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Why invest in our strategy?

The Putnam US Large Cap Value Equity strategy pursues consistent, superior risk-adjusted returns through a disciplined approach to idea generation, portfolio construction and risk management.

Consistently good, not occasionally great

  • Outperformed the benchmark nine of the last ten years.
  • Never underperformed on a rolling 5-year basis during PM’s tenure.
  • Low tracking error and high alpha have resulted in an outstanding information ratio.

Stock driven, not style driven approach

  • Focus is on picking stocks and not making macro or market bets, resulting in excess returns regardless of style regime.
  • More than 85% of excess returns generated from stock selection.
  • Looks beyond traditional value metrics to find opportunities across the value universe.

Experienced team

  • The portfolio managers have an average of 25 years in the industry, with 24 years of combined experience managing value strategies.
  • They are supported by Putnam’s strong bench of analysts with deep sector expertise.

Our investment approach

The strategy pursues consistent, superior risk-adjusted returns through a disciplined approach to idea generation, portfolio construction and risk management.

Relative value approach

Defines the value universe daily with fundamental and quantitative tools to identify unique value opportunities.

Focus on cash flows

Emphasis on companies that are able and willing to return cash to shareholders. Focuses on future cash flows instead of earnings to evaluate value creation.

Disciplined risk management

Utilises proprietary tools to maximise stock-specific risk and limit unintended factor risks, seeking alpha over a full market cycle. 

Key attributes of our strategy

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Multi-pronged approach to idea generation combining fundamental and quantitative research. Our proprietary multi-factor model broadens the opportunity set.

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Lean into names where we have multiple ways to win and an information edge.

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Continuous focus on portfolio construction and risk management.

Meet the team

The portfolio managers have an average of 25 years in the industry, with 24 years of combined experience managing value strategies. They are supported by a tenured team of more than 30 research analysts with deep sector expertise. Putnam’s research team includes industry veterans in Boston, London, and Singapore.

Darren Jaroch, CFA

Portfolio Manager, US Large Cap Value 
Industry experience: 28 years
Years at Putnam: 25 years

Lauren DeMore, CFA

Portfolio Manager, US Large Cap Value
Industry experience: 22 years
Years at Putnam: 18 years

Caroline Edwards, CFA

Senior Client Portfolio Manager
Industry experience: 20 years
Years at Putnam: 16 years

Why Putnam

Active equity manager, with roots dating back to 1937.

$121 billion in assets under management (as of 31 December 2024), of which $64 billion is invested in value strategies.

Capabilities cover value, core and growth strategies across US large, small- and multi-caps, as well as global, non-US and dedicated sustainable investment solutions.

Boutique mindset backed by the scale and resources of Franklin Templeton, which acquired Putnam in January 2024.

Investment team of 17 portfolio managers and 30+ analysts, with average of 18 years’ experience.

Glossary

Alpha

Alpha measures the difference between a fund's actual returns and its expected returns given its risk level as measured by its beta. A positive alpha figure indicates the fund has performed better than its beta would predict. In contrast, a negative alpha indicates a fund has underperformed, given the expectations established by the fund's beta. Some investors see alpha as a measurement of the value added or subtracted by a fund's manager. 

Information ratio

In investing terminology, the ratio of expected return to risk. Usually, this statistical technique is used to measure a manager's performance against a benchmark. This measure explicitly relates the degree by which an Investment has beaten the Benchmark to the consistency by which the Investment has beaten the Benchmark. 

Tracking error

Tracking error is the difference in actual performance between a position (usually an entire portfolio) and its corresponding benchmark.