Franklin Templeton ETFs

Franklin Templeton

Founded in 1947, Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions.
Through its specialist investment managers, the company offers boutique specialization on a global scale, bringing extensive capabilities in equity, fixed income, multi-asset solutions and alternatives.

With offices in more than 30 countries and approximately 1,300 investment professionals, the California-based company has 75 years of investment experience and more than $ 1.4 trillion in assets under management as of June 30th 2023. Franklin Templeton, present for over 25 years in Italy, is one of the main foreign operators of asset management in the country. For more information visit the www.franklintempleton.co.uk

Franklin Templeton ICAV, the firm’s global ETF platform, enables investors to pursue their desired outcomes through a range of active, smart beta and passive ETFs. Franklin Templeton ICAV has more than $ 15 billion in assets under management globally as of 31st May 2023 and is supported by the strength and resources of one of the world’s largest asset managers.
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Global strength. Boutique specialization

Franklin Templeton is focused on delivering better client outcomes. It’s why Franklin Templeton built a world-class investment firm that aims to offer the best of both worlds: global strength and boutique specialization. They bring together an unmatched collection of independent specialist investment managers to provide the clients deep expertise and specialization — within and across asset classes, investment styles, and geographies. They boast extensive multi-asset capabilities. And they offer hundreds of strategies across active, smart beta and passive approaches — in a full range of vehicles.
All this gives Franklin Templeton the ability to provide options best suited to the unique needs of every client, institutional or individual. Specialization and customization backed by the strength and resources of one of the world’s largest independent asset managers. Reliable, technology-driven, and tailored service. A commitment to doing what’s right for clients at all times.


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Emerging Markets ETFs

For many investors, emerging markets still only play an underrepresented role in their portfolio allocations. However, many of these economies are expected to contribute significantly to the world GDP (developing countries set to account for nearly 60% of world GDP by 2030, according to new estimates). While their competitive advantage often used to be based on cheap labour and access to raw materials, many have long shifted towards technological advancements and improved productivity as their source of growth.

When it comes to emerging markets allocations, however, there’s no one-size-fits-all. Disaggregating traditional, broad emerging markets exposures can help investors fine tune their strategic and tactical positioning according to their specific needs. That’s why Franklin Templeton has engineered a range of cost effective, broadly diversified single country ETFs that provide exposure to some of the most dynamic investment opportunities out there.

Key Markets in Focus

  • China - The Giant
  • South Korea – The Innovator
  • Brazil – The Classic
  • India – The Ambitious
  • Taiwan – The Challenger
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The value of shares in the Fund and income received from it can go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested. Performance may also be affected by currency fluctuations. Currency fluctuations may affect the value of overseas investments. There is no guarantee that the Fund will meet its objective. Other significant risks include, but are not limited to: counterparty risk, currency risk, derivative risk, Emerging Markets risk, index risk, secondary market trading risk. For details on all risks applicable to funds, please refer to the "Risk Considerations" section of the fund in the current prospectus.


Smart Beta ETFs

Smart Beta ETFs are one of the fastest growing investment options available to investors. Smart beta is an index that has been designed to achieve a specific outcome, is an evolved way of creating an index, using rules to target companies that demonstrate specific “factors”, or drivers of performance, in order to achieve a specific objective. It targets a variety of factors, combining them in a strategic way, which may lead to stronger returns with less risk over time.

While many smart beta strategies utilize the same four factors (Quality, Value, Momentum and Low Volatility), many employ standard, widely accepted approaches to measuring these factor exposures. Franklin Templeton soughts to develop custom factor measures which they believe could provide a more comprehensive evaluation of a stock's exposure to each factor.

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Smart beta refers to a methodology of index construction that seeks to achieve better risk-adjusted returns compared to traditional market capitalization weighted benchmark indexes. There is no guarantee that any strategy will achieve its objective. Smart Beta ETFs are not riskless investments, and investors can lose money. For additional risk disclosures, please see the prospectus.


Active ETFs

Active ETFs are a type of ETF that has a management team that makes investment decisions based on research and insights to determine portfolio underlying positions and investments. They are actively managed to combine Franklin Templeton’s investment expertise and capabilities with the benefits of an ETF structure.

  • Potential for Better Investment Outcomes - Active ETFs have the potential to achieve better investment outcomes versus traditional index products, which are designed to track, not outperform, benchmark indices.
  • Access to Active Investment Expertise and Experience - Franklin Templeton is a trusted leader in active management with over 70 years of investing insights grounded in fundamental, bottom-up research. Franklin Templeton ICAV ETFs are supported by one of the industry’s largest global research platforms, operating in 35 countries with over 600 investment professionals.
  • Exchange Traded Fund Features (ETFs) - Similiar to traditional index and smart beta ETFs, active ETFs offer investors the ease of trading during market hours, competitive ETF pricing and transparency with access to portfolio holdings on a daily basis.

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There is no guarantee that any strategy will achieve its objective. ETFs are not riskless investments, and investors can lose money. An investment in Franklin Templeton ETFs entails risks which are described in the Fund's prospectus and Key Investor Information Document.


Thematic ETFs

Unique and comprehensive strategies that aim to capture opportunities arising from the most influential themes in the contemporary world. In collaboration with Solactive, a global index provider, Franklin Templeton has created portfolios that replicate diversified indices of companies aligned with each theme. Clients can effectively diversify their core exposures and build thematic satellite allocations with less conventional exposures.


  • Franklin Future of Food UCITS ETF
    Franklin Future of Food UCITS ETF aims to provide exposure to companies that are involved in sustainable practices in the food industry globally. The ETF aims to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the Solactive Sustainable Food Index, regardless of the performance of the latter, while trying to minimize as much as possible the deviation between the performance of the ETF and that of the Index. The Index consists of global stocks issued by developed market companies and is designed to measure the equity performance of those companies related to the food industry using efficient technologies, production and supply practices and/or demonstrate innovation with the aim of creating a sustainable food ecosystem.

  • Franklin Future of Health and Wellness UCITS ETF
    Franklin Future of Health and Wellness UCITS ETF intends to provide exposure to committed companies in the provision of sustainable products and services related to health and well-being globally. The ETF aims to replicate as closely as possible the performance of Solactive Sustainable Health and Wellness Index, regardless of the performance of the latter, while searching to minimise as much as possible the deviation between the performance of the ETF and that of the Index. The Index consists of global stocks issued by developed market companies and is designed to measure the equity performance of those companies that use technology and demonstrate innovation within the healthcare sector, as well as those companies that enable access to care, health or well-being for a wide range of consumers, including elderly.

  • Franklin Metaverse UCITS ETF
    Franklin Metaverse UCITS ETF intends to track the performance of the Index, which is composed of from listed stocks selected from the Solactive GBS Global Markets All Cap Index. The fund provides exposure to equities of globally listed companies operating in the metaverse. It aims to replicate the performance of the Solactive Global Metaverse Innovation Net Total Return index, seeking to minimize tracking error as much as possible.
    - Access to companies revolutionizing our digital interaction in this new virtual world.
    - A thematic technology portfolio tracking a diversified index of companies representing key players in this emerging and rapidly growing segment.
    - A forward-looking technology strategy that incorporates sustainability, while excluding companies deemed harmful to the United Nations Global Compact Principles.


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Sustainable investing

Sustainable investing can be a vital tool for delivering long-term value to our clients. Franklin Templeton believes integration of ESG considerations in the investment process can enable stronger investment performance and better client outcomes.
As the ESG landscape continues its rapid transformation, Franklin Templeton has a strong firm-wide commitment to be responsible stewards of clients’ assets and aspires to be a global leader in stewardship and sustainability.

  • There is an increasing body of data that points to sustainability as a driver of long-term value creation and portfolio performance.
  • Part of successful investing is reinforcing sustainable social, environment and governance structures, which create the conditions for issuers to succeed.
  • To drive the change required for issuers to evolve, investment managers and other shareholders must provide strong engagement and demonstrate active ownership.

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