Toronto-based Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. has introduced two new fixed-income products for investors who are seeking diversified fixed-income investments.
Franklin Quotential Fixed Income Portfolio provides investors with an actively managed mix of domestic and foreign fixed-income. The portfolio employs a tactical asset-allocation strategy across multiple fixed-income sectors and regions, which can include government, corporate and high-yield bonds both domestically and abroad.
It will invest primarily in mutual funds and ETFs and incorporate active adjustments to allocations and currency exposures, which will aim to capitalize on short-term opportunities and manage risk when the investing climate changes.
Franklin Bissett Canadian Government Bond Fund seeks to provide investors with an opportunity to accumulate steady income and potentially offset overall portfolio risk by actively participating in Canada’s historically stable government bond market. The fund aims to provide a steady flow of income, which offsets portfolio risk and capitalizes on market dislocations through extensive research.
“Canadians are concerned about recent volatility in the markets and are unsure about what will happen with interest rates given the recent news out of the U.S.,” says Duane Green, managing director of Canada for Franklin Templeton, in a statement. “These new fixed-income solutions can help investors mitigate risk in their portfolio and prepare for what’s next in the markets by complementing their equity investments with core fixed income.”
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