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.
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