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Jackson®: Power Planning: The Multi-Generational Benefits of Trust-Owned Annuities
Today’s global economy and volatile markets create challenges for trustees who are tasked with driving growth, preserving capital, and managing the everpresent sting of taxes and expenses in trust–owned portfolios. Did you know that trusts can benefit from the same features that individuals find in annuities? Namely, tax deferral,* income control, and diversified investment options. On the next few pages, we’re going to walk through three phases of trust planning (accumulation, distribution, and post-death planning) and show the many ways that a trust-owned annuity can be a powerful planning tool.
Market Outlooks
Innovation and consolidation
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Franklin Equity Group believes the road ahead for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals may be different from that of prior years, but as we move into the post-pandemic era, the industry is not lacking innovation prospects.
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Flexibility, resilience and opportunity
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Our investment teams share where they see investment opportunities across asset classes in our latest Global Investment Outlook. Is an economic slowdown expected in 2024? Diverse views are presented on interest rates and inflation, investment opportunities, risks, and potential surprises.
Market Outlooks
Stabilization might be enough
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In this Allocation Views, our Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team see recession risks moderating in some developed economies, led by the United States, but still anticipate a period of below-trend growth to continue into 2024.
Market Outlooks
2024 Outlook: Opportunities in technology
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The information technology sector had an eventful 2023. Franklin Equity Group believes 2024 may be another year of strong performance.
Market Outlooks
The case for low volatility and high dividend equities in international markets
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There are reasons to be cautious in many markets, but low volatility and high/sustainable dividend stocks can help mitigate risk while providing income and equity exposure. The Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions Team weighs in.
Market Outlooks
Government incentives accelerating the shift to green energy
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Many government policies—both carrots and sticks—are driving the global transition to greener energy systems. In this piece, we compare regulatory sticks, like carbon pricing, with carrots like feed-in tariffs that subsidized solar renewables. We also discuss the role the quickly developing global industrial policy race is playing in catalyzing investments.
Investing Ideas
Peeling back the onion: A concentric approach to investment decision making
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Portfolio Managers Greg Wilensky and Jeremiah Buckley offer a framework for interpreting economic news for investment decision making.
Market Outlooks
US growth: How much juice is left in the squeeze?
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Oliver Blackbourn, Portfolio Manager in the Multi-Asset Team, considers if US growth stocks are close to a peak after what has been stellar performance thus far in 2023.
Investing Ideas
What is ESG and why do we care?
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Michelle Dunstan, Janus Henderson’s Chief Responsibility Officer, explores ESG considerations and highlights how ESG integration helps Janus Henderson deliver on client goals and aspirations.
Business Development
Three keys to team meetings that inspire action
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Bryan Powell, Senior Director, Practice Management, outlines three concepts that can help heads of advisory teams lead more effectively.
Investing Ideas
Hiding in plain sight: The investment case for healthcare
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Though healthcare may have flown under the market’s radar this year, the sector’s attractive valuations and new growth opportunities are not to be overlooked, say Portfolio Managers Andy Acker and Dan Lyons.