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Canada’s version is distinctive, and for now more conservative. Domestic managers oversee an estimated $20–$30 billion, a sliver of the U.S. market’s $1.5 trillion-plus, concentrated among institutional players and tilted toward multi-tenant real estate rather than the leveraged software borrowers that dominate U.S. direct lending. That caution shows up where it counts: in the documentation….

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A market downturn early in retirement, when you’re actively withdrawing from your portfolio, does far more damage than the same downturn mid-career. Selling shares at depressed prices to fund living expenses permanently reduces the portfolio’s ability to recover. Keep one to two years of expenses in cash or short-term bonds so you’re never forced to…

Home Commentary American Banks Left the Door Open. European Fintechs Are Walking In. The new battleground for U.S. banking will be about who owns relationships, not who has the biggest balance sheet. Netflix Inc. co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings said a few things in 2014 that American banks and fintechs should consider pinning on…

Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 150 countries. Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company offers specialization on a global scale,…