Franklin Templeton Taps Blue Owl’s Yamamoto as Japan Lead

Franklin Templeton’s credit management arm has appointed Takeshi Yamamoto as head of capital formation for Japan, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.

Yamamoto joins Benefit Street Partners, which has $92 billion in assets under management, from Blue Owl Capital. Prior to that, he worked at Credit Suisse Securities Japan, where he helmed the distribution of global credit and alternative investment strategies to Japanese investors.