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Grant Bowers
Franklin Temp Intnl Serv SARL, Franklin Templeton Fund Mgt Lt
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Manager profile
Grant Bowers is a vice president of Franklin Global Advisers and lead portfolio manager of Franklin Growth Opportunities Fund and FTIF Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund (SICAV). He also manages Franklin Global Communications Fund and FTVIP Global Communications Securities Fund. Mr. Bowers has research responsibility for the telecommunication service industry. Mr. Bowers joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 1993 as a fixed income analyst and in 1998 joined the Franklin equity group as an analyst. His previous research coverage has included the media, publishing, transportation and business services industries. Mr. Bowers earned his B.A. in economics from the University of California at Davis. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, he served in the United States Army.
Total return for Grant Bowers
Manager career performance
Rolling Alpha Quartile: Discrete three year periods
Rolling Alpha Quartile shows a manager's alpha score in quartile terms, plotting his or her risk adjusted performance against all other managers in the UT & OEICs universe. The best managers are those who are consistently ranked in the first or second quartile.
 
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53-89m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
65-101m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
77-113m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
89-125m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101-137m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discrete calendar year performance : Grant Bowers

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
Grant Bowers 40.5 -15.1 9.1 40.9 3.3 20.2 6.8 32.9 -4.7 31.1
Peer Group Composite 26.2 -5.1 15.0 43.2 -4.8 14.9 -0.1 32.5 -0.8 24.9
Over / Under 14.3 -10.0 -5.9 -2.3 8.1 5.3 6.9 0.4 -3.9 6.2
Performance vs peer group composite: Grant Bowers
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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6 years
out of a possible 10
 
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Underperformed peer group composite
4 years
out of a possible 10
 
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Outperformed peer group composite
4 years
out of a possible 6
 
Falling markets
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2 years
out of a possible 4
Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
Franklin U.S. Opportunities Co-managed FO Equity - USA since Apr 03 2000 to present
FTF Franklin US Opportunities Co-managed UT North America since May 31 2012 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
Franklin Templeton Franklin US Aggressive Growth since Oct 16 2000 to fund close
Franklin Templeton Franklin Income since Aug 20 2003 to Nov 30 2007
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