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Established in 1995, the strategy has $7.8 billion* of client assets across pooled and segregated portfolios. Since its launch to UK investors in 2025 through the FTGF Putnam US Research Fund, the strategy has seen strong client adoption and growing assets under management.
The strategy pursues consistent, superior risk-adjusted returns through a disciplined approach to idea generation, portfolio construction, and risk management. Managed with a sector-neutral approach, the strategy can own both growth and value stocks.
Invest in stocks that represent the highest-conviction ideas from Putnam’s Equity Research team.
Research by industry experts to develop non-consensus views about companies’ earnings power and value.
Portfolio is naturally diversified, with active management to minimize factor exposures.
A sector-neutral portfolio, relative to the S&P 500 Index, that is constructed of individually managed sleeves, including a risk management sleeve.
Provides a naturally diversified portfolio as a direct result of a focused approach; minimal correlation of alpha among individual sleeves.
Continuous focus on portfolio construction and risk management.
Positive stock selection across all sectors over the trailing 5-year period.
History of consistent high stock-specific alpha over 3- and 5-year periods, with an attractive risk profile.
The portfolio is constructed from 10 sector-based sleeves, each managed by a specialist analyst selecting their highest-conviction ideas. Introduced in 2018, a dedicated risk management sleeve acts as an overlay at the total portfolio level, helping to neutralise unintended sector and factor exposures that can emerge when combining individual high-conviction views. Rather than introducing new positions, the sleeve adjusts allocations across existing holdings, ensuring the portfolio remains broadly sector- and style-neutral while preserving the underlying investment ideas. This results in a diversified portfolio of 90–150 stocks.
The portfolio managers have an average of 22 years in the industry, with 21 years of combined investment experience. 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.
Director of Research, Portfolio Manager
Industry experience: 17 years
Years at Putnam: 14 years
Portfolio Manager, US Research
Industry experience: 28 years
Years at Putnam: 25 years
Senior Client Portfolio Manager, US Research
Industry experience: 26 years
Years at Putnam: 26 years
Hear from portfolio manager Kate Lakin as she outlines the team, philosophy and disciplined approach behind the Putnam US Research Equity strategy and how it aims to deliver consistent, stock-driven outperformance.
Active equity manager, with roots dating back to 1937.
$196 billion in assets under management (as of 30 June 2026).
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.
51 portfolio managers and analysts, based in Boston, London, and Singapore, with average of 18 years’ experience.
We offer UK investors a diverse range of active and passive strategies – from growth to value and equity income and from mega cap to small cap.
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.
* As of 30 June 2026.
** The Morningstar rating is based on the live track record of the X GBP Acc (IE00B241FS59) share class since its launch on 28 April 2025. Performance shown prior to the launch date reflects a simulated track record extension prepared by Morningstar based on the US-domiciled Putnam U.S. Research Fund Class A share class. The simulated performance has been adjusted to reflect differences in fees and is based on the same investment strategy and portfolio management team. Copyright - © 2026 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.
*** Source: Source: Axioma, as of June 30, 2026. Measured against the S&P 500 Index. Risk management and analysis does not protect against loss of principal. Use of models and analytical, quantitative and risk management tools and techniques is no guarantee of investment success or positive performance.
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