Biography

Dan Conklin is a Portfolio Manager for the Relative Return Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. He co-manages the Loomis Sayles Core Fixed Income, Short Duration Fixed Income and Intermediate Duration Fixed Income strategies.

Dan has 16 years of investment industry experience and joined Loomis Sayles in 2012 as a Fixed Income Client Portfolio Analyst. He moved to the Relative Return Team in 2014 as an Investment Analyst and was promoted to Senior Investment Analyst in 2018, and then to Associate Portfolio Manager in 2019. Previously, Dan was a middle office analyst at Putnam Investments, supporting the firm’s derivative collateralization process.

Dan earned a BS from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and an MS in Finance from Northeastern University. He is a CFAĀ® charterholder.

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Latest Insights by Daniel Conklin, CFA

Alpha Engine Perspectives
April 16, 2026 • 11 min read

A Dynamic Approach to Core Fixed Income Investing

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