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David F. Hoffman
Franklin Temp Intnl Serv SARL
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Manager profile
David is a portfolio manager for the Firm's Global Fixed Income and related strategies. He joined the Firm in 1995. Previously, David was president of Hoffman Capital, a global financial futures investment firm (1991-1995); head of fixed income investments at Columbus Circle Investors (1983-1990); senior vice president and portfolio manager at INA Capital Management (1979-1982), and fixed income portfolio manager at Provident National Bank (1975-1979). David is a CFA® charterholder and earned a B.A. in Art History from Williams College. He is a member of the Firm's Executive Board, currently serving as the Board's chair.
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Manager career performance
Discrete calendar year performance : David F. Hoffman

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
David F. Hoffman 0.0 -2.9 -5.6 -1.0 -2.8 -6.0 6.3 -2.7 5.3 20.9
Peer Group Composite 4.5 5.6 -1.3 -1.0 -0.5 -0.9 7.7 -0.1 4.3 17.1
Over / Under -4.5 -8.5 -4.3 0.0 -2.3 -5.1 -1.4 -2.6 1.0 3.8
Performance vs peer group composite: David F. Hoffman
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
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Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
FTGF Brandywine Global Fixed Income Co-managed FO Fixed Int - Global since Oct 01 2003 to present
FTGF Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Co-managed FO Fixed Int - Global since Jun 25 2010 to present
FTGF Brandywine Global Fixed Income Absolute Return Co-managed FO Absolute Return since Apr 03 2012 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
Legg Mason Brandywine Global Sovereign Credit since May 09 2012 to Nov 04 2020
FTGF Brandywine Global Enhanced Absolute Return since Aug 16 2018 to Oct 30 2020
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