Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors, Inc. (San Mateo)

Name: Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors, Inc.
Address: One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA, 94403 1906
Telephone: 800-822-8464

Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors, Inc. is a large advisory firm based in San Mateo. It manages $4.14 billion of regulatory assets for 4,831 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2004 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 47 other states.

Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors, Inc. is $4.14 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -24% since the beginning of its operation, and $3.55 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $4.14 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $856.09 thousand each.

Investments

The firm invests in state and local bonds the most. They account for 69% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 11% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in investment grade corporate bonds form 8% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients John Matthew Lusk serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of John Matthew Lusk is high net worth individuals with 845 clients and $2.1 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors has the 5th highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $3.91 billion for 4,810 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors, Inc.

The company employs 14 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 36 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

John Matthew Lusk has been acting as President since 1 Jan 2011. Thomas Michael Regner joined the executive team most recently as the President And Director.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Franklin Resources	Stockholder	1 Mar 1978	75% - 100%	13-2670991
Rupert Harris Johnson	Director & fri stockholder	1 Mar 1978	Other	1106669
Charles Bartlett Johnson	Director & fri stockholder	1 Mar 1978	Other	1239814
Frank Michael Felicelli	Director, executive vice president & cio	1 Jun 1986	Other	1558340
William Jennings Lippman	Senior vice president	1 Jun 1988	Other	310520
Inc. Franklin Resources	Stockholder	1 Oct 1992	75% - 100%	13-2670991
Martin Lawrence Flanagan	Executive vice president	1 Jun 1993	Other	2111957
Kent Preston Strazza	Director, president & ceo	1 Nov 2000	Other	1337183
Kent Preston Strazza	President & ceo	1 Mar 2003	Other	1337183
Kenneth Allan Lewis	Senior vp-finance, treasurer & principal financial officer	1 Mar 2003	Other	2111961
Robert Lim	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2004	Other	3070529
Robert N/A Lim	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2004	Other	3070529
Patrick John Mccall	Executive vice president	1 Oct 2004	Other	2684828
Greg Eugene Johnson	Director & chairman of the board	1 Dec 2004	Other	1549998
James Robert Baio	Chief financial officer	1 Dec 2004	Other	2336447
Patrick John Mccall	Executive vice president	1 Dec 2004	Other	2684828
Craig Steven Tyle	Chief legal officer	1 Dec 2006	Other	5026433
Madison Sterling Gulley	Executive vice president	1 Dec 2006	Other	1862155
Kenneth Allan Lewis	Chief financial officer	1 Dec 2006	Other	2111961
William Young Yun	Director	1 Jan 2007	Other	1412123
Mark Lecho Constant	Treasurer	1 Oct 2007	Other	2164003
Kent Preston Strazza	Director and chief executive officer	1 Apr 2009	Other	1337183
Vijay Chandur Advani	Director	1 Apr 2009	Other	4393041
Peter Darrell Jones	Director	1 Apr 2009	Other	1332881
Jed Andrew Plafker	Director	1 Apr 2009	Other	2793695
Suzanne Dorothy Seltzer Akers	President	1 Apr 2009	Other	1769277
John Matthew Lusk	Director	1 Jan 2011	Other	2820581
Philip Portera	Director	1 Jan 2011	Other	4832336
Philip N/A Portera	Director	1 Jan 2011	Other	4832336
Frank Michael Felicelli	Chief executive officer and director	1 Jan 2011	Other	1558340
Patrick John Mccall	President and director	1 Jan 2011	Other	2684828
Gary Paul Motyl	Director	1 Jan 2011	Other	2511508
Peter D Jones	Director	1 Jun 2012	Other	5787198
Vijay Chandur Advani	Director	1 Jun 2012	Other	4393041
Daniel T O'lear	Executive vice president	1 Feb 2013	Other	6175849
Daniel Thomas O'lear	Executive vice president	1 Feb 2013	Other	6175849
Peter D Jones	President and director	1 Aug 2014	Other	5787198
Thomas Michael Regner	President and director	1 Oct 2015	Other	2219125

Based in San Mateo

The principal office where Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403 1906, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 800-822-8464 or by fax (650) 312-4208. The normal business hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at franklintempleton.com/.