$1.6 Trillion Franklin Templeton Hires BNP Paribas Gaurav Bathija as Head of Private Banks & Family Offices, More than 25 Years of Experience in Capital Markets, Private Equity & Private Banking Including at JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citi Private Bank, BNP Paribas & KPMG
11th June 2024 | Hong Kong
Leading asset manager Franklin Templeton with $1.6 trillion AUM (Assets under Management) has hired BNP Paribas Gaurav Bathija as Head of Private Banks & Family Offices (27/5/24). Gaurav Bathija has more than 25 years of experience in capital markets, private equity & private banking including at JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citi Private Bank (Head of Private Capital Group South Asia), BNP Paribas & KPMG. Based in Singapore, Gaurav Bathija will led the growth of Franklin Templeton’s private banking & family office network in Asia, and reports to Christian Bucaro (Head of Wealth for Asia). Franklin Templeton (11/6/24): “Franklin Templeton has announced the appointment of Gaurav Bathija to the newly-created role of Head of Private Banks and Family Offices, effective May 27, 2024. Bathija will be based in Singapore and report to Christian Bucaro, Head of Wealth for Asia at Franklin Templeton. In his role as Head of Private Banks and Family Offices, Bathija will have regional responsibilities to accelerate the growth of the firm’s private banking and family office network across Asia, working closely with local teams in key markets such as Singapore and Hong Kong. He will focus on deepening the firm’s engagement with existing clients and developing new relationships with global and regional private banks, and other high-net-worth channels. Gaurav brings over 25 years of experience across Capital Markets, Private Equity and Private Banking. Prior to Franklin Templeton, Gaurav most recently served as the Managing Director of BNP Paribas Wealth Management, focusing on the Family Office segment in Southeast Asia. Having worked across the US and UK previously, Gaurav moved to Singapore in 2011 with JP Morgan Private Bank, where he covered both Financial Sponsors and Family Offices. He led Citi Private Bank’s family office effort in Southeast Asia between 2019 to 2021. Gaurav holds an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.” Earlier in 2024 February, Franklin Templeton hired Janus Henderson Spencer Seto as Head of North Asia Institutional Business.
“ $1.6 Trillion Franklin Templeton Hires BNP Paribas Gaurav Bathija as Head of Private Banks & Family Offices, More than 25 Years of Experience in Capital Markets, Private Equity & Private Banking Including at JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citi Private Bank, BNP Paribas & KPMG “
Christian Bucaro, Head of Wealth for Asia at Franklin Templeton: “We are delighted to welcome Gaurav to Franklin Templeton. Asia’s rising prosperity is reshaping the global investment landscape, and high-net-worth investors in the region are increasingly looking for more complex, diversified, and global investment solutions. Gaurav’s extensive industry experience and wide network of relationships, combined with Franklin Templeton’s diverse suite of public and private market investment capabilities, will put us in a stronger position to deliver more bespoke investment solutions and become the partner of choice for private banks and ultra-high-net-worth channels in Asia.”
About Franklin Templeton – Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 150 countries. Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company offers specialization on a global scale, bringing extensive capabilities in fixed income, equity, alternatives and multi-asset solutions. With more than 1,500 investment professionals, and offices in major financial markets around the world, the California-based company has over 75 years of investment experience and over US$1.6 trillion in assets under management as of April 30, 2024.
$1.5 Trillion Asset Manager Franklin Templeton Hires Janus Henderson Spencer Seto as Head of North Asia Institutional Business, More than 20 Years of Industry Experience Including at HSBC, PGIM, State Street Global Advisors & Janus Henderson
6th February 2024 – Leading asset manager Franklin Templeton with $1.5 trillion AUM (Assets under Management) has hired Janus Henderson Spencer Seto as Head of North Asia Institutional Business in a newly created role (5/2/24). Spencer Seto has more than 20 years of industry experience including at leading asset managers HSBC, PGIM, State Street Global Advisors & Janus Henderson. Spencer Seto is based in Hong Kong and will report to Tariq Ahmad (Head of APAC at Franklin Templeton). Franklin Templeton: “In his role as Head of North Asia, Institutional Business, Seto will have regional responsibilities to lead the firm’s institutional sales, consultant and client relationship efforts in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. Alan Young, Head of Institutional Business, Greater China at Franklin Templeton and Tay Kim, President & CEO of Franklin Templeton Korea will form part of Seto’s team … … Seto brings over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, with a proven track record of building and managing high-performing sales teams in the region. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Seto was the Head of Institutional Sales, Asia ex-Japan, at Janus Henderson. He has also held senior sales roles at PGIM, State Street Global Advisors and HSBC Global Asset Management. He holds an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Northwestern University.”
Tariq Ahmad, Head of APAC at Franklin Templeton: “I am delighted to welcome Spencer to Franklin Templeton in this new role. I am confident that he will foster collaboration across our teams and capitalize on the synergies in our regional business. Spencer’s extensive experience, deep understanding of the North Asian institutional market, coupled with his multilingual capabilities will be instrumental, as we look to further strengthen our business in this region.”
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