American Investment Firm Being Scrutinized in Lucrative Ghanaian Bond Deal
Last March, Franklin Templeton Investments, a U.S.-based firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange, bought more than $2 billion worth of bonds issued by the government of Ghana. It was a sweet deal for Templeton, which offers a range of services for “high net worth individuals” and has a long history of investing in heavily indebted, politically volatile…