Fund Inception | 05/31/2002 |
Name of Issuer | American Funds |
Fund Advisor(s) | Capital Research and Management Company |
Sub-Advisor(s) | -- |
Fund Managers for RBFBX
David Hoag
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2009
David A. Hoag is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He also serves on the Fixed Income Management Committee and the Target Date Solutions Committee. He has 36 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 32 years. Earlier in his career, as a fixed income investment analyst at Capital, he covered municipal bonds. He holds an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor's degree in economics and business from Wheaton College, Illinois. David is based in Los Angeles.
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Fergus MacDonald
Portfolio Manager since 10/01/2015
Fergus N. MacDonald is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 31 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 20 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, he was a fixed income investment analyst covering mortgage-backed securities. Prior to joining Capital, he was a vice president at Goldman Sachs & Co. and an associate in the derivative products group at Morgan Stanley. Before that, Fergus was a consultant and actuary at Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow in London.
Pramod Atluri
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2016
Pramod Atluri is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 25 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for eight years. Prior to joining Capital, Pramod was a fixed income portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, where he also worked as a fixed income strategist and corporate bond analyst. Before that, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in biological chemistry from the University of Chicago, where he also completed the requirements for bachelor's degrees in economics and chemistry. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Pramod is based in Los Angeles.
Chit Purani
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2023
Chitrang Purani is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 20 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for two years. Prior to joining Capital, Chit worked as a fixed income portfolio manager at PIMCO focused on a broad array of multi-sector fixed income strategies. Before that, he was a fixed income trader and analyst at PNC Capital Advisors. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor's degree in finance from Northern Illinois University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Chit is based in New York.
John Queen
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2025
John R. Queen is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He also serves on the Portfolio Solutions Committee. He has 34 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 22 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, John was a trader and dealer service representative. Previously in his career, he was chief operating officer and chief compliance officer, as well as managing director overseeing bond portfolios at Roxbury Capital Management, an affiliate of Wilmington Trust. Before that, he was managing director at Hotchkis and Wiley. John holds a bachelor's degree in industrial management from Purdue University and attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he majored in mechanical engineering. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. John is based in Los Angeles.