Chandra Seethamraju, PhD

Chandra Seethamraju is a senior advisor at Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions (FTIS).

Most recently he was head of Systematic Strategies portfolio management at FTIS. Dr. Seethamraju's primary responsibilities include Quantitative Equities, smart beta, style premia and volatility strategies. He is the lead portfolio manager on style premia products and the Franklin Core Equity Funds which employ a systematic quantitative equity approach in US, EAFE, EM and Canadian equities. He is also co-portfolio manager for systematic quantitative equity portfolios for large institutional clients. He led the research behind the factor models for the Franklin smart beta ETFs. Dr. Seethamraju was a senior member of the firm's Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) investment research team specifically focusing on the global equity value and momentum strategies.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in 2013 Dr. Seethamraju was involved with GTAA strategies as well as quantitative, active equity stock selection strategies for a major U.S. asset management firm. He also spent six years as an assistant professor at Olin Business School at Washington University in Saint Louis focusing on academic equity research.

Dr. Seethamraju holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University. Dr. Seethamraju earned his PhD in business administration with a focus on accounting from the Stern School of Business at New York University. His PhD was focused on intangible financial research such as the gap between market value and accounting value and the value of trademarks.