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Market: United States

Asset Class: Bond

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Total Assets: 11.12B

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On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of American Funds American High-income Trust® Class A. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of AHITX among other information.

Contact Information

Address 333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles,CA 90071-1406
United States

Phone (800) 421-4225

Web www.americanfunds.com

Top Executives

Name	Title	Since	Until
Shannon Ward	Portfolio Manager	2016	Now
Biography	Shannon Ward is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. She also serves on the Fixed Income Management Committee and the Target Date Solutions Committee. She has 31 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for seven years. Prior to joining Capital, Shannon worked as a portfolio manager at Oaktree Capital Management. She holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Shannon is based in Los Angeles.
Tara L. Torrens	Partner	2015	Now
Biography	Tara L. Torrens has been with Capital Research and Management Company or affiliate since 2003, who work in Investment professional for 22 years in total ,11 of those years in Capital Research and Management Company or affiliate
Thomas H. Chow	Vice President	2014	Now
Biography	Mr. Chow is Partner of Capital Fixed Income Investors. He was a vice president and portfolio manager for Capital Research and Management Company. Prior to joinming Caital Research 2014, Mr. Chow is a member of the taxable fixed income portfolio management team for Delaware. His experience includes significant exposure to asset liability management strategies and credit risk opportunities. Prior to joining Delaware 2001, he was a trader of high grade and high yield securities, and was involved in the portfolio management of CBOs and insurance portfolios at SunAmerica from 1997 to 2001. Before that, he was an analyst, trader, and portfolio manager at Conseco Capital Management from 1989 to 1997.
David A. Daigle	Senior Vice President	2003	Now
Biography	David A. Daigle is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 29 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, David also had investment analyst responsibilities and covered multiple industries including health care, wireless communications, technology and transportation. He holds an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Vermont. David is based in New York.
David C. Barclay	Senior Vice President	1989	2017
Biography	David C. Barclay is a fixed-income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has been with the investment industry since 1981 and has been with Capital Group since 1988. Earlier in his career, as a fixed-income investment analyst at Capital, he was a high-yield bond generalist. Prior to joining Capital, David was part of the Special Ventures Group at E.F. Hutton and Company and had been an assistant vice president at The Bank of New York. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brown University. David is based in Los Angeles.
Laurentius Harrer	Senior Vice President	2011	2016
Biography	Laurentius Harrer is a portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 25 years of investment experience and has been with Capital Group for 20 years. Earlier in his career, as a fixed-income investment analyst at Capital, Laurentius covered emerging markets. Before joining Capital, he was a senior fixed-income portfolio manager specializing in global bond and currency markets for Metzler Investment in Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to that, Laurentius was in institutional sales with Bayerische Vereinsbank in Munich.
Abner D. Goldstine	Senior Vice President	1997	2016
Biography	Goldstine is a senior vice president and director of Capital Research and Management, his employer since 1967. Previously, Goldstine was a financial economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, chief economist with Union Bank of Los Angeles, and chief deputy savings and loan commissioner with the State of California.
Marcus B. Linden	Senior Vice President	2004	2014
Biography	Marcus B. Linden is a Senior Vice President with CRC and has been an investment professional for 18 years in total; 17 years with CRMC or its affiliates
Ellen O. Carr	Senior Portfolio Manager	2009	2012
Biography	Ms. Carr is a Portfolio Manager and a fundamental research analyst for holdings in both equity and fixed income portfolios. She specializes in the construction and management of high yield bond portfolios. Prior to joining the firm, she served as Senior Vice President and a High Yield Portfolio Manager for institutional separate accounts and mutual funds for The Capital Group Companies / American Funds in Los Angeles, CA. Along with her high yield responsibilities, Ms. Carr also managed investment grade corporate and long duration credit portfolios. She began her career as an Investment Analyst for the Fixed Income Group at Capital in 1999. In addition, Ms. Carr is an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School, New York, NY. Ms. Carr received her BA degree from Harvard College and her MBA from Northwestern University.
Susan M. Tolson	Senior Vice President	1993	2009
Biography	Tolson is a senior vice president in the fixed income area of Capital Research. Ms. Tolson has been employed by Capital Research or its affiliates for over 18 years.

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