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Western Asset Core Bond Fund Class I (WATFX)
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10.54
-0.06
-0.57%
26/11 - Delayed Data. Currency in USD
- Morningstar Rating:
- Total Assets: 2.03B
Western Asset Core Bond I
10.54
-0.06
-0.57%
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On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Western Asset Core Bond Fund Class I. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of WATFX among other information.
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Address
One Franklin Parkway, Building 970, 1st Floor
San Mateo,CA 94403
United States
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 | 1994 | 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. | ||
| Stephen A. Walsh | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 1990 | 2014 |
| Biography | Walsh is a chief investment officer of Western Asset Management Company since September 2008. Prior to joining Western in 1990, he was a portfolio manager at Security Pacific Investment Managers from 1989 to 1991. Prior to that, Walsh was a portfolio manager at Atlantic Richfield Company from 1981 to 1988. He has over 27 years of investment experience | ||
| S. Kenneth Leech | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 1990 | 2011 |
| 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. | ||
| Edward Moody | Portfolio Manager | 1990 | 2010 |
| Biography | Moody has served for Western Asset as portfolio manager for over ten years. He worked as a portfolio manager at the National Bank of Detroit. He is responsible for portfolio structure, including sector allocation, duration weighting and term structure decisions. Mr. Moody joined Western Asset as a portfolio manager in 1985. He has over 32 years of investment experience. | ||
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