
	Franklin Resources&nbsp;Inc. is an American holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as&nbsp;Franklin Templeton Investments; it is a global&nbsp;investment&nbsp;firm originally founded in&nbsp;New York&nbsp;in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is listed on the NYSE under the ticker BEN, in honor of&nbsp;Benjamin Franklin, who was admired by founder Rupert Johnson, Sr. In 1973 the company&#39;s headquarters moved from New York to&nbsp;San Mateo, California. Today, Franklin Templeton Investments is one of the world&#39;s largest asset management groups with over&nbsp;US$815 billion in assets under management (AUM) on behalf of over 25 million private, professional and institutional investors, as at June 2013.
