About Franklin Templeton Asset Management (I) Pv Mutual Fund

Over 12 years experience. Prior to joining BSLAMC, he has worked with UTI AMC and had handled various aspects of the investments Function including managing offshore funds, equity funds, balanced funds, equity research and equity dealing

Prior assignments: . 2004-2006, Fund Manager for the Portfolio Management Services of the AMC. . 1996-2004, Fund Manager - Sundaram Asset Management s Ltd. . 1994-1996, Deputy Manager, Portfolio Manager of Asian Convertible and Income Fund - SBI Funds Managements Ltd.

He has 16 years of experience as a senior research analyst. Prior Assignments: . Asst. Vice President - Investments -Pioneer ITI AMC Ltd., (Since 1993) . Petrosil Oil Co. Ltd. . L.U. Krishnan & Co.

Portfolio Manager/Senior Investment Analyst-Franklin Templeton Services (India) Pvt Ltd (based in Mumbai 2022-2025)  Daily oversight of live portfolios; track quantitative model outputs and identify significant drifts or anomalies, adjusting strategies as necessary to maintain alignment with investment objectives.  Partner with traders to ensure timely and efficient execution of trades, minimizing transaction costs and market impact.  Work closely with Compliance and Back Office functions to ensure portfolios operate within regulatory frameworks and adhere to internal fund guidelines.  Design solutions and the management of data processes for investment systems and implementation of quantitative models geared to factor based (traditional and ESG) quantitative equities, risk premia, multi asset portfolios and/or Volatility management  Work with Investment Platform team and other technology professionals both externally and internally  Work with Research, Global Portfolio Managers, and Investment Platform teams to design products and custom solutions for institutional portfolios  Work cross-functionally with investment professionals to refine and improve existing investment processes, enhancing overall quality, performance, and efficiency.  Helping in providing thought leadership in the portfolio construction, traditional quantitative, ESG and alternative factors  Work on conducting and delivering top notch research projects with applications to quantitative strategies Senior Associate - MSCI (based in Mumbai 2020-2022)  Involved in Quantitative research that supports new and existing indexes, including factor indexes.  Co-authored two paper - o Value's Lost Decade: Learning from Value Strategies' Behavior over Two Contrasting Decades o Managing Portfolios in a Low Rates Age Analyst - Morgan Stanley (based in Mumbai 2018-2020)  Involved in developing market neutral strategy for the equity market, to extract alpha. Quant Research Analyst - Quant One (based in Kolkata 2017-2018)  Devised a strategy based on long-term momentum indicator and optimized the results using machine learning to effectively capture alpha in the market.

She joined ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited as Channel Manager in October 2012. Basis the enhancement in the responsibilities Ms. Gupta has been designated as Fund Manager with effect from April 2017 till date. Past Experience: ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited - Dealer - Fixed Income - November 2013 to April 2017. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited - Channel Manager - October 2012 to October 2013. Morgan Stanley Investment Management from December 2007 to September 2012. HSBC Bank from September 2007 to November 2007. Standard Chartered Mutual Fund - June 2006 to August 2007.

He has been with Templeton amc since Feb 1995 . Befor joining templeton, he had a 3 year stint at CRISIL, india largest rating agency currently affiliated with standard & poor. He has experience in rating corporate securities across various industries and was also involved in structuring debt instruments including securitisation assignment.

Since - Feb 2005. Prior to this he was Industrial Finance Office with IDBI from 1988-1993.

Prior to joining Franklin India AMC he has worked with Credits- Portfolio Management, CRISIL Ltd., IBM Ltd. & Infosys Ltd.