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Franklin Templeton

Est. 1947
5,001-10,000 employees Financial Services

About Franklin Templeton

The Power of Partnership 

We drive client success through an unwavering focus on investment excellence delivered on a robust global platform. This is backed by investments in cutting edge technology and product innovation. In this way, our clients receive a consistent, coordinated experience and are empowered with an extensive range of specialized capabilities, all delivered through one trusted global partner. 

We’ve broadened our capabilities by attracting leading public and private market investment managers to our firm. We nurture and protect the investment independence of these managers while providing them access to capital, technology, risk management, and sustainability resources.  

Alongside our investment offering, we equip our clients with the tools, services, and knowledge necessary to actively plan for a better future. 

And with a 75+ year tradition of closely held family ownership, we continuously focus on stability, innovation, and long-term value creation. 

Above all else, we always stay true to our commitment to create better financial futures together.

Expertise

Private Markets, Equities, Fixed Income, and Multi-Asset Solutions

Capital Preservation Matters: Why stable value is critical in retirement plan menus
  • 18 hours ago

In a higher-rate, inflation-uncertain environment, stable value funds can serve as a critical retirement plan capital preservation option by combining principal stability with the potential for inf...

Climate Change and AI: From Power Demand to Productivity
  • 22 Jul 2026

Templeton Global Investments suggests AI is driving demand for climate infrastructure while improving efficiency, creating broad investment opportunities across energy, grids, cooling and industria...

Innovation Insights Quarterly: Q3 2026
  • 22 Jul 2026

The latest Innovation Insights from Franklin Equity covers plant-inspired technology, gene therapies that point the way to longer lives, AI-powered World Cup analytics and more.

Quick Thoughts: Mega IPOs—From Private to Public Markets
  • 22 Jul 2026

Mega IPOs could mark the next phase of the AI investment cycle, bringing mature private companies to public markets and reshaping market leadership.

Agentic AI—The Killer Use Case for Blockchain and Crypto
  • 21 Jul 2026

To capture the AI growth opportunity today, most investors buy shares of AI-aligned companies and related verticals. But will the same playbook work for agentic AI? Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Asse...

Avoiding SaaSpocalypse Is About Underwriting Skill for Lenders
  • 21 Jul 2026

Benefit Street Partners suggests avoiding a SaaSpocalypse requires lenders to look beyond software exposure and assess the durability of a company's competitive moat in an AI-driven world.

Beyond US Border: The Case for International Equities
  • 21 Jul 2026

ClearBridge Investments global growth portfolio manager, Michael Testorf explores why now could be a pivotal moment for international equity investors.

Beyond US Borders: The Case for International Equities
  • 21 Jul 2026

ClearBridge Investments global growth portfolio manager, Michael Testorf explores why now could be a pivotal moment for international equity investors.

The Price of Admission: Further equity upside comes with a cost—volatility
  • 21 Jul 2026

Resilient earnings, improving industrial activity and the AI investment cycle should continue to support equities, according to Putnam Equity’s Shep Perkins. But the same forces driving the market...