Mark Pollard was named managing director and CIO of European equities...

Mark Pollard was named managing director and CIO of European equities at Putnam Investments, a new position. He will also be Putnam's first portfolio manager for European equities to be based in London. Mr. Pollard was a founding partner at Jura Capital; he worked for Putnam between 1990 and 2000. Information on whether he would be replaced at Jura could not be learned by press time.