Franklin Templeton

Why the world is approaching an inflection point on climate investing

A push towards standardised data and more appropriate incentives is bringing greater amounts of private sector capital into play on the path towards net zero emissions by 2050.

Ben HurleyMay 31, 2022

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

CalSTRS factors in net zero implications

CalSTRS is putting in place building bricks to meet its 2050 net zero pledge in a process that underscores the complexity and size of the task in hand.

Sarah RundellApril 27, 2022

Tokenisation is the greatest disruptor ahead

Blockchain technology will open up illiquid assets, like real estate, to new investors in what could be the greatest disruption ahead. Franklin Templeton's Jenny Johnson explains how the asset manager is ensuring it taps the new opportunity.

Sarah RundellNovember 9, 2021

FIS Digital – June 2020

Asset management’s new purpose

CEO of Franklin Templeton, Jenny Johnson, said asset managers need to do more, particularly in boosting diversity and inclusion in the underlying companies they own. She said the industry needed to do more to ensure capital is available to black-run and female-run businesses.

Sarah RundellJune 26, 2020

FIS Harvard 2019

The dangers of MMT: A counter argument

Look no further than the economic travails of Italy and Japan to see the perils of Modern Monetary Theory, MMT, said Sonal Desai, CIO, fixed income at Franklin Templeton. Speaking at the Fiduciary Investors’ Symposium at Harvard University, she countered the arguments of Stephanie Kelton, a leading MMT scholar at Stony Brook University and senior economic advisor to presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders who espoused the virtues of MMT in a previous session MMT: A solution to broken policy?

Sarah RundellNovember 11, 2019