Putnam Investments - Individual Investors

Albert Chan, CFA Portfolio Manager

Funds managed	Fact sheet	Annual	Semi-annual
Absolute Return 100 Fund
Absolute Return 300 Fund

Responsibilities

Mr. Chan is a Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income group, specializing in interest-rate derivatives and government securities in developed markets. He analyzes market and macroeconomic data, creates quantitative models, and recommends global macro and relative-value positions along the global term structure. Mr. Chan is a Portfolio Manager of Putnam Absolute Return 100 Fund® and Putnam Absolute Return 300 Fund®. Previously at Putnam, he held various positions in the Investment-Grade Corporate, High-Yield Corporate, and Global Term Structure teams. These roles included Analyst and Portfolio Construction Specialist, where he developed risk models and portfolio construction tools. Mr. Chan has been in the investment industry since he joined Putnam in 2002.

Experience

Years in the industry: 15

Years at Putnam Investments: 15

Education

Simon Fraser University, B.S., Computer Engineering

University of California, Berkeley, M.S., Financial Engineering

Albert Chan, CFA Portfolio Manager

Funds managed