Franklin Templeton Investments today launched the Franklin Global Real...

Franklin Templeton Investments today launched the Franklin Global Real Estate Fund. It will be managed by Charles McKinely, REIT portfolio manager and analyst, and Jack Foster, managing director and head of global real estate for Fiduciary Global Advisors, a subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Institutional. The fund is available to institutional investors, as well as investors in employer-sponsored retirement plans, said Bill Weeks, spokesman.