The team takes a 360-degree view of the fixed-income markets
Successful investing in today’s markets requires a broad-based approach, the flexibility to exploit a range of sectors and investment opportunities, and a keen understanding of the complex global interrelationships that drive the markets.
That’s why Putnam has more than 60 fixed-income professionals focusing on key areas such as global rates, securitized bonds, credit, emerging markets, and currency. Together, our team offers comprehensive coverage of every aspect of the fixed-income world, based not only on security type, but also on the broad sources of risk — and opportunities — most likely to drive returns.
Managed by a tenured team averaging more than 20 years of experience
| Portfolio managers | experience |
|---|---|
| D. William Kohli | since 1987 |
| Michael J. Atkin | since 1988 |
| Kevin F. Murphy | since 1988 |
| Michael V. Salm | since 1989 |
| Raman Srivastava, CFA | since 1997 |
About Putnam Global Income Trust
- Fact sheet (PDF)
- Prospectus (PDF)
- Annual report (PDF)
- Semiannual report (PDF)
- Quarterly Fund Manager Q&A (pdf)
- Multi-Sector fixed-income brochure (pdf)
*A Lipper Fund Award is presented to one fund in each Lipper category for achieving the strongest trend of consistent risk-adjusted performance against its category peers over the 3-, 5-, or 10-year periods as of 12/31/11. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Rankings for other shares classes will vary.
Consider these risks before investing: International investing involves certain risks, such as currency fluctuations, economic instability, and political developments. Additional risks may be associated with emerging-market securities, including illiquidity and volatility. Lower-rated bonds may offer higher yields in return for more risk. Funds that invest in government securities are not guaranteed. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk. The fund invests in fewer issuers or concentrates its investments by region or sector, and involves more risk than a fund that invests more broadly. The fund’s policy of concentrating on a limited group of industries and the fund’s non-diversified status, which means the fund may invest in fewer issuers, can increase the fund’s vulnerability to common economic forces and may result in greater losses and volatility. The use of derivatives involves additional risks, such as the potential inability to terminate or sell derivatives positions and the potential failure of the other party to the instrument to meet its obligations. Funds that invest in bonds are subject to certain risks including interest-rate risk, credit risk, and inflation risk. As interest rates rise, the prices of bonds fall. Long-term bonds are more exposed to interest-rate risk than short-term bonds. Unlike bonds, bond funds have ongoing fees and expenses.
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