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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

Quick Thoughts: Mega IPOs—From Private to Public Markets
  • 18 hours ago

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.

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...

US-Iran Update—The Map Is Expanding
  • 21 Jul 2026

Western Asset: As US-Iran tensions expand across the region, drawing in additional countries and threatening key strategic waterways, geopolitical uncertainty is widening the range of possible outc...

Saudi Arabia Vision 2030: 10 years of progress
  • 20 Jul 2026

Templeton Global Investments believes Saudi Arabia’s transformation, driven by the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 framework, could provide global investors with a unique investment opportunity.

Central Bank Watch: No Rush to Relax
  • 17 Jul 2026

Global central banks are entering a more complicated phase, according to Franklin Templeton Fixed Income, where patience increasingly comes with conditions. Policymakers are balancing sticky inflat...

Beyond the Chips: Hyperscalers and the Financing of AI
  • 16 Jul 2026

The AI debate focuses on models, chips and market share. But the bigger story? Hundreds of billions in expected issuance across public and private markets, one of the largest financing waves credit...