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Franklin Templeton Investments(1) is pleased to announce the launch of the Luxembourg-registered Franklin Euro Short Duration Bond Fund(2) (the “Fund”), on 21 February 2014. The Fund will be managed by London-based David Zahn, head of European Fixed Income and lead portfolio manager, and Rod MacPhee. research analyst and portfolio manager, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group.
The new Fund will seek to preserve capital and liquidity while pursuing the best opportunities across a variety of European high-quality-short duration sectors. It will invest primarily in short-dated fixed and floating-rate debt securities and debt obligations of corporate and sovereign issuers located within the Eurozone that are rated investment grade or, if unrated, of comparable quality....
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