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Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 150 countries. 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 specialization on a global scale, bringing extensive capabilities in fixed income, equity, alternatives and multi-asset solutions. With more than 1,300 investment professionals, and offices in major financial markets around the world, the California-based company has over 75 years of investment experience and over $1.4 trillion in assets under management as…

Children’s homes and care placements are not ordinary commodities. Yet Britain has allowed some of its most sensitive public services to become assets in private equity portfolios: bought, loaded with debt, restructured and sold, while the state continues to fund the contracts and vulnerable people carry the risk when things go wrong.Private equity’s role in public services is not notional. The year after Compass Community was sold by its owner, Graphite Capital, to another private equity group, Cap10, the poor state of some of its children’s homes was made plain by Ofsted reports. Inspectors who visited two homes in England…

The US labour market threw a curveball in June, and triple-leveraged silver products caught the updraft. With only 57,000 new jobs added against a consensus range of 110,000 to 115,000, the miss sent rate expectations into a tailspin. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent, but the headline number was enough to rattle the bond market and give precious metals a fresh bid. The WisdomTree Silver 3x Daily Leveraged ETC rode that wave to a fourth straight winning session, closing Friday at $8.54. That marked a daily gain of 4.85 percent and a weekly advance of 15.88 percent. The…

Others Specials Over the past few years, the way Indians participate in financial markets has started to change. More traders and investors are using data, automation, and technology-driven workflows instead of relying entirely on manual execution and discretionary decision-making. The Indian trader was long defined by gut feel: screen-watching, emotional reactions, and discretionary calls made in real time. From around 2019 onward, algorithmic and API-driven trading grew more common across Indian markets as broker APIs opened up and retail-friendly automation tools became widely available. To understand what is algorithmic trading in today’s context, it helps to see it as the…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), Dr. Muda Yusuf, has noted that macroeconomic stabilisation has not yet translated into significant, broad-based improvements in productivity, competitiveness, employment and household welfare. In a Half-Year Economic Review and Second-Half Outlook, titled, “Nigeria’s Economy in 2026: Half-Year Review and Second-Half Outlook – Macroeconomic Recovery, Structural Reforms and the Competitiveness Imperative,” he noted that businesses continue to grapple with elevated production costs and persistent structural bottlenecks. He however added that Nigeria entered the second half of 2026 with significantly stronger macroeconomic fundamentals than at the beginning of the…

Eik fasteignafélag hf. (ISIN IS0000026110) is an Icelandic real estate company that focuses on owning and operating income-producing properties, primarily in the commercial segment of its home market. The group aims to generate recurring rental income from a diversified tenant base and to manage its portfolio with a long-term perspective on occupancy, maintenance and financing. For investors, the company represents a structured approach to listed real estate exposure in Iceland.Commercial real estate focusEik specializes in properties such as office buildings, retail space and service-oriented facilities located across key urban areas in Iceland. The business model centers on leasing space to…

Veteran trader Peter Brandt is eyeing a move from Bitcoin into gold, citing a technical breakout in the XAU/BTC ratio. His call has reignited the store-of-value debate, drawing sharp pushback from analysts.Here is what his chart shows, why the timing matters, and how other analysts read the same setup. I am contemplating selling some of my Bitcoin and going to Gold with the money.Looks to me that Gold is going to gain substantially on Bitcoin $XAUBTC pic.twitter.com/m4EUqkbh5j— The Factor Report (@PeterLBrandt) July 5, 2026 What the XAU/BTC Ratio Breakout Actually MeansThe XAU/BTC ratio measures how many BTC one ounce of…

The regulatory game between the blockchain and the financial industry’s traditional rails is back in focus. With popular Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) based chains now under a magnifying glass in terms of testing, XRP’s role as an optional liquidity bridge asset.SWIFT Opens Borders For Regulatory-Friendly AdoptionOn the first day of July, SWIFT’s official announcement kicked off with a rhetorical question: “In a world of constant change, how do we ensure the right conversations are taking place?”. ▸ Live tracker Follow every XRP institutional move in real time Bank pilots, ETF flows, ODL volume & more — all in one place.…

A 24-year-old winger is one assist away from breaking a record held by Pelé for over half a century. And crypto markets are paying attention. Michael Olise, Bayern Munich’s French international, has racked up five assists in four matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, placing him a single playmaking contribution shy of the six-assist, single-tournament record Pelé set during the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. That record has stood for 56 years. From winger to World Cup weapon The tactical shift driving Olise’s explosion has been his redeployment from a traditional wide role into an attacking midfielder position under…

While politicians squabble over the pros and cons of price controls on prescription drugs, onlooking citizens are often left scratching their heads. Many of today’s economic issues are obscured by their inherent complexity and the blarney coming from political talking heads. In his follow-up to Basic Economics , Sowell, a leading conservative spokesman and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, seeks to alleviate this confusion. He highlights the major differences between politicians (who act for the short term, i.e., reelection) and economists (who look at the long-range ramifications of policy), and urges voters to keep these differences in mind.…