Franklin Templeton, a $1.3 trillion asset manager, has partnered with Eaglebrook Advisors. In the fourth quarter, customers of the latter will have access to two digital asset-focused strategies.

The initiative targets Registered Investment Advisors (RIA) under Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs).

“Such SMAs offer direct ownership, minimal tracking error, and little effort to integrate portfolio reporting.” – says message.

In April 2022, Franklin Templeton made a strategic investment in Eaglebrook Advisors.

Franklin Templeton Digital Assets Core relies heavily on investing in a basket of 10-15 top digital assets by market capitalization.

As of 30 June it included:

• bitcoin with 69.25% share;
• Ethereum – 26.15%;
• Solana – 1.65%;
• Polygon – 0.61%;
• Chain Link – 0.52%;
• Tezos, Decentraland, The Sandbox, Filecoin, Aave, Axie Infinity, The Graph, Fantom — 1.82% in total.

Franklin Templeton Digital Assets Core Capped repeats the previous one with a 25% weight limit for each asset.

As of 30 June it included:

• bitcoin with 25% share;
• Ethereum – 25%;
• Solana – 9.83%;
• Polygon – 5.74%;
• Uniswap – 5.57%;
• Chain Link – 4.91%;
• Sandbox – 3.32%;
• Tezos – 3.32%;
• File money – 3.19%
• Axis Infinity – 3.13%;
• Aave – 2.62%;
• Phantom – 2.34%;
• Graph, – 2.33%.

Eaglebrook Advisors CEO told Blockworks that Franklin Templeton’s new offerings represent a game changer for cryptocurrencies. He added that the US money management market is requesting professional digital asset SMA strategies from the RIA.

Recall that in December 2021 investment advisor Ritholtz Wealth Management and management company WisdomTree investments launched the RWM WisdomTree Crypto Index. The structure provided an opportunity to invest in leading digital assets, DeFi tokens, metadata sources, oracles and L2 protocols.

Franklin Templeton previously announced the launch of an ETF focused on virtual worlds.

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