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Putnam kicks off expanded ESG effort

Firm hires Katherine Collins to lead sustainable investing team

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Judge in Putnam 401(k) suit deals potential setback to plaintiffs using Vanguard as fee benchmark

The lawsuit is the first among similar cases to proceed to hearings on summary judgment, and may be telling as to how future judges rule.

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  • February 9, 2017

Putnam merges, liquidates 10 funds

The funds the Boston-based company is liquidating had assets ranging from $32.8 million to $7 million.

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Fred Alger Management scoops up Boston-based asset manager

Boutique shop Weatherbie Capital will manage a couple of Alger's mutual funds.

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  • January 3, 2017

Brace for thousands of new DOL fiduciary-friendly mutual fund share classes

New T shares would feature a uniform 2.5% front-end load and a 0.25% trailing 12-b(1) fee.

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Putnam Voyager mutual fund takes its last journey

The $3.2 billion fund, launched in 1969, will be merged into smaller large-cap growth fund.

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Rising interest rates to test REIT strength even as investors seek diversification

Attractive yields aside, real estate investments wrapped in a mutual fund are not bonds.

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Profits proving elusive at Putnam as manager compensation eats gains

Market performance boosts AUM as asset flows mostly negative.

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  • November 11, 2012

Schwab chief of retail exits after 7 months

Jeff Carney quit last week as head of The Charles Schwab Corp.’s branch network. He joined Schwab…

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Schwab nabs Putnam’s Carney as branch network boss

Schwab nabs new branch network boss in Jeffrey Carney

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  • May 9, 2012

Putnam’s Reynolds aim to put retirement security on election agenda

Executive lays out three points he says should be addressed in every campaign

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  • March 13, 2012

Putnam CEO calls for new regulator to oversee lifetime-income products

Putnam Investments ceo Bob Reynolds today called for the establishment of a regulatory body to approve lifetime-income products.

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Putnam promotes Sipple — but won’t replace exiting Carney

Named head of fund firm's Investment Product Management and Development

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  • December 1, 2011

Putnam looks to get mileage out of money market hybrid

New offering combines features of money funds and short-duration bond funds; moving away from stable NAV

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Putnam stocks up on retail-mutual-fund wholesalers

Has hired six new external wholesalers, bringing its roster to 54, and it expects to have 60 by the end of the year.

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Putnam to kick off NFL season with Patriots partnership

Now that the National Football League's lockout is history, Putnam Investments has teamed up with the New England Patriots in a new marketing arrangement.

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Reynolds wants lifetime-income products policed

Bob Reynolds, chief executive of Putnam Investments, last week called for the establishment of a regulatory body to approve lifetime-income products

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Putnam’s go-anywhere fund offers plenty of latitude

PMs can invest across range of asset classes, ramp up on leverage

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Alternatives absent from company retirement plans

Making the case for alternative investments in a long-term, properly allocated portfolio is easy

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Putnam’s fund evaluation tool ‘a bold statement’

Putnam Investments has launched an online tool that enables its financial adviser clients to evaluate more than 10,000 mutual funds using up to 60 different criteria. Next month, advisers also will be able to compare up to 1,100 exchange-traded funds using the Fund-Visualizer tool