Will Bradwell has managed this fund for 3 years and 6 months.

Will Bradwell is a portfolio manager/research analyst working in the UK equity team focusing on larger-cap UK equities. He is a manager on the FTF Franklin Rising Dividend Fund, FTF Franklin UK Equity Income and FTF Franklin UK Opportunities Fund. Will has been a member of the UK equity team since September 2018. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, he had worked for a FTSE 250 investment management firm and prior to this had held various front office roles. Will has a Bachelors Degree in Accounting & Finance and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.

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Ben Russon has managed this fund for 10 years and 7 months.

Ben Russon is a vice president and portfolio manager based in Leeds as part of Franklin Templeton Fund Management. He is the lead manager on the Franklin UK Opportunities Fund and co-manager on the Franklin UK Managers' Focus Fund. Mr. Russon joined the Franklin Templeton UK Equity team during 2013. Prior to this he spent 13 years as a fund manager with Newton Investment Management, specialising in UK Equities. He was the lead manager on the Newton UK Opportunities Fund from 2005, alongside associated institutional mandates. Previously he worked at Newton in the research function, specialising in the global food retail sector. Wider responsibilities also included global equity investment with the Newton Osprey Fund. Mr. Russon graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an M.A. (joint honours) in geography and economics. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

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Joanne Rands has managed this fund for 2 years and 1 month.

Jo Rands is a portfolio manager and research analyst in the Martin Currie UK Equity team, focusing on large cap UK equities. She joined the team in September 2021. Previously, Jo was a UK Equity Portfolio Manager at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, part of Rathbone Brothers plc. Prior to this, she held roles in UK equity sales and portfolio management several firms including Hermes and in HSBC. Jo began her career in 1999, working in a graduate role at Brewin Dolphin in Leeds. Jo has a first-class BSc (Hons) degree in Geography from the University of Nottingham. She holds the Securities Institute Diploma.

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Colin Morton has managed this fund for 3 years and 6 months.

Colin Morton is a vice president, lead manager of the Franklin UK Equity Income Fund and Franklin UK Rising Dividends Fund, specialising in large cap UK equity analysis and investment. Mr. Morton joined Franklin Templeton Investments when it acquired Rensburg Fund Management (now Franklin Templeton Fund Management) in January 2011. Mr. Morton began his career in 1983 as a trainee stockbroker with Wise Speke & Co. He joined Rensburg in 1988 as a private client executive, becoming an investment manager in 1991. He became the manager of Rensburg UK Equity Income Trust in January 1995, manager of the Rensburg UK Blue Chip Growth Trust in September 2000 and has been a joint manager of the Rensburg UK Managers Focus Trust since its launch in September 2006. On the 15 October 2011, all three trusts were merged into newly created sub funds the Franklin Templeton Funds OEIC range and renamed to reflect the Franklin Templeton brand. Mr. Morton holds an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and is a Fellow of the Securities Institute (FSI).

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