Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Mutual fund giant Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy a small crypto investment firm, 250 Digital, which will join its newly established Franklin Crypto unit, as the firm deepens its digital assets push. By bringing 250 in-house, Franklin Templeton hopes to be able to increase its actively managed…
Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson has two equally challenging jobs. She oversees a fund company with nearly $2 trillion in assets under management within an industry experienced accelerated change, from active ETFs to tokenization. And, as a third-generation leader from the Johnson family, she’s in charge of the legacy of a business started by her…
Xavier Lorenzo | Moment | Getty Images A smaller share of actively managed mutual funds and exchange-traded funds outperformed their index-based counterparts in 2025 than in the prior year, according to new research. Even so, both kinds of investments can have a place in your portfolio, financial advisors say. “I don’t treat passive and active…
