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Putnam Combines Specialty Growth, Small-Cap Teams

September 14, 2004, 1:00 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read

Putnam Investments, the nation’s seventh-largest mutual fund company, will re-compartmentalize its stock-picking units in order to try and regain the business it has lost as a result of the scandal, Reuters reports.

In the move, Putnam, the Marsh & McLennan unit that has lost $63 billion in assets over the past year thanks to its tumultuous ride in the ongoing improper trading scandal, will eliminate its specialty growth group and push all its small-cap teams into one large unit. Currently, Putnam manages about $10 billion in small-cap funds, specializing in value, core and growth stocks.

Morningstar Analyst Dan McNeela said, "These moves suggest Putnam wants a more consistent framework across its small-cap business and that [CEO Charles] Haldeman is looking for a more mainstream approach to growth investing."
Putnam’s CIO and small-cap value fund leader Edward Shadek will lead the new small cap division, while specialty growth group leaders Daniel Miller and Roland Gillis will retire.

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