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The Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 70% of its Net Asset Value in the following types of high-yielding debt securities and instruments of US Issuers (either directly or indirectly via investment in other collective investment schemes that primarily invest in such securities, subject to restrictions herein) that are denominated in US Dollars that are listed or traded on Regulated Markets.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Ryan Kohan | Portfolio Manager | 2024 | Now |
Biography | – Western Asset Management Company, LLC – Portfolio Manager, 2019- – Sound Point Capital Management, L.P. – Portfolio Manager, Senior Credit Analyst, 2013-2019 – Doral Leveraged Asset Management – Credit Analyst, 2009-2013 – Rothschild Inc. – Analyst, 2008-2009 – Babson College, Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Finance concentration, magna cum laude | ||
Walter E. Kilcullen | Portfolio Manager | 2004 | Now |
Biography | -Western Asset Management Company, LLC - Head of US High Yield, 2002-Present -Seix Investment Advisors - Head High Yield Trader, 1998-2002 -University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A. Economics | ||
Michael Buchanan | - | 2004 | 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 | ||
S. Kenneth Leech | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2004 | 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. |
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