Description
The Ultra Short Bond Fund will maintain an average duration of up to one year. 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 BB.

Management Team

All of MetWest's mutual funds and investment strategies are team-managed with a generalist/specialist structure. The Ultra Short 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.)	Mitch Flack Joined MetWest: 2001 Education: UC, Santa Barbara (B.A.), University of Chicago, (M.B.A.)