(November 3 -16:10 ET) – David Bissett, founder of Bissett & Associates Investment Management Limited has been elected a director of Templeton Growth Fund, Ltd., Canada’s largest mutual fund.

Bissett has over 30 years of capital markets and investment management experience is a leader in the Canadian investment industry.

“We’re delighted to have someone with David’s experience on the Board of Templeton Growth Fund. It’s indicative of the important role Calgary-based Bissett is playing within Franklin Templeton Investments,” says Don Reed, president and C.E.O. of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. said,

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. is a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc., a global investment organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments. Through its subsidiaries, Franklin Templeton Investments provides global and domestic investment advisory services to the Franklin, Templeton, Bissett and Mutual Series funds and institutional accounts.
-IE Staff