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Franklin Resources, Inc., doing business as Franklin Templeton Investments, operates as an investment management company. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of investment advisory, investment management, and related services to open-end and closed-end investment companies, including its family of retail mutual funds; institutional accounts; and families, individuals, and separate accounts in the United States and internationally. The companys sponsored investment products include a range of domestic and global/international equity, hybrid, fixed-income, and money market mutual funds, as well as other investment products. It also provides related services, including transfer agency, fund administration, distribution, shareholder processing, custodial, trustee, and other fiduciary services. Further, the company offers retail-banking services to individuals, foundations, and institutions; and consumer lending services, including automotive lending related to the purchase, securitization, and servicing of retail installment sales contracts originated by independent automobile dealerships; consumer credit and debit cards; real estate equity lines; and home equity/mortgage loans. Franklin Resources was formed in 1969 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
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