Brett Risser

Portfolio Manager-Equities at

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

Finance

Consumer Services

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Mr. Brett E.
Risser is a Vice President & Portfolio Manager at Franklin Advisers, Inc. Prior to Franklin Templeton, Mr. Risser spent nearly two decades at Putnam Investments, where he served as a portfolio manager in the Global Asset Allocation (GAA) group.
He was instrumental in developing the overall strategy and positioning for Putnam's asset allocation portfolios, and managed three international strategies: long-only international equity, concentrated long/short international equity, and long/short emerging-market equity.
Earlier in his career at Putnam, Mr. Risser was a quantitative analyst in the Equities group, where he developed and maintained quantitative models for equity analysis and buy/sell recommendations.
Before joining Putnam, Mr. Risser worked at State Street Research & Management Company, where he served as an equity research associate and a quantitative research associate.
Mr. Risser holds a bachelor of science degree in computer information systems from Suffolk University

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Franklin Advisers, Inc. Franklin Advisers, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Franklin Advisers provides advisory services to a range of products and separate accounts which utilize various investment strategies including equity, fixed income, core, hybrid, and multi-asset strategies. The firm employs fundamental, bottom-up investment analysis to select securities within a specific sector or industry.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	31/12/2023

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Putnam Investment Management LLC Putnam Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance PIM is an active, long-term investment manager across the major asset classes. Their analysis of the financial markets is generally based on fundamental analysis and research, but also includes quantitative elements. PIM research is focused on developing both a top-down view of broader market performance and a bottom-up outlook for individual securities.	Analyst-Equity	31/12/2023
State Street Research & Management Co. State Street Research & Management Co. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance SSR combines bottom-up stock selection with quantitative risk controls. The Asset Allocation committee formulates the asset allocation strategy based upon the relative attractiveness, variability and correlation between the equity and fixed income markets. The committee reviews a wide range of factors that include forecasts of corporate earnings, liquidity and an assessment of macroeconomic trends. The committee formally reviews allocation targets on a monthly basis. For active equity management they combine bottom-up stock selection based on comprehensive fundamental research with explicit sector weighting decisions and quantitative risk management. Teams manage portfolios. SSR believes that fixed income security prices respond to economic fundamentals in predictable but not perfectly efficient ways. They seek to identify opportunities created by these inefficiencies through fundamental research supported by quantitative risk controls.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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State Street Research & Management Co. State Street Research & Management Co. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance SSR combines bottom-up stock selection with quantitative risk controls. The Asset Allocation committee formulates the asset allocation strategy based upon the relative attractiveness, variability and correlation between the equity and fixed income markets. The committee reviews a wide range of factors that include forecasts of corporate earnings, liquidity and an assessment of macroeconomic trends. The committee formally reviews allocation targets on a monthly basis. For active equity management they combine bottom-up stock selection based on comprehensive fundamental research with explicit sector weighting decisions and quantitative risk management. Teams manage portfolios. SSR believes that fixed income security prices respond to economic fundamentals in predictable but not perfectly efficient ways. They seek to identify opportunities created by these inefficiencies through fundamental research supported by quantitative risk controls.	Finance
Putnam Investment Management LLC Putnam Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance PIM is an active, long-term investment manager across the major asset classes. Their analysis of the financial markets is generally based on fundamental analysis and research, but also includes quantitative elements. PIM research is focused on developing both a top-down view of broader market performance and a bottom-up outlook for individual securities.	Finance
Franklin Advisers, Inc. Franklin Advisers, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Franklin Advisers provides advisory services to a range of products and separate accounts which utilize various investment strategies including equity, fixed income, core, hybrid, and multi-asset strategies. The firm employs fundamental, bottom-up investment analysis to select securities within a specific sector or industry.	Finance
Suffolk University Suffolk University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services