Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Short Hills. It manages $65.55 billion of regulatory assets for 50 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001.
Franklin Mutual Advisers provides portfolio management for investment companies and portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.
The assets under management (AUM) of Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC is $65.55 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 219% since the beginning of its operation, and $4.16 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.
The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Michael Francis Price is investment companies with 35 clients and $59.69 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Franklin Mutual Advisers has the 2nd highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $63.85 billion for 43 clients. 16% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Franklin Mutual Advisers doesn't advise any private funds.
The company employs 46 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 39 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.
There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
Michael Francis Price has been acting as President since 1 Apr 1999. Philippe J M Brugere Trelat joined the executive team most recently as the Executive Vice President.
The principal office where Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 101 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Short Hills, NJ 07078, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.
You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 973-912-2000 or by fax 973-921-8655. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at franklintempleton.com and its LinkedIn profile.