Jacqueline Hurley Kenney, CFA

Jacqueline Hurley Kenney is senior vice president and head of solutions research for Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions. She is responsible for building, managing, and tailoring our mandates to meet client needs.

Most recently, she was the head of direct implementation, where she led the strategic initiative to construct multi-asset solutions fulfilled with underlying securities. She also serves as portfolio manager for asset allocation (multi-asset) strategies including target-date, target-risk, volatility-controlled, and customized solutions. Previously, she was the lead portfolio manager for the US large cap and US small cap related active factor equity strategies as well as the UK Equity Fund. She also served as co-portfolio manager for the Global and International related active factor equity strategies.

Prior to Franklin Templeton, Ms. Kenney was a member of the Portfolio Management group at QS Investors, which combined with Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions in October 2020 to create Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions. At QS Investors, Ms. Kenney was a portfolio manager, having transitioned with the firm when QS Investors was created in 2010 as a spin-out from Deutsche Asset Management. Prior to QS Investors, Ms. Kenney was employed at Deutsche Asset Management from 2008 - 2010. Prior to joining Deutsche Asset Management, she had four years of experience as a business management consultant at Bearing Point and Accenture.

Ms. Kenney holds a bachelor of arts degree in computer science from Colgate University and an MBA in finance and accounting from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, as well as a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of New York.