Franklin Templeton exited August 2026 with a record $1.827 trillion in managed assets, up 11.1% year to date on $40.4 billion of market gains and $77.3 billion worth of net inflows for the firm's long-term assets under management, or AUM.
Franklin is one of the 20 largest US-based asset managers, with 71% of its AUM sourced from domestic clients. It is the fifth-largest global manager of cross-border funds.
Bears
Franklin's mutual funds continue to be weaker than they should be, with just 50%, 54%, and 53% of AUM above peer median performance on a one-, three-, and five-year basis, respectively, at the end of June 2026.
Franklin Templeton provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. At the end of August 2026, the company had $1.827 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (42%), fixed-income (24%), multi-asset/balanced (12%) funds, alternatives (17%), and money market funds (5%). Distribution tends to be weighted between retail investors (58% of assets under management) and institutional accounts (39%), with high-net-worth clients accounting for the remainder. Franklin is one of the more global of the US-based asset managers we cover, with 30% of its AUM invested in global/international strategies and 29% sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.