• Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) is acquiring 250 Digital to expand its actively managed institutional crypto strategies.
• The company is also acquiring Apera to grow its European private credit platform and broaden its alternatives offering.
• These transactions mark a further push into digital assets and private credit beyond previously discussed product launches and leadership moves.

For readers tracking NYSE:BEN, these deals come with the shares recently trading around $26.43 and returns of 11.1% over the past week and 55.5% over the past year. The moves into crypto strategies and European private credit add new angles to the existing business profile, which some investors may weigh alongside this recent share price performance.

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