Description
The Low Duration Bond Fund is a short-term bond fund that seeks to outperform the Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index on a consistent basis, while maintaining overall risk similar to the index. The Low Duration Bond Fund will maintain an average duration of between 0 and 3 years. Investments can include government and corporate debt securities, mortgage and asset-backed securities, money market instruments and derivatives. The Fund can invest up to 10% in issues rated below BB, but not lower than B.

Management Team

All of MetWest's mutual funds and investment strategies are team-managed with a generalist/specialist structure. The Low Duration 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.)