Ed McGraw

Ed McGraw is the head of investment operations and business management for Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions. In his role he oversees operations for all direct security portfolios, fund of funds and alternatives. He also oversees business management including management reporting, business oversite and business continuity. He joined Franklin Advisors in 2017 following the acquisition of AlphaParity where he was a partner and served as the chief operating officer and chief compliance officer.

Prior to joining AlphaParity, Mr. McGraw was the head of business development for Strategic Fixed Income. Previously he was an investment manager at Man Global Strategies where he was responsible for over $2 billion in seeding and strategic deals with alternative investment managers. He began his career in 1994 as trader at Bacon Investment Corp, a global macro hedge fund, and subsequently held senior asset allocation roles at Tower Capital Management and Covenant Capital Management.

Mr. McGraw received a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from Lubin School of Business at Pace University. He is a member of Franklin Templeton's Complex Securities Review Committee and Counterparty Credit Committee.