Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc.
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Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc. (NYSE:BEN) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 27 items for BEN at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-28, rated 7/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 8 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for BEN spans 10-Q, 8-K, SCHEDULE 13D/A.
Recent high-impact activity:
- Franklin Templeton and Bybit Launch Tokenized Collateral Program for Institutions
- Franklin Templeton to Acquire Majority Stake in Stoneshield, Tripling European Real Assets AUM
- $750M Senior Notes Priced as AUM Hits $1.80T, Leadership Reshuffled
- Franklin Templeton to Drop 'Resources' from Name, Effective August 17
- Franklin Resources Q3 Revenue Surges 34% Above Consensus on $1.79T AUM
Financial Snapshot
Short Interest & Short Volume
5.20 days to coverFINRA reported short interest of 16,576,135 shares in BEN as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 1.8% increase from the prior period — about 5.2 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 53.1% of BEN volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.
Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.
Dilution Risk
Low riskFiling-implied dilution signals for BEN, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-08-07.
$750M Note Issuance · Use of Proceeds
A filing-implied signal, not a realized share count. How Wiseek tracks dilution →