SAN MATEO, Calif., October 24, 2025 — Franklin Templeton today announced the launch of two new actively managed international equity ETFs designed to provide investors with distinct approaches to accessing global opportunities outside the United States – Putnam International Stock ETF (NYSE: PGRI) and Templeton International Insights ETF (NYSE: TINS).
“These launches represent the continued evolution of Franklin Templeton’s active ETF platform and our commitment to offering investors access to high-conviction strategies in a modern, efficient structure,” said David Mann, Global Head of ETFs & Capital Markets at Franklin Templeton. “PGRI and TINS showcase the diversity of our specialist investment managers, giving investors two differentiated paths to international exposure; one rooted in Putnam’s deep fundamental research, and the other powered by Templeton’s proprietary global insights.”
Putnam International Stock ETF (PGRI)
Managed by Putnam Investments, PGRI offers a high-conviction, bottom-up approach focused on investing in what the managers view as high-quality companies with durable competitive advantages across international markets. The fund seeks to outperform the MSCI All Country World ex US Growth Index through selective stock picking and disciplined risk management.
The strategy reflects the team’s “foundation of quality” philosophy, emphasizing companies with durable moats, expanding market share, and strong, stakeholder-focused management teams operating in attractive end markets. The portfolio managers believe that a disciplined focus on quality provides a highly advantaged universe for stock selection—identifying businesses with the resilience and competitive positioning that aim to outperform over time, while also helping to mitigate downside risk during periods of market stress. Managed by Vivek Gandhi and David Morgan, the fund leverages Putnam’s global equity research platform spanning Boston, London, and Singapore.
“Across global markets, we continue to find high-quality companies with resilient earnings power that are trading at attractive valuations,” said Vivek Gandhi, CFA, Portfolio Manager at Putnam Investments. “Our focus on durable businesses with strong management and sustainable advantages is especially valuable as investors look beyond US equities for diversification.”
Templeton International Insights ETF (TINS)
Managed by Templeton Global Investments (TGI), TINS takes a fundamental, valuation-focused approach to uncovering mispriced opportunities across global markets. The strategy seeks to outperform the MSCI All Country World ex US Index (Net Return) by identifying companies whose long-term earnings potential is underappreciated by the market.
The fund draws on Templeton’s 80-year legacy of global investing and a seasoned research team with more than 100 investment professionals worldwide. The portfolio is built from the bottom-up through rigorous fundamental research aimed at identifying companies whose share prices do not reflect their long-term earnings potential. The managers have a long-term perspective on quality, growth and valuation, with multiple ways to find value across sectors, styles and regions. The result is a stock-driven international portfolio with balanced style exposures and a core profile offering genuine diversification of investment ideas to help create resilience across market cycles. The fund is managed by Peter Nori, Matthew Nagle, and Heather Abdinoor, who together bring decades of experience navigating global markets.
“Global equity markets have grown increasingly short-term in focus, creating opportunities for active investors willing to look further ahead,” said Heather Abdinoor, CFA, Portfolio Manager at TGI. “By focusing on valuation relative to future earnings power, we can identify attractively priced companies across styles and geographies that are positioned to compound value over time.”
With the addition of PGRI and TINS, Franklin Templeton continues to strengthen its all-weather ETF platform, built to help wealth managers and investors stay invested through changing market conditions. The firm’s diverse suite of over 70 ETFs spans equity, fixed income, multi-asset, single-country, and digital asset strategies, representing more than $50 billion in global ETF assets under management.