Putnam High Income Securities Fund
Timothy Basiliere is a seasoned Senior Front End Developer at Putnam Investments, where since August 2012, responsibilities include managing the company website, modernizing it to current internet standards, and developing rich internet applications. Prior experience includes a role as Developer at Tank Design, focusing on website development and collaboration with other professionals, and as an Interactive Developer at Arnold Worldwide, where Timothy worked on diverse client projects and maintained the company website. Starting in a digital internship role at Arnold Worldwide, Timothy contributed to email marketing and internal web applications. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Interactive Media Design from the New England Institute of Art and studies in Computer Animation and Website Design from the Community College of Vermont and Center of Technology - Essex. Notable clients served throughout Timothy's career include Carnival, Progressive, and Volvo.
Putnam High Income Securities Fund
High Income Securities Fund, formerly Putnam High Income Securities Fund, is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund provides high current income as a primary objective and capital appreciation as a secondary objective. The Fund pursues its objective by investing in convertible bonds and convertible preferred stocks. The Fund also invests in high-yielding non-convertible securities with the potential for capital appreciation. It is a business trust. The Fund provides investment services across a range of equity, fixed income, absolute return and alternative strategies. The Fund invests in various industries, such as technology, electronics, financials, banking, healthcare, communication services, pharmaceuticals, food, telecommunications and medical technology. Putnam Investment Management, LLC is the investment manager of the Fund. Putnam Investments Limited is the investment sub-advisor of the Fund.