Greg E. Handler, Portfolio Manager and has been employed by Western Asset as an investment professional for at least the past five years.

Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Senior Structured Products Analyst, Trader Ion Dan is a member of the firm’s taxable fixed income portfolio management team, with primary responsibility for portfolio construction and strategic asset allocation. He is lead co-portfolio manager for the Absolute Return MBS strategy, and senior analyst and trader for agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Dan joined Macquarie Investment Management (MIM), which includes the former Delaware Investments, in April 2011 as part of the firm’s integration of Macquarie Allegiance Capital, with responsibility for evaluating and trading agency MBS. Previously, he spent 10 years with Macquarie Allegiance, most recently as MBS sector manager and portfolio manager. Dan started his career as a junior options trader on the PCX Exchange. He earned bachelor’s degrees in both business administration and economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Michael Buchanan is Western Asset's deputy chief investment officer and has been in the fixed-income industry since 1990. As Deputy CIO, Michael has direct oversight of Western Asset's Global Credit Team, which covers US and non-US investment-grade, high-yield and bank loan sectors. He also leads the Global Credit Committee, which ultimately determines overall firmwide credit themes. Prior to joining Western Asset in 2005, Michael served as Managing Director and Head of US Credit Products at Credit Suisse Asset Management and as Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Janus Capital Management. He also worked at BlackRock Financial Management as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager and at Conseco Capital Management as Vice President and Portfolio Manager. Michael graduated with honors from Brown University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and is a CFA charterholder