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Blake Anderson

Managing Director, Institutional Sales and Trading, High Yield Securities Trading

Blake Anderson is a Managing Director of Mesirow Financial�s Institutional Sales and Trading Group. Based in the firm�s San Francisco office, Blake focuses on High Yield �tax exempt and taxable bond research. Blake has more than twenty years of investment experience.Prior to joining Mesirow Financial, Blake was a Partner at Social Sphere Strategies, Managing Partner at Anderson Tuttle Properties and a Managing Director at Putnam Investments. At Putnam, Blake was Director of the High Yield Team, Senior Portfolio Manager and Director of Tax Exempt Research while serving on the Executive, Risk Management and New Product Committees. Prior to Putnam, Blake was a Consultant at Coopers & Lybrand, Actuarial & Benefits Consulting Group. Prior to Coopers, Blake was a Senior Underwriter at Cigna Corp.Blake earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.