Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC (Ft. Lauderdale)

Name: Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC
Address: 300 Southeast 2 Nd Street, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 33301
Telephone: (954) 527-7500

Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Ft. Lauderdale. It manages $31.4 billion of regulatory assets for 324 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Colorado, Connecticut, and 12 other states.

Templeton Investment Counsel provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, 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.

Templeton Investment Counsel: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC is $31.4 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 39% since the beginning of its operation, and $560.35 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $31.4 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $96.91 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 96% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 3% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in non-exchange traded securities form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. 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 Cynthia Lewis Sweeting serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, insurance companies, investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Cynthia Lewis Sweeting is investment companies with 9 clients and $9.74 billion of assets under management. Among the 6 most similar advisory firms, Templeton Investment Counsel has the 3rd highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $31.03 billion for 324 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 2% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Templeton Investment Counsel also advises several private funds. Namely, one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC

The company employs 29 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 31 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.

Cynthia Lewis Sweeting has been acting as President since 1 Jul 2012. Jed Andrew Plafker joined the executive team most recently as the Executive Vice President.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Templeton Worldwide	Corp. parent of ticl: 100%	1 Jan 2001	75% - 100%	94-3167260
Donald Francis Reed	Chief executive officer and chairman	1 Jan 2001	Other	4392357
Gregory Eugene Mcgowan	Exec. vice president	1 Jan 2001	Other	2111958
Peter Anthony Nori	Exec. vp/portfolio mgr.-research analyst	1 Jan 2001	Other	1562569
Gary Motyl	President	1 Jan 2001	Other	2511508
Charles Endler Johnson	President-tgbm div	1 Jan 2001	Other	1023451
Martin Lawrence Flanagan	Exec.vice president & coo	1 Jan 2001	Other	2111957
William Denman Zirkle	Exec. vice president-institutional mktg.	1 Jan 2001	Other	2379585
Gary Russell Clemons	Exec. vp/portfolio mgr.-research analyst	1 Jan 2001	Other	2449096
Mark Richard Beveridge	Sr. vp/portfolio mgr.-research analyst	1 Jan 2001	Other	4392358
Norman Rickard Frisbie	Senior vice president-alliance sales	1 Jan 2001	Other	2115692
Tracy Ann Harrington	Sr. vp-institutional mktg. support	1 Jan 2001	Other	1818118
William Howard	Sr. vp/portfolio mgr.-research analyst	1 Jan 2001	Other	2511334
Charles Reed Hutchens	Sr. vice president & director client service	1 Jan 2001	Other	1484250
Cindy L. Sweeting	Sr. vp/portfolio mgr.-research analyst	1 Jan 2001	Other	4275358
Michael John Corcoran	Vice president & controller	1 Jan 2001	Other	2347458
Umran Demirors	Exec. vice president/cio-tgbm division	1 Jan 2001	Other	2541428
Peter Douglas Anderson	Sr. vp-institutional marketing	1 Jan 2001	Other	3117256
Edgerton Tucker Scott	Sr. vp/portfolio mgr.-research analyst	1 Jan 2001	Other	2200082
Guang Yang	Sr. vp/portfolio mgr.-research analyst	1 Jan 2001	Other	2839958
Leslie Michael Kratter	Sr. vice president	1 Jan 2001	Other	2345274
Gary Paul Motyl	President	1 Jan 2001	Other	2511508
William Templeton Howard	Exec. vp/portfolio mgr.-research analyst	1 Jan 2001	Other	2511334
Cynthia Lewis Sweeting	Exec. vp/director of research	1 Jan 2001	Other	4275358
Antonio Tomas Docal	Sr. vice president	1 Jan 2003	Other	4407508
Antonio Tomas Docal	President	1 Nov 2003	Other	4407508
Timothy Steven Stearns	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2004	Other	1327230
James Robert Baio	Sr. vice president & cfo	1 Jan 2005	Other	2336447
Shelly Marie Burchfield	Treasurer	1 Aug 2006	Other	2296227
Shelly Marie Painter	Treasurer	1 Aug 2006	Other	2296227
Craig Steven Tyle	Chief legal officer	1 Dec 2006	Other	5026433
Madison Sterling Gulley	Executive vice president	1 Dec 2006	Other	1862155
Mark Lecho Constant	Treasurer	1 Oct 2007	Other	2164003
Michael Joseph D'agrosa	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2009	Other	5153687
Antonio Tomas Docal	Exec. vp/portfolio manager-research analyst	1 Apr 2011	Other	4407508
Neil S Devlin	Exec. vp/portfolio manager-research analyst	1 Apr 2011	Other	2385605
Harlan Bradford Hodes	Executive vice president/portfolio manager-research analyst	1 Nov 2011	Other	4456995
Cynthia Lewis Sweeting	President	1 Jul 2012	Other	4275358
Thomas John Fisher	Executive vice president	1 Aug 2017	Other	4314535
Antonio Tomas Docal	President	1 Dec 2017	Other	4407508
Jed Andrew Plafker	Executive vice president	1 Sep 2018	Other	2793695

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Franklin Resources	Parent corporation of twi:100%	1 Jan 2001	75% - 100%	13-2670991

Based in Ft. Lauderdale

The principal office where Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 300 Southeast 2 Nd Street, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number (954) 527-7500 or by fax (954) 527-7329. 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/.