Franklin Templeton Canada announced the launch of Franklin Brandywine Global Sustainable Balanced Fund, managed by its specialist investment manager Brandywine Global. Brandywine Global uses its global perspective to drive the key macro themes that inform both sustainable equity and fixed income investments for the fund. With an active, high conviction approach, the investment team employs rigorous bottom-up research to derive value and manage risk.

Brandywine Global has been meeting investors' needs for global fixed income and value equity investment strategies for more than 30 years. Brandywine Global takes a team approach to managing the fund with eight portfolio managers including Brian Kloss, JD, CPA, fixed income portfolio manager, James Clarke, equity portfolio manager and director of Fundamental Equity Research, and Sorin Roibu, CFA, equity portfolio manager and research analyst. They have more than 24, 30 and 19 years of industry experience, respectively.