# 2026-11657: Franklin Resources Asks SEC to Waive Rules for Staff Funds

2026-11657, Franklin Resources, Inc., is a Federal Register notice from Securities and Exchange Commission published 2026-06-11, effective The application was filed on August 11, 2025, and amended on January 7, 2026, March 23, 2026, and June 3, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11657
- As of: 2026-06-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-11657
- Title: Franklin Resources, Inc.
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 35592
- Published: 2026-06-11
- Effective: The application was filed on August 11, 2025, and amended on January 7, 2026, March 23, 2026, and June 3, 2026.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-18

## In one line

Franklin Resources Asks SEC to Waive Rules for Staff Funds

## Summary

Franklin Resources, Inc. is asking the SEC for special permission to create investment groups just for its employees, letting them skip some usual rules. This change mainly affects Franklin’s workers and could make it easier and faster to manage these employee investment partnerships. If no one objects by July 6, 2026, the SEC will approve this exemption, which might save time and money for Franklin and its employees.

## Effects PRIA read

- Employee‑only investment entities exempted: benefit, low. Franklin Resources asked the SEC for an order to let limited partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, business or statutory trusts, or other entities formed for the benefit of eligible Franklin employees be exempt from many parts of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The request wo…

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## Sources
- [2026-11657 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/11/2026-11657/franklin-resources-inc)
- [2026-11657 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-11/pdf/2026-11657.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11657 (as of 2026-06-18).