Franklin Templeton reorganizes Asia top brass

Franklin Templeton is reorganizing its senior positions across the region. Michael Reed, until recently the man running Franklin Templeton Investment in Asia ex-Japan, has been transferred to Seoul. Vijay Advani, managing director in Singapore, is extending his remit to Hong Kong and Korea.Reed already has Korea experience, having helped establish the firm there in 1997. “The Korea operation is the fourth largest market in the Franklin Templeton group,” he says, about on par with Taiw…