Five years ago, Franklin Templeton was on the cusp of joining the much-coveted trillion-dollar club with $922bn of assets, but after leading the global worst-seller list for several years, its Analysts are slicing their earnings forecasts for Franklin Templeton, as the US asset management group wrestles with some of the worst outflows from its mutual funds in its history. Franklin Advisers, Inc. San Mateo, California, United States Sonal Desai, Ph.D. is Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. In this role, Dr. Desai oversees Franklin's Municipal, Corporate Credit, Floating Rate Securitized, Multisector, Global (including Emerging Markets), Money Market