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Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN) is in the Financial Services Industry
- Revenue
- Sep 30 2007
- $6.2B
- Profit
- Sep 30 2007
- $1.7B
- Market Cap
- Oct 09 2008
- $14.1B
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Money Market Funds' Lehman Exposure
FP Trading Desk submits: While some smaller money market funds have broken the buck as a result of their exposure to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH, many publicly traded money managers appear to have little or no exposure. “Breaking the buck” occurs when a fund’s net asset value falls...
PFI: PowerShares Dynamic Financials Outperforms Its Peers
Don Dion submits: After a mixed round of earnings this summer and ongoing uncertainty about valuation, the financial sector remains plagued with enough speculation to keep many investors on the sideline. As more financial institutions are added to the “probation list” of U.S. regulators, investors have become more...
Looking Inside the New Ben Graham ETN Baskets
Rick Konrad submits: Exchange traded notes [ETN] are a fairly new investment product that share some characteristics of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. They are simply direct debt obligations issued by a bank or investment firm rather than an interest in a pool of securities that define an ETF.A bank...
Franklin Resources, Inc. F3Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Hsein Lee - Morgan Stanley. Hsein Lee – Morgan Stanley You noted in your release that you recently launched a new SICAV fund, Franklin MENA. Could you give us an update on AUM in your SICAV products and...
Franklin Resources, Inc. F2Q08 (Qtr End 03/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Michael Kim - Sandler O’Neill. Michael Kim – Sandler O’Neill & Partners The $1.4 billion institutional account that funded on April 1, what type of mandate was that? Gregory Eugene Johnson It was a Global 6 and Global Equity....
Franklin Resources Inc. F1Q08 (Quarter End 12/31/2007) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Your first question comes from Michael Kemp with Sandler O’Neill Michael Kemp - Sandler O’Neill The first question I have deals with portfolio allocation, now to what extent if any do you think investors both on the retails and institutional side are starting to reallocate...
Franklin Resources F4Q07 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of Ken Worthington with J.P. Morgan Ken Worthington with J.P. Morgan Inaudible Question before, but with growth out performing value, what are you feeling towards Franklin having a more meaningful presence in growth style products, and...
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Templeton Releases Closed-End Funds' Portfolio Allocation Updates
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Templeton closed-end Funds referenced below, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange, today released portfolio allocation updates containing the following information as of August 31, 2008: * Asset Allocation * Ten Largest Positions/Portfolio Characteristics * International Allocation/Net Currency...
Franklin Universal Trust Declares Monthly Dividend
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., announced today a dividend of $0.038 per share, payable October 15, 2008, to shareholders of record on September 30, 2008 (Ex-Dividend Date: September 26, 2008). Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a wholly...
Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust Declares Monthly Dividend
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust (AMEX:FTF), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., announced today a dividend of $0.076 per share, payable October 15, 2008, to shareholders of record on September 30, 2008 (Ex-Dividend Date: September 26, 2008). Based on the...
Franklin Resources, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share payable on October 15, 2008 to stockholders of record on October 6, 2008. The quarterly dividend of $0.20 is equivalent to the dividend paid for the prior quarter and represents a 33.3% increase...
Templeton Releases Closed-End Fund's Portfolio Allocation Update
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Templeton closed-end Fund referenced below, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, today released a portfolio allocation update containing the following information as of July 31, 2008: * Asset Allocation * Portfolio Characteristics * Net Currency Distribution ...
Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust Declares Monthly Dividend
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust (AMEX:FTF), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., announced today a dividend of $0.076 per share, payable September 15, 2008, to shareholders of record on August 29, 2008 (Ex-Dividend Date: August 27, 2008). Based on the...
Franklin Universal Trust Declares Monthly Dividend
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., announced today a dividend of $0.038 per share, payable September 15, 2008, to shareholders of record on August 29, 2008 (Ex-Dividend Date: August 27, 2008). Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a wholly...
Templeton Global Income Fund Announces Dividend
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Templeton Global Income Fund (NYSE:GIM) today announced its regular monthly dividend from net investment income of $0.042 per share, payable on August 29, 2008 to shareholders of record on August 18, 2008 (Ex-Dividend Date: August 14, 2008). The Fund's investment manager is a wholly...
Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust Reports Asset Allocation
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust (AMEX:FTF), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., today reported its portfolio composition, certain portfolio characteristics and AMEX closing price as of June 30, 2008. Franklin Advisers, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources,...
Franklin Universal Trust Reports Asset Allocation
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., today reported its portfolio composition, certain portfolio characteristics and NYSE closing price as of June 30, 2008. Franklin Advisers, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN), a...
Franklin Resources, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Resources, Inc. Franklin Templeton Investments (NYSE:BEN) today announced net income of $403.3 million, or $1.71 per share diluted, on revenues of $1,521.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, net income was $366.1 million, or $1.54 per...
Templeton funds founder dies at 95
Sir John Templeton, founder of the Templeton funds and the Templeton Prize, died Tuesday in the Bahamas at age 95. Templeton was known for buying stocks at points of maximum pessimism. "He was a good investor, always looking for a bargain," says Michael Lipper,...
Business Digest
Anglo American sells South African stakes *Anglo American's South African operations completed seven deals to sell stakes to black groups worth 50bn rand (3.3bn) in 2007, the miner said yesterday. Anglo, the lead investor in South Africa with interests in platinum, coal, iron...
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- Incorporated: 1969
- CEO: Mr. Martin L Flanagan
Franklin Resources provides investment management, fund administration, shareholder services, transfer agency, underwriting, distribution, custodial, trustee and other fiduciary services (collectively investment management and related services) to the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Bissett, Fiduciary Trust and Darby funds, and institutional, high net-worth and other investment accounts and products, collectively called its sponsored investment products. Services to Co.'s sponsored investment products are provided under contracts that set forth the level and nature of the fees to be charged for these services. As of Sep 30 2007, Co. had $645.90 billion in assets under its management.
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Franklin Resources Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Charles B. Johnson
Chairman, Member-Office of the Chairman
Ms. Laura Stein
Mr. Louis E. Woodworth
Ms. Anne M. Tatlock
Vice-Chairman, Member-Office of the Chairman
Mr. Harmon E. Burns
Vice-Chairman, Member-Office of the Chairman
Mr. James A. McCarthy
Mr. Rupert H. Johnson Jr.
Vice-Chairman, Member-Office of the Chairman
Mr. Samuel H. Armacost
Mr. Charles Crocker
Mr. Joseph R. Hardiman
Mr. Robert D. Joffe
Governor Thomas H. Kean
Mr. Chutta Ratnathicam
Mr. Peter M. Sacerdote
Contact Information
One Franklin Parkway
San Mateo, CA
http://www.franklinresources.com
650 312-2000
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