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Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C Overview

Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C (PLFGX) is an actively managed Allocation Target-Date Retirement fund. Franklin Templeton Investments launched the fund in 2020.

The investment seeks as high a rate of current income as Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin Advisers” or the “Investment Manager”) believes is consistent with preservation of capital. The fund employs an asset allocation strategy designed for investors who are already in retirement or who plan to retire (or otherwise begin withdrawing the invested funds) in the near future. It is designed to provide diversification among different asset classes. The fund invests most of its assets in Putnam Multi-Asset Income Fund, another Putnam mutual fund, which invests mainly in fixed-income investments and, to a lesser extent, in equity securities.

About Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C (PLFGX)

There are 5 members of the management team with an average tenure of 2.88 years: Thomas Nelson (2025), Adrian Chan (2021), Brett Goldstein (2019), Laura Green (2026), Jonathan Schreiber (2025). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Russell 3000 TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C has 3 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 100.6% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C is part of the Allocation global asset class and is within the Allocation fund group. Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C has 30.8% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 24.2%. There is 3.8% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.3% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 60.9% (33.9% domestic bond, 27.0% foreign bond and 0.3% convertible bond). Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C has 4.4% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $11 million in total assets, which is below the $493 million average for the Target-Date Retirement category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

PLFGX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Target-Date Retirement category. Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C has an expense ratio of 1.55%, which is 142% higher than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a F. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C has a portfolio turnover rate of 58%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 28% for the Target-Date Retirement category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C returned -0.0%, which earned it a grade of D, as the Target-Date Retirement category had an average return of 0.1%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C has a trailing yield of 3.25%, which is above the 3.18% category average. The fund normally distributes its income monthly.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity C Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 4.2%, 0.4 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of D. The fund has returned 10.2% over the past year (grade of C), 9.2% over the past three years (grade of B) and 3.5% per year over the past five years (grade of D).

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