M&A Deal Summary

Franklin Templeton Acquires OSAM

On September 30, 2021, Franklin Templeton acquired financial services company OSAM

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Franklin Templeton’s 5th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Franklin Templeton’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Franklin Templeton’s 2nd transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-09-30
Target OSAM
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Franklin Templeton
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

OSAM

Stamford, Connecticut, United States
OSAM is a quantitative asset management firm that delivers a broad range of equity portfolios to institutional investors, individual investors, and high-net-worth clients of financial advisors. OSAM also serves as the investment advisor for a U.S. mutual fund and as a sub-advisor to a family of mutual funds in Canada. OSAM was founded in 2007 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Franklin Templeton

San Mateo, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1947
Sector Financial Services
Employees10,300
Revenue 8.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Franklin's corporate headquarters in San Mateo, California.
Entrance to Franklin's corporate headquarters in San Mateo, California.

Franklin Templeton is a holding company that operates as Franklin Templeton Investments, a global investment management organization that provides investment management and related services to investors in jurisdictions worldwide through products that include US and non-US registered open-end and closed-end funds, unregistered funds, and institutional, high net-worth, and separately-managed accounts. Franklin Templeton was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 9
Sector: Financial Services M&A 5 of 7
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 7
State: Connecticut M&A 2 of 3
Country: United States M&A 5 of 7
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-05-06 AdvisorEngine

New York, New York, United States

AdvisorEngine, Inc. is a digital wealth platform and provider of technology and consulting services to more than 1,200 financial advisory firms in the United States that manage over $600 billion in assets. Its financial experience platform serves as a unified operating system across advisor experience (AX), business operations experience (BX), and client experience (CX). Modules include prospecting and client engagement tools, paperless client onboarding, account aggregation, CRM, goals-based financial planning tools, model portfolios, portfolio construction analytics, compliance monitoring tools, performance reporting, and fee billing. From the company’s offices in New York, NY, and Raleigh, NC, the AdvisorEngine team strives to fulfill six ideals through their work: camaraderie, clarity, curiosity, creativity, crushing it, and celebration. AdvisorEngine was formed in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-06 Eaglebrook Advisors

Miami, Florida, United States

Eaglebrook Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser that operates the largest SMA Platform in the crypto market. The firm has created the first bitcoin and crypto separately managed accounts (SMAs), which are designed to seamlessly integrate with an advisor's current portfolio management systems and workflows. Eaglebrook Advisors is based in Miami, Florida.

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