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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Franklin Will Shutter a $12MM-AUM ETF


The folks at a $1.67-trillion-AUM*, publicly traded fund firm are preparing to shut down a three-year-old exchange-traded fund.

On Friday (December 5), the Franklin Templeton [profile] team revealed plans to liquidate the ClearBridge Sustainable Infrastructure ETF (INFR on the Nasdaq). Franklin Advisers, Inc. serves as INFR's investment advisor, while Franklin's ClearBrdige Investments (North America) Pty Limited serves as subadvisor.

The fund board approved the liquidation plan on Thursday (December 4). After close of business on December 31, creation orders of INFR will no longer be accepted. Trading in the ETF will halt prior to the open of trading on January 23. And the liquidation is scheduled for January 29.

INFR's inception date was December 14, 2022, and its expense ratio is 59 basis points. The ETF now has about $12.32 million in AUM**.

The PM team for INFR is all from ClearBridge. That team includes:
  • Charles Hamieh, managing director;
  • Shane Hurst, managing director; and
  • Nick Langley founder of ClearBridge Investments Australia.

    • INFR is an actively managed series of Franklin Templeton ETF Trust. The liquidating ETF's other service providers include:
  • the Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) as custodian, dividend-paying agent, sub-administrator, and transfer agent;
  • Franklin Distributors, LLC as distributor;
  • Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (FT Services) as administrator; and
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  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as indepedendent accounting firm.

    • *As of November 30, 2025.

    **As of December 8, 2025 (yesterday).


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