Description
The Total Return Bond Fund is a core bond fund that seeks to outperform the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index while maintaining overall risk similar to the index. The Total Return Bond Fund will maintain an average duration between 2 and 8 years, and is normally expected to be within one year of the duration of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index. Investments can include government and corporate debt securities, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, money market instruments, and derivatives. The Fund can invest up to 20% 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 Total Return 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.)