BEN vs BR Comparison

Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. At the end of December 2025, Franklin had $1.684 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (41%), fixed-income (26%), multi-asset/balanced (12%) funds, alternatives (16%), and money market funds (5%). Distribution tends to be weighted between retail investors (57% of AUM) and institutional accounts (40%), with high-net-worth clients accounting for the remainder. Franklin is one of the more global of the US-based asset managers we cover, with 30% of its assets under management invested in global/international strategies and 29% sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, which was spun off from Automatic Data Processing in 2007, is a leading provider of investor communication and technology-driven solutions to banks, broker/dealers, traditional and alternative-asset managers, wealth managers, and corporate issuers. Broadridge is composed of two operating segments: investor communication solutions and global technology and operations.