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The investment seeks the highest level of return consistent with preservation of capital and substantial credit protection. The fund will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities that have been issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities. It may invest up to 20% of its net assets in securities that are not issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, including asset-backed securities.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Michael Buchanan | - | 2024 | Now |
Biography | Michael Buchanan is Western Asset's deputy chief investment officer and has been in the fixed-income industry since 1990. As Deputy CIO, Michael has direct oversight of Western Asset's Global Credit Team, which covers US and non-US investment-grade, high-yield and bank loan sectors. He also leads the Global Credit Committee, which ultimately determines overall firmwide credit themes. Prior to joining Western Asset in 2005, Michael served as Managing Director and Head of US Credit Products at Credit Suisse Asset Management and as Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Janus Capital Management. He also worked at BlackRock Financial Management as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager and at Conseco Capital Management as Vice President and Portfolio Manager. Michael graduated with honors from Brown University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and is a CFA charterholder | ||
Julien A. Scholnick | Portfolio Manage | 2024 | Now |
Biography | – Western Asset Management Company, LLC – Portfolio Manager, 2003- – Salomon Smith Barney – Associate, Private Client Group, 2000-2001 – Digital Coast Partners – Senior Analyst, 1999-2000 – Arthur Andersen, LLP – Senior Analyst, 1997-1999 – Cornell University, M.B.A. – University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., magna cum laude – Chartered Financial Analyst | ||
Nicholas Mastroianni | - | 2024 | Now |
Biography | Portfolio Manager and has been employed by Western Asset as an investment professional for at least the past five years | ||
Frederick R. Marki | Portfolio Manager | 2024 | Now |
Biography | Frederick R. Marki is a Portfolio manager of Western since 2005. He began his investment career in 1983 and has a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Marki joined Western Asset in 2006. Prior to this, Marki was a director of Citigroup Asset Management and investment officer of the manager. and its predecessor companies. | ||
John L. Bellows | Portfolio Manager | 2024 | 2024 |
Biography | – Western Asset Management Company, LLC – Portfolio Manager, 2012- – U.S. Department of the Treasury – Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Microeconomic Analysis; Senior Advisor in the Office of Economic Policy, 2009-2011 – University of California, Berkeley, PhD Economics – Dartmouth College, B.A. Economics, magna cum laude – Chartered Financial Analyst | ||
Keith A. Luna | Portfolio Manager/Research Analyst | 2024 | 2024 |
Biography | – Western Asset Management Company, LLC – Portfolio Manager/Research Analyst, 2003- – Techknowledge Point Corporation – Senior Research Associate, 2002 – Investment Group of Santa Barbara – Research Analyst, 1999-2000 – University of California, Los Angeles, M.B.A. – Westmont College, B.A. – International Business Institute – Chartered Financial Analyst | ||
S. Kenneth Leech | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2024 | 2024 |
Biography | "Ken Leech is Western Asset's Chief Investment Officer and has more than 45 years of industry experience. Ken joined the Firm in 1990, and from 1991 to 2021, assets under management grew from just over $5 billion to $408 billion. Ken now leads the Global Portfolios, US Broad Portfolios and Macro Opportunities Teams. He also serves on the Market & Credit Risk Committee, which determines and monitors internal and external risk guidelines, and reviews market and credit risk issues. From 2002-2004, he served as a member of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee. | ||
Darrin Clough | Portfolio Manager | 2020 | 2024 |
Biography | Darrin Clough,CFA, has been a Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc since January 2013 and Portfolio Manager of OppenheimerFunds since January 2019. He was a Senior Research Analyst on the Investment Grade Debt Team of the firm from January 2011 until January 2019. Previously, Mr. Clough serves as a research analyst and focuses on research of securitized products. Darrin joined the Money Market group in January 2007 and was primarily responsible for providing research and analysis on short-term corporate and insurance company debt instruments. Darrin has been with the firm since 1998. He has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Northern Colorado and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado, Denver. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Darrin covers securitized products. | ||
Jack Brown | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2016 | 2024 |
Biography | Jack Brown, CFA, is a Portfolio Manager with GWCM. Mr. Brown joined GWL&A in 2015 with 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining GWL&A, Mr. Brown was employed at Oppenheimer Funds in the High Yield Bond Market. Mr. Brown received a B.S. in finance from the Metropolitan State College of Denver and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado. | ||
Sam Moyn | Assistant Portfolio Manager | 2013 | 2020 |
Biography | Sam Moyn, Assistant Portfolio Manager. Mr. Moyn is also a Senior Portfolio Trader and Analyst of GWL&A. Mr. Moyn joined the GWL&A Investments Department in 2000. Mr. Moyn received a B.A. in business administration with an emphasis on finance and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado. |
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