Franklin Templeton (Canvas)
Canvas Tax Aware Long Short
OpenAdvisor-only on the Canvas platform.
- Assets
- Not disclosed
- Fee a year
- Not disclosed
- Minimum
- Not disclosed
- Tracking error
- Not disclosed
- Investors
- Not disclosed
- Open to
- Not disclosed
- Leverage
- 130/30
- Lock-up
- None (SMA)
- Holdings
- Not disclosed
- Benchmark
- Not disclosed
- Custodians
- Not disclosed
- Access
- Through an advisor, on advisor platforms
- Launched
- 2025
- Assets, in detail
- Not broken out. Canvas platform AUM (all custom portfolio products, mostly long-only) was $30.3B at 2026-06-30, with $3.7B of net inflows in that quarter (Franklin Q3 FY2026 presentation). Cerulli: Franklin Templeton is one of five managers (with Nuveen, Invesco, Morgan Stanley, and Natixis) that together had about $4B in retail long/short SMAs (Q1 2026).
- Fee schedule
- Not published.
- Other costs
- Financing costs are extra.
- Tracking error, method
- Not disclosed.
Franklin Templeton (Canvas), all products
- 2025-12$18BCanvas platform AUM, all products (provider-level)
- 2026-03$22.9BCanvas platform AUM, all products (provider-level)
- 2026-06$30.3BCanvas platform AUM, all products (provider-level)
Sources
Checked 2026-10. Confidence: low.
- Franklin Templeton press release (Sept 2025)
- Franklin Resources Q3 FY2026 investor presentation (quarter ended 2026-06-30)
- Franklin Resources Q2 FY2026 investor presentation (quarter ended 2026-03-31)
- Franklin Resources Q1 FY2026 investor presentation (quarter ended 2025-12-31)
- The Daily Upside: advisor interest in long-short SMAs nearly doubles (2026-09-01, Cerulli data for Q1 2026)
Where to get it
The same product costs a different amount through each door. The all-in fee adds the access provider's own fee to the product fee. Placement fees, financing, and fund expenses are extra.
| Through | Their fee | All-in fee | Minimum | Onboarding and queue | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Schwab (RIA custody)Custodian | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | $10M | Not disclosed | Restricted |
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