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What’s New In Investments, Funds? – Franklin Templeton
The latest news in investment offerings, financial products and other services relative to wealth advisors and their clients.
Franklin Templeton
Franklin
Templeton has just registered 14 exchange traded funds (ETS)
on the Euronext Paris Exchange, making the Franklin Templeton
ICAV product range directly available to French
investors.
The new funds are part of its expansion plans in the European ETF market and in response to growing client demand for ETF solutions. The ETF market has surged in recent years as investors and advisors have sought lower-cost ways to obtain market exposure.
“We have been deliberate and thoughtful in how we have grown our ETF business. Providing accessibility of our ETF line-up to local investors is part of our ongoing strategy and we are pleased to cross-list some of our ETFs on Euronext Paris. We closely monitor the local needs to offer French investors the most relevant solutions, which underscores our commitment to France,” Guillaume Dambrine, head of ETF Distribution, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Monaco, Franklin Templeton, said.
The 14 ETFs include Franklin AI, Metaverse and Blockchain UCITS ETF; Franklin FTSE Asia ex China ex Japan UCITS ETF; Franklin FTSE Asia ex China ex Japan UCITS ETF; Franklin FTSE Emerging ex China UCITS ETF; Franklin FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF; Franklin FTSE Japan UCITS ETF; Franklin FTSE Saudi Arabia UCITS ETF; and Franklin FTSE Taiwan UCITS ETF.
A number of them are also covered by Article 8 of the EU’s Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), notably the Franklin Future of Food UCITS ETF, which is designed to help create innovation and investment in new technologies, in order to produce more food using fewer resources, as well as the Franklin Future of Health and Wellness UCITS ETF.
They also include the Franklin MSCI China Paris Aligned Climate UCITS ETF; Franklin MSCI Emerging Markets Paris Aligned Climate UCITS ETF; Franklin MSCI World Catholic Principles UCITS ETF; and the Franklin US Equity UCITS ETF. See more about the California-based ETFs here, here and here.
