Product Watch
Toronto-based Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. made the following changes to the risk ratings of certain Franklin LibertyShares ETFs:
> Franklin Liberty Core Balanced ETF was reduced to “low”;
> Franklin LibertyQT International Equity Index ETF was reduced to “low to medium”;
> Franklin Liberty Risk Managed Canadian Equity ETF was reduced to “low to medium”; and
> Franklin Liberty Senior Loan ETF (CAD-Hedged) was reduced to “low.”
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