Franklin plans first India debt fund after $3.7 billion freeze
Business new tamfitronics Franklin Templeton Asset Management India will introduce its first India debt fund after it wound up Rs 30,800 crore ($3.7 billion) of such plans more than four years ago.The new fund offer of Franklin India Ultra Short Duration Fund will open on August 19 and close on August 28, the asset manager said in a release on Friday. It will be managed by Rahul Goswamichief investment officer and managing director for India fixed income at Franklin Templeton, and portfolio manager Pallab Roy.Franklin is returning to India's debt market with a fund offer for the first time since April 2020, when it surprisingly shut six funds, making it the biggest-ever forced closure in the country. The move came after a prolonged shadow banking crisis in the nation and pandemic...