Franklin Templeton is to acquire volScout, a boutique founded by Parametric veterans that specialises in managed options strategies. Terms of the deal, which comes just over two years after volScout was founded, were not disclosed. VolScout was set up and led by Brad Berggren, the founder of and at one time CEO, and CIO of Managed Risk Advisors, which was acquired by Parametric and its parent Eaton Vance and rebranded as Parametric Risk Advisors.