Drew Carrington joins Franklin Templeton’s DCIO business

In the recent past, Carrington served as head of the Defined Contribution and Retirement Solutions Group at UBS Global Asset Management.

Retirement industry veteran Drew Carrington will join Franklin Templeton Investments as senior vice president and head of Defined Contribution – Institutional, based in San Mateo, Calif., the mutual fund company announced this week. 

Carrington will report to Scott Lee, head of Franklin Templeton’s institutional sales team, and will “focus on shaping and executing the firm’s sales and service strategy within the growing defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) segment of the US institutional market,” a release said.  

In the past, Carrington has served as head of the Defined Contribution and Retirement Solutions Group at UBS Global Asset Management and was a principal at Mercer Investment Consulting. He holds Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA)1 and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations and holds a bachelor of arts from Harvard University.

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