Franklin Templeton to Acquire 250 Digital and Launch Franklin Crypto

Franklin Templeton Acquires Lexington Partners

April 1, 2022

Financial Services

Franklin Resources, Inc. (operating as Franklin Templeton) completed the acquisition of Lexington Partners L.P., a global manager of secondary private equity and co-investments, on April 1, 2022. The deal expands Franklin Templeton's alternative asset capabilities, adding Lexington's approximately $57 billion AUM and a global footprint while preserving Lexington's brand and investment strategy.

Franklin Templeton (Franklin Resources) Acquires Putnam Investments from Great-West Lifeco

January 1, 2024

Wealth Management

Franklin Resources, Inc. (operating as Franklin Templeton) completed its acquisition of Putnam Investments from Great-West Lifeco on January 1, 2024. The deal brings complementary asset-management capabilities and increases Franklin Templeton's retirement and insurance-related AUM, while Great-West becomes a long-term shareholder in Franklin Resources.

Ripple Acquires Fortress Trust

September 8, 2023

Financial Services

Ripple has agreed to acquire Fortress Trust, a subsidiary of Fortress Blockchain Technologies, bringing a Nevada trust license and Web3 custody and payments infrastructure into Ripple's enterprise crypto stack. The acquisition expands Ripple's regulatory licenses and capabilities across payments, custody, and tokenization; the deal remains subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals.

DeFi Technologies Acquires Stillman Digital

October 7, 2024

Financial Services

DeFi Technologies Inc. has completed the acquisition of Stillman Digital Inc. and Stillman Digital Bermuda Ltd., a global digital-asset liquidity provider that offers electronic trade execution, market making and OTC block trading. The acquisition was paid in common shares of DeFi Technologies and is intended to bolster DeFi's trading capabilities, internalize trading flows from its portfolio (such as Valour), and diversify revenue through custody, FX and proprietary trading initiatives.

Franklin Templeton Acquires volScout

February 5, 2023

Financial Services

Franklin Templeton (Franklin Resources, Inc.) has acquired volScout, an early-stage provider of managed options strategies, and hired its founding partners Brad Berggren, Jon Orseck and Roger Weber. The deal creates Franklin Managed Options Strategies (Franklin MOST) within Franklin Templeton's Product Solutions division to add rules-based managed options capabilities for advisors, wealth management and institutional clients.

Talos Acquires Coin Metrics

October 17, 2025

Data & Analytics

Talos, an institutional trading and portfolio technology provider for digital assets, announced it will acquire Coin Metrics, a crypto financial intelligence provider. The deal combines Talos’s order/execution and portfolio management technology with Coin Metrics’ market data, blockchain analytics, and benchmark indexes to create an integrated data and investment management platform for institutional investors.