Navid Tofigh

He has served as vice president of Franklin Universal Trust since 2015; the fund’s 2022 proxy statement describes his principal occupation as associate general counsel at Franklin Templeton and officer of certain funds in the Franklin Templeton/Legg Mason fund complex.⁠[1]

As vice president and secretary, he signed a registration statement amendment filed with the SEC in February 2020 on behalf of Franklin Templeton ETF Trust, and in the same capacity signed a May 2025 filing on behalf of Templeton Income Trust.⁠[2][3]

On February 28, 2025, Franklin Templeton met with SEC Crypto Task Force staff on issues related to the regulation of crypto assets, and Navid Tofigh was listed among the anticipated attendees as senior associate general counsel.⁠[4]

On October 9, 2026, Franklin Templeton representatives met with staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force, and Navid Tofigh was listed among Franklin Templeton’s anticipated attendees as senior associate general counsel. The agenda covered the company’s digital assets business (including the FOBXX fund), the SEC’s proposed Innovation Exemption, and Investment Company Act of 1940 issues, such as whether tokenized money market fund shares traded in pairs with tokenized NMS stocks on a trading system would need relief from Section 22(d) and Rule 22c-1.⁠[5]

Franklin Templeton: Official website: https://www.franklintempleton.com/ (opens in a new window)⁠[6]