Franklin Templeton is the latest investing firm to embark on a hiring drive for cryptocurrency expertise, posting new job listings seeking crypto workers.
Franklin Templeton is one of the world’s largest independent asset managers, managing more than $1.4 trillion in assets. According to LinkedIn job posts published on Sept. 1, the American asset management is searching for two mid-senior-level professionals to lead its crypto trading and research initiatives.
Franklin Templeton’s newly offered crypto roles want people who are interested in working with the “biggest, most liquid, and tradable crypto assets,” such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) (ETH).
The company’s crypto research analyst will be responsible for developing and updating valuation models, as well as informing portfolio managers and senior executives on associated business prospects, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies such as staking. The analyst will be required to assist Franklin Templeton in growing and managing new cryptocurrency products.
The trader role is looking for an expert to execute Franklin Templeton’s crypto trades. This individual will be responsible for portfolio rebalancing on a timely basis and supporting work processes involving reconciliation and settlement. The application states that the quantitative trader will also bring a process automation perspective in order to build or collaborate with developers to construct solutions to assist the platform’s growth.
Franklin Templeton is one of the largest independent asset managers in the world, managing more than $1.4 trillion in assets and offering various professionally managed mutual funds. In recent years, the corporation has been pursuing involvement in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries.
Franklin Templeton led a fundraising round for Proof of Impact, a decentralized marketplace for natural and social capital, in 2019. Franklin Templeton Investments previously filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a state money market fund focused on blockchain-based securities.
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