And while their salaries eclipsed the $6.8 million that the CEO of Putnams parent company,
John Hill, chairman of the Putnam board, said that while these salaries might seem high, Putnam pays its executives in line with industry standards. "Only a handful of portfolio managers at Putnam makes these numbers," Hill said .
The SEC is considering new rules that would require fund companies to disclose pay structures, but not the dollar amounts, for their top executives. Putnam has announced it wants to share this information, but Hill said he, like many others in the industry, is opposed to disclosing hard salary figures for fear of losing top talent, or not being able to attract them in the first place.
Nonetheless, shareholder advocates and industry critics think that information should be made available.
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