Mark Mobius has formally confirmed former Franklin Templeton colleagues Carlos Hardenberg and Greg Konieczny as founding partners in his eponymous boutique firm, as details of the planned emerging and frontier markets fund are revealed.
Emerging markets pioneer Mark Mobius will be stepping down as executive chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group (TEMG) and formally retire from Franklin Templeton on 31 January.
Known as an eternal emerging markets optimist, Mark Mobius, chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, nonetheless told FSA about times when he is wary, and recalled an investment mistake.
Mark Mobius, AKA Mr Emerging Markets, will be stepping back from day-to-day management of several high-profile funds at Franklin Templeton. He tells us where he would like to retire, if it ever comes to that.
Mark Mobius is to stand down from fund management duties on a range of 12 Luxembourg Sicavs but will remain as executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group.
Thai equities have mostly recovered after plunging in the wake of the death of the King. But some sectors remain vulnerable to further downside as uncertainty remains.
Sanofi and Henkel have faced a fair amount of derision from commentators this week having both issued negative yielding corporate bonds, but could this be a sign or major troubles to come in fixed income markets?
Carlos Hardenberg has been making radical changes to the portfolio of the £1.56bn (€2.04bn) Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) since taking over its management from Mark Mobius in October last year, in an effort to end a string of severe underperformance.
With Mark Mobius stepping back from the helm of Templeton Emerging Markets after 26 years, you can’t help but feel that his conviction in the ‘Big Cs’ – commodities and consumers – has of late dented his standing.
MSCI’s recent decision to remove South Korea and Taiwan from its review list and exclude China’s A-shares from its EM index raises a few questions about how we should be thinking about emerging markets.
