Emerging Market Debt Opportunities and Corporates Strategies: Update and Outlook

Date: Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
Time: 9:00 am GMT / 10:00 am CET
Duration: 45 minutes

AGENDA:

• Update on emerging market debt markets

• Franklin EMD Opportunities and EM Corporates strategies: impact from the crisis and positioning for future

• Investment outlook for EM debt and the strategies

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Speakers

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Nicholas Hardingham, CFA

Senior Vice President
Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst
Franklin Templeton Fixed Income

Nicholas Hardingham is a senior vice president, portfolio manager and research analyst for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income - Emerging Markets Debt in London, United Kingdom. Mr. Hardingham is responsible for leading the Franklin Emerging Market Debt Opportunities team which manages institutional segregated accounts and commingled funds on behalf of a global client base. He also provides insight on events across emerging markets.

Mr. Hardingham has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to his current role, Mr. Hardingham was a quantitative research analyst for Franklin Templeton - Global Fixed Income. He also was previously with T. Rowe Price International. Mr. Hardingham joined Franklin Templeton in 2002.

Mr. Hardingham holds a bachelor of science in pure mathematics from Imperial College in London. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder

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Robert Nelson, CFA

Vice President
Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst
Franklin Templeton Fixed Income

Robert Nelson is a vice president, portfolio manager and research analyst for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income - Emerging Markets Debt in London, United Kingdom. Mr. Nelson co-manages the Franklin Emerging Market Corporate Debt Fund and has research responsibilities covering emerging market bank and sovereign issuers.

Mr. Nelson has over 19 years of experience in the asset management industry. Prior to his current role, Mr. Nelson was an investment manager for Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management (UK) Ltd. He joined Franklin Templeton in 2007 as a research analyst in the Corporate Credit Research team, spending three years to 2018 on assignment in Singapore.

Mr. Nelson holds a bachelor of arts in history from Bristol University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.


Stuart Lingard

Moderator
Vice President
Director - Global Fixed Income Product Management

Stuart Lingard, Vice President, Director - Global Fixed Income Product Management, is based in London and is a product representative for the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group across Europe. Mr. Lingard has 18 years of investment experience.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Investments, Mr. Lingard worked at Invesco, where he managed a portfolio of high profile global fixed income client accounts and was responsible for developing the fixed income product range globally.

Mr. Lingard holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Hons) degree from the University of Surrey.