multiple Sources of Expertise in One Global Platform
With a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis, we pursue diversified sources of potential alpha across global fixed income securities, sectors and markets.
We create a disciplined and systematic approach to active fixed income management integrating top-down macroeconomic views, bottom-up fundamental research and quantitative science.
Key features of our approach:
Bottom-Up Fundamental
A dedicated sector teams strive to add value through security and sector-specific insights
Quantitative
A dedicated quantitative and data science team builds proprietary models to identify potential alpha opportunities
Investment Process
