Patrick O'Connor

Franklin Advisers provides advisory services to a range of products and separate accounts which utilize various investment strategies including equity, fixed income, core, hybrid, and multi-asset strategies. The firm employs fundamental, bottom-up investment analysis to select securities within a specific sector or industry.

Operates response and recovery organization that supports youth, families, and communities impacted by terrorism and traumatic loss

Acts as an Umbrella Fund

FAS utilizes various investment strategies that focus primarily on undervalued companies. The firm employs a bottom-up security selection process to analyze individual securities. They look for under-researched and out-of-favor companies that offer the potential for attractive long-term returns. This may include current growth companies that are being ignored by the market, former growth companies that have recently stumbled whose stock price is dropping sharply but that have the potential for growth and companies that are or may be potential turnaround candidates or takeover targets.

BFA uses various investment strategies and methods of analysis implemented by BlackRock’s Investment Group. The firm utilizes fixed-income strategies that are actively managed, model or index based. Their equity platform includes a broad range of products that vary according to investment style, market-cap, and geography. For cash management portfolios, the investment process emphasizes safety and liquidity over yield. Their alternative mandates focus on sourcing and managing high-alpha investments with lower correlation to public markets and developing a holistic approach to address client needs in alternatives investing. They also have Multi-Asset and Index mandates.

Provides investment advice

Provides equity broking and research services

BAMC offers products in various structures including separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares (ETFs) and other pooled investment vehicles. They offer risk management, advisory and enterprise investment system services to institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions. The firm also offers active, enhanced and index strategies across markets and asset classes.