Dan Green, lead PM on the FTF Martin Currie UK Smaller Companies fund will reflect on a pronounced drawdown for the asset class before discussing the valuation opportunities emerging as a result and the reasons to believe that the tide is turning.
Franklin Templeton
Sam Collett is a Business Development Manager covering clients across London, Channel Islands and the South East of England.
Having covered Discretionary and Advisory clients for the past decade Sam Collett joined Franklin Templeton in 2018.
He has built out strong relationships across Private Bank, Family Office, Multi-Manager, Stockbroking and IFA clients. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Sam Collett worked across several roles at Federated Hermes. Most latterly covering Wholesale clients across the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.
Sam started his career in Investment Management Sales covering Local Government Pension Scheme and Sovereign Wealth relationships both in the UK and Middle East. Mr Collett holds a BSc in Business Marketing from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and is an IMC certificate holder.
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Michael is a Business Development Manager within the UK Retail Distribution Team. He is responsible for managing relationships and developing new business, predominantly in the Wealth Manager and Discretionary Management segment of the UK Retail Market, for London and East Anglia. Michael has held various sales roles at Franklin Templeton, including Business Development for the Advisory Channel, Internal Wholesale Associate, and Sales Support Associate.
Michael joined Franklin Templeton in 2004 on the Client Dealer Services Team. Previously he worked as an Offshore Mutual Fund Dealer for Invesco in Dublin. He holds the Investment Management Certificate.
Dan Green is a portfolio manager and equity research analyst for the Martin Currie UK Equity team, focusing on UK small and mid-cap equities. He is lead portfolio manager of the FTF Martin Currie UK Smaller Companies Fund and manages the small cap portion of the FTF Martin Currie UK Manager's Focus Fund.
Dan joined the UK equity team in September 2015. He began his career with PwC working predominately with financial services clients before joining JP Morgan to work as equity derivatives analyst. He later worked at Deutsche Bank as an Assistant Vice President in the valuations team.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Sheffield. He holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.