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Mark Mobius: “Because of my name, I’m able to get through the door”

After more than 30 years at Franklin Templeton, Mark Mobius is now running his own company with a keen eye to find companies where corporate governance can be improved.

Niklas Tell 2019-06-12

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The loss of the private plane is not the only change that emerging market veteran Mark Mobius has had to face after leaving Franklin Templeton to set up Mobius Capital Partners last year.

“The big change is size. At one time we were running some USD 40 billion (EUR 36 billion) in emerging markets at Franklin Templeton and here we manage some USD 200 million. The other change is that we are much smaller and everyone has to be much more hands on. I have to be more hands on. It’s a big difference,” he says during an interview at Stockholm Waterfront Hotel on June 3. He is in the city to follow the development of Oriflame, which is a holding in the new fund. In mid-May, the Swedish founding family of Oriflame

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