Albert Chan, CFA

Head of Portfolio Construction

Mr. Chan is Head of Portfolio Construction within Fixed Income. He is responsible for Putnam's term structure strategies, including interest-rate and FX trading implementation, and quantitative modeling. Mr. Chan leads the team's efforts in researching market and macroeconomic data, building quantitative models, recommending broad positioning and portfolio construction ideas, and overseeing and monitoring portfolio implementation.

In addition, Mr. Chan is a portfolio manager of Putnam Core Bond Fund, Putnam Diversified Income Trust, Putnam Global Income Trust, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust, Putnam Premier Income Trust, Putnam Short Duration Bond Fund, and Putnam ESG Core Bond ETF. He has been in the investment industry since he joined Putnam in 2002.

Previously at Putnam, Mr. Chan served on the Investment-Grade Corporate, Global Term Structure, and High-Yield Corporate teams, including as an Analyst and a Portfolio Construction Specialist.

ETFs

Putnam ESG Core Bond ETF

Mutual Funds

Fact sheet Annual Semi annual
Core Bond Fund
Overall Morningstar RatingTM among 426 funds in the Intermediate Core Bond category.
10-year Morningstar RatingTM among 275 funds in the Intermediate Core Bond category.
5-year Morningstar RatingTM among 386 funds in the Intermediate Core Bond category.
3-year Morningstar RatingTM among 426 funds in the Intermediate Core Bond category.
Diversified Income Trust
Global Income Trust
Overall Morningstar RatingTM among 175 funds in the Global Bond category.
10-year Morningstar RatingTM among 124 funds in the Global Bond category.
Short Duration Bond Fund
Overall Morningstar RatingTM among 536 funds in the Short-Term Bond category.
10-year Morningstar RatingTM among 358 funds in the Short-Term Bond category.
5-year Morningstar RatingTM among 495 funds in the Short-Term Bond category.
3-year Morningstar RatingTM among 536 funds in the Short-Term Bond category.

Closed End Funds

Master Intermediate Income Trust
Premier Income Trust

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