Franklin Dampson, the CEO, said that it is unlikely for the Middle East conflict to last for more than five weeks.

Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson said that if there is no large-scale retaliatory action within the region, the US-Iran conflict is unlikely to last more than about five weeks. "As long as other Middle Eastern countries do not retaliate, this conflict may only last four to five weeks," she said at The Australian Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney on Tuesday. Johnson said that although there are many variables in this conflict, it is likely to be just a short-term event.