FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC

Overview

Franklin Resources, Inc., which operates as Franklin Templeton, is a global investment-management company serving retail, institutional and high-net-worth clients. Its offerings span equity, fixed-income, alternative and multi-asset strategies, delivered through funds, ETFs, separate accounts and other investment vehicles, alongside related administration, distribution and shareholder services.[1]+2

The company describes its purpose as helping clients achieve better outcomes through investment-management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. It serves investors worldwide and reports offices in more than 80 financial centers.[1]+2 Its investment-management business dates to 1947.[5]

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, Franklin Resources reported operating revenues of $8.77 billion.[6] A company executive profile lists 10,000 employees.[7] [1]+6

Products & services

Franklin Resources offers sponsored investment funds and separately managed accounts for institutional, high-net-worth and retail clients, alongside sub-advised investment products and other investment vehicles. Its related services include fund administration, distribution and shareholder servicing. The product range covers equity, fixed income, alternatives, multi-asset and cash-management strategies, managed by specialist investment teams including Benefit Street Partners, Brandywine Global, ClearBridge, Franklin Equity Group, Lexington Partners, Putnam, Royce, Templeton Global Investments and Western Asset Management.[8][9]

At June 30, 2026, average assets under management were approximately $1.75 trillion, allocated 41% to equity, 25% to fixed income, 17% to alternatives, 12% to multi-asset and 5% to cash management.[10][11] Named offerings include Franklin Templeton Private Markets’ evergreen series for wealth-management clients, with $8.9 billion in assets across Lexington Partners, Benefit Street Partners and Clarion Partners; multi-asset products cited in connection with recent inflows include Canvas, Franklin Income Fund and Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions.[12][13] Franklin Templeton also describes Benji, a blockchain-based fund-servicing and tokenization platform associated with the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund.[14][15] [8]+7

Geographic presence

Franklin Resources’ FY2025 revenue was attributed mainly to the United States (75.4%) and Luxembourg (14.8%), with Asia-Pacific at 3.7%, Europe, the Middle East and Africa excluding Luxembourg at 3.2%, and the Americas excluding the United States at 2.9%. These figures reflect the jurisdictions of subsidiaries providing services, rather than necessarily the locations of clients or product sales.[16]+2

The company reports operations and service revenue in the United States, Asia-Pacific, EMEA, Latin America and Canada, and says it served clients in more than 150 countries in FY2025.[19][20] Its headquarters are in San Mateo, California; company property disclosures also identify locations including St. Petersburg and Rancho Cordova in the United States, and Hyderabad, Poznan and Edinburgh.[21][22] Franklin’s global offices directory covers the United States, Canada, Latin America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific; the company reports more than 9,000 global employees, but the cited material does not give a regional employee breakdown.[4][23] [16]+12

Business segments

Franklin Resources reports one operating segment: investment management and related services. Accordingly, that segment represents 100% of the company’s reported segment activity. For the nine months ended June 30, 2026, it reported operating revenues of $6,980.4 million and operating income of $820.1 million; management assesses segment performance primarily using consolidated net income attributable to Franklin Resources.[24]+2

The segment’s activities include managing sponsored funds, separate accounts, sub-advised products and other investment vehicles, alongside fund administration, distribution and shareholder services. Equity, fixed income, alternative, multi-asset and cash-management offerings are product categories, not separately reported operating segments.[27]

As an indication of product mix—not segment revenue or profit—average assets under management for the same nine-month period were approximately 41% equity, 26% fixed income, 16% alternatives, 12% multi-asset and 5% cash management.[10] [24]+4

Company history

Franklin Resources, Inc. was founded in New York in 1947 by Rupert H. Johnson Sr. The company launched the Franklin Income Fund in 1948, opened its first Canadian office in 1954, and went public in 1971. After Charles B. Johnson became president and CEO in 1957, the firm moved to California in 1973 and expanded internationally, opening an office in Taiwan in 1986.[28][29]

A major turning point came in 1992 with the acquisition of Templeton, which broadened the firm’s global-investing business. Franklin later added investment and wealth-management businesses including Franklin Mutual Series (1996) and Fiduciary Trust International (2001). Greg Johnson became CEO in 2005; in February 2020 he became executive chairman as Jenny Johnson took over as CEO.[5]+2

The firm expanded further through acquisitions, including Legg Mason in 2020, Lexington Partners in 2022 and Putnam Investments, whose acquisition was completed in January 2024. Its FY2025 annual report also records the acquisition of Apera in October 2025.[5][32] [5]+5

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