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Type:  Fund
Market:  United States
Issuer:  Legg Mason
Asset Class:  Bond
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  • Total Assets: 838.73M
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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund Class A Overview

 
On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund Class A. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of WAPAX among other information.
Category

Intermediate Core-Plus Bond

Total Assets

838.73M

Expenses

0.82%

Inception Date

41029

Investment Strategy

The investment seeks to maximize total return, consistent with prudent investment management and liquidity needs. The fund invests in a portfolio of fixed income securities of various maturities and, under normal market conditions, will invest at least 80% of its net assets in debt and fixed income securities. Although the fund may invest in securities of any maturity, it will normally maintain a dollar-weighted average effective duration within 30% of the average duration of the domestic bond market as a whole as estimated by the fund's subadvisers. The fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities.

Contact Information

Address One Franklin Parkway, Building 970, 1st Floor
San Mateo,CA 94403
United States
Phone +1 650 3122000

Top Executives

Name Title Since Until
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
Frederick R. Marki Portfolio Manager 2018 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.
Julien A. Scholnick Portfolio Manage 2016 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
Mark S. Lindbloom Portfolio Manager 2006 Now
Biography Mark S. Lindbloom , is a portfolio manager. Mr. Lindbloom is a Portfolio Manager at Western Asset and Western Asset Limited. Prior to joining the Firm in 2005, he worked as a portfolio manager at Citigroup Asset Management and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. He worked in New York Life Ins. as ananlyst from 1978-1980. He hold M.B.A. from Pace University, B.S. from Rider University.
S. Kenneth Leech CIO (Chief Investment Officer) 2013 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.
John L. Bellows Portfolio Manager 2018 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
Carl L. Eichstaedt Portfolio Manager 1998 2019
Biography Eichstaedt is portfolio manager with Western Asset Management, his employer since 1994. Prior to joining the firm, he was a portfolio manager for Harris Investment Management. He was also a portfolio manager with Pacific Investment Management from 1992-1993. From 1990-1992, he was director of fixed income at Security Pacific Investment Managers. He has over 22 years of investment experience. He has a BS from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Eichstaedt holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Chia-Liang Lian Head 2015 2018
Biography Chia-Liang Lian is Head of Emerging Markets Debt at Western Asset. Mr. Lian joined Western Asset in 2011. Prior to joining Western Asset in 2011, Mr. Lian was with Pacific Investment Management Company for six years, where he served as Head of Emerging Asia Portfolio Management. Mr. Lian also spent eight years as a sovereign debt strategist at JPMorgan Chase and Merrill Lynch. Previously, Mr. Lian was at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) as Senior Economist responsible for formulating exchange rate policy. Mr. Lian holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Economics from the National University of Singapore, where he graduated as part of the MAS’ Finance Scholarship Programme. Mr. Lian is also a CFA® charterholder.
Michael Buchanan - 2005 2018
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
Keith J. Gardner Co-Head 1998 2015
Biography Keith J. Gardner is currently Co-Head of Emerging Markets Debt as of April 2014 and has been employed by Western Asset Management since 1994. Prior to that time, he served as a portfolio manager for Legg Mason, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. for a combined total of eight years. He received his B.S. from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
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