Benefit Street Partners

Benefit Street Partners

We’re proud to welcome Benefit Street Partners (“BSP”), a leading credit-focused alternative asset management firm with approximately $26 billion1 in assets under management.

BSP will bolster Franklin Templeton’s alternative offerings and expand our robust fixed income capabilities to include an array of alternative credit strategies to meet the evolving needs of clients.

Overview

Established in 2008, the BSP platform manages funds for institutions, high-net-worth and retail investors across private/opportunistic debt, liquid loans, high yield, special situations, long-short liquid credit and commercial real estate debt. These complementary strategies leverage the proprietary sourcing, analytical, operational and compliance capabilities that encompass BSP’s robust institutional platform.

The team invests across the credit spectrum – from senior secured debt to subordinated debt, as well as both liquid and illiquid credit – and has extensive experience deploying capital through multiple business cycles. BSP takes a flexible and opportunistic approach to investing and seeks to capitalize on the best risk-adjusted returns depending on where we are in the credit cycle. 

Team

The team has over 180 employees and 100 investment professionals.

  • Senior management team has worked together for over two decades. 
  • Supported by a talented group of strategy leaders, portfolio managers and investment professionals, including a dedicated research team with sector-specific expertise.
  • Based in New York, with additional offices in Charlotte, Houston, Providence, Raleigh and San Francisco.

Benefit Street Partners Snapshot


Established

2008

Style

Alternative Credit

Investment Strategies

  • Credit / Opportunistic Debt
  • Liquid Loans
  • High Yield
  • Special Situations
  • Long-Short Liquid Credit
  • Commercial Real Estate Debt

Strengths

  • Extensive experience deploying capital through multiple business cycles
  • Robust institutional platform with proprietary sourcing, analytical, operational and compliance capabilities
  • Senior management team have worked together for over two decades

For further information, please visit www.benefitstreetpartners.com.

Footnotes

  1. Information accurate as of December 31, 2018.

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Franklin Distributors, LLC. Member FINRA/SIPC. Prior to July 7, 2021, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc., and Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC served as mutual fund distributors for Franklin Templeton.