At Franklin Templeton, we’re driving our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that’s both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we offer opportunities not only to help you reach your potential but also to contribute to our clients’ achievements.

Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world!

Department Title: Franklin Equity Group

Location: The intern candidate must be based in San Mateo, CA this summer, and be able to commute into the San Mateo office on a Hybrid basis (4 days/week).  

Position Summary:   

Franklin Templeton is a leading global investment manager providing investment solutions for clients in more than 150 countries. We have over 9,000 employees, working in 60 offices around the world. For over 75 years, our success has been a direct result of the talent, skills and persistence of our people. Our expertise has allowed us to become one of the world’s largest asset managers with an AUM of $1.6 trillion, as of June 2024. 

The Franklin Equity Group is looking for Equity Research Associate Interns (Buy-Side) who have strong intellectual curiosity and who are interested in learning more about the investment management industry. We are looking for independent, resourceful Juniors who are looking for summer internships before their senior year.  We are looking for interns that will feed into our 3-year structured Associates Program that will include 1 on 1 mentorship, CFA designation sponsorship and tailored learning opportunities. The program is designed to give associates escalating responsibilities. There will also be options to rotate into other roles including marketing, product strategy, venture capital, and quantitative analysis. 

Equity research associates will learn how to invest in public equities, how to analyze both companies and industries, how to model and value companies, and how to make an effective stock pitch. Associates will have the unique opportunity to meet with numerous Fortune 500 executive teams in person, attend investment conferences to listen to investors and meet corporate executives, and attend investment team meetings with our sector analysts and various portfolio managers.  Associates will work with investment banks and develop contacts within these banks’ equity research teams and sales organizations to help conduct research. Finally, associate interns will wrap up the summer with a presentation to the group on their summer project. This position will be based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA.

Key responsibilities may include:

• Supporting research analysts in assimilating information and reaching investment decisions
• Attending company meetings and conferences
• Conducting field research
• Forecasting profits and cash flows to help value companies
• Listening to company quarterly calls and investor meetings
• Reading sell-side research reports on companies, industries, and market trends
• Reading daily news regarding a stock and/or industry
• Writing research reports
• Creating investment related presentation materials

Ideal qualifications, skills & experience

• Junior pursuing a Bachelor’s degree from a top university
• Strong academic performance with a GPA of 3.5 and above (3.0 for technical majors)
• Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking skills a must
• Self-directed, can work within broad guidelines and prioritize work flow
• Ability to consume, distill large quantities of information and develop insights from vast resources
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work well in a collaborative environment
• General understanding of the Microsoft suite
• Programming abilities a positive but not required

Ready to make moves? Apply today!  

When applying, please be sure to attach your resume. Applications without a resume file attachment will not be reviewed. 

Due to the large volume of applications anticipated, we may not be able to personally contact every applicant. If you are interested in applying to more than one Franklin Templeton internship, please apply for other internships that pique your interest. 

Compensation Range: This is a full-time internship where students will work approximately 37.5 hours per week and earn competitive hourly pay of $37-47 USD per hour, depending on year in school. There are several factors taken into consideration in making compensation decisions including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. At Franklin Templeton, we apply a total reward philosophy where all aspects of compensation and benefits are taken into consideration in determining compensation. 

What makes Franklin Templeton unique?

In addition to the dynamic and professional environment at Franklin Templeton, we strive to ensure that our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of Total Rewards—the mix of both monetary and non-monetary rewards provided to you in recognition for your time, talents, efforts, and results.

We believe that being a good corporate citizen is good business. To us, corporate citizenship means being accountable, serving our clients, being an employer of choice, managing our environmental impact, and supporting our communities. An emphasis on corporate citizenship is embedded in our culture and values, and is an important element of how we achieve success.

We are also committed to your learning and development with resources focused around Experience, Exposure, and Education, to help you achieve your professional development goals. Take some time to, meet some of our people, and see what it means to say, “I AM Franklin Templeton”.

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation. We invite you to visit us at http://www.franklintempletoncareers.com/ to learn more about our company and our career opportunities.    

Franklin Templeton is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. If you believe that you need an accommodation to search for, or apply for, one of our positions please send an email to accommodations@FranklinTempleton.com. In your email, please include the accommodation you are requesting and the job title and job number you are applying for. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request. Please note that only requests for accommodations will receive a response.  

Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!

Salary : $37 - $47