Description
The Intermediate Bond Fund will maintain an average duration between 1 and 6 years, and is normally expected to be within one year of the duration of the Lehman Brothers Intermediate Government/Credit Index. Investments can include government and corporate debt securities, mortgage and other asset-backed securities, money market instruments and derivatives. The Fund can invest up to 10% in issues rated below BBB, but no lower than B.

Management Team

All of MetWest's mutual funds and investment strategies are team-managed with a generalist/specialist structure. The Intermediate Bond Fund team has four managers:

Tad Rivelle Joined MetWest: 1996 Education: Yale (B.S.), USC (M.S.), UCLA (M.B.A.)	Steve Kane, CFA Joined MetWest: 1996 Education: UC, Berkeley (B.S.), University of Chicago (M.B.A.)

Laird Landmann Joined MetWest: 1996 Education: Dartmouth (B.A.), University of Chicago (M.B.A.)	David Lippman Joined MetWest: 2001 Education: Drew University (B.A.), Hofstra University (J.D.)