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Mike Reed

Mike Reed

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Mike Reed is Senior Vice President and Head of Digital Asset Partnership Development for Franklin Templeton Investments, a global leader in asset management. He is involved in seeking out businesses in the digital assets ecosystem with whom there may be strategic synergies, engaging in due diligence and looking for potential partnerships across their enterprise. Reed has over two decades of experience in capital markets. He joined Franklin Templeton in 2000 and has held numerous positions within the firm.

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FRANKLIN TEMPLETON 

  • Prior to his current role, Reed was an Institutional Portfolio Manager for a decade, and prior to that was a research analyst with Franklin Templeton Fixed Income

  • During his tenure as an analyst, he worked on mortgage-backed securities analysis and trading. 

  • Additionally, he worked closely with some of the team's high grade and multi-sector portfolios and on both economic and sector-specific research.

  • He specializes in MBS/Securitized, High Grade, Credit, and Global Government Bonds.


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