report by BlackRock
Results for ""
Client Life Events
It’s time to have “The [estate planning] Talk”
This piece is approved to use with clients.
Fretting about how to broach the subject of wealth transfer with your parents? You’re not alone. Wealth Strategist Ben Rizzuto offers suggestions on how to make “The Talk” a little easier and more productive.
Business Building & Planning
Finding the keys to success in succession planning
Curated content for RIAs.
Bryan Powell, Senior Director, Practice Management, discusses how advisors can build a foundation of success when navigating succession planning.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Successful charitable giving plans start with “why”
This piece is approved to use with clients.
Wealth Strategist Ben Rizzuto discusses the importance of understanding the motivations behind investors’ charitable giving aims and how advisors can help clients clarify and achieve their goals.
Market Outlooks
Copilot, not autopilot: How generative AI augments, but doesn't replace active management
This piece is approved to use with clients.
AI, with its data analysis and predictive power, can revolutionize investing. However, humans remain a crucial part of the process. Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions provides use cases into how different investors can harness AI to achieve their desired outcomes and workflows.
Market Outlooks
Where to add risk in multi-asset portfolios right now
This piece is approved to use with clients.
While some stocks may seem expensive, there are areas of opportunity that feature attractive valuations and growth catalysts, according to the Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team.
Market Outlooks
Alternative Allocations: Navigating through economic regimes
This piece is approved to use with clients.
Certain asset classes thrive or lag as economies move through one cycle to the next. Franklin Templeton Institute’s Tony Davidow shares how to analyze different economic indicators and how asset classes perform through economic regime changes.
Market Outlooks
Stress testing the foundations: Analyzing the vulnerability of US banks to falling commercial real estate values
This piece is approved to use with clients.
The commercial real estate sector’s continued challenges could potentially impact US banks. Franklin Templeton Fixed Income’s Shawn Lyons discusses the ongoing commercial real estate crisis and how US banks are safeguarding themselves against these issues.
Market Outlooks
A broadening opportunity set
This piece is approved to use with clients.
Our investment teams across asset classes share where they see investment opportunities in our latest Global Investment Outlook. Today, we see a much broader opportunity set across asset classes and regions, and the outlook over the remainder of this year (and into 2024) appears favorable for balanced portfolios.
Macroeconomic & Geopolitical
Anatomy of a Recession Update: Cracks in the Foundation
This piece is approved to use with clients.
Get perspective on the most recent US economic data, the investor’s view, and how reviewing previous recessionary periods may help us today, in this conversation with Jeff Schulze, Head of Economic and Market Research at ClearBridge Investments.
Market Outlooks
Quick Thoughts: Artificial intelligence—A primer
This piece is approved to use with clients.
Looking at the potential benefits, risks and societal changes of artificial intelligence from an investment lens with Stephen Dover, Head of Franklin Templeton Institute.