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Lazard Asset Management LLC

Company Overview

Lazard Asset Management LLC (LAM) is an asset management arm of Lazard Freres & Co. LLC. The firm primarily provides its services to individuals, including high net worth individuals. It also manages accounts for banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations, state or municipal government entities, endowments, foundations, Taft Hartley plans, and public funds. The firm manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets across the globe....

Detailed Description

30 Rockefeller Plaza

57th Floor

New York, NY 10112

United States

Founded in 1848

Phone:

212-632-6000

Fax:

212-332-1703

www.lazardnet.com

Key Executives

Chief Executive Officer and Director
Age: 48
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer
Managing Director
Managing Director
Age: 51
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager
Age: 60
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2009.

Key developments for Lazard Asset Management LLC

Lazard Asset Management LLC Appoints Lloyd Whitworth as Portfolio Manager to its UK Equity Team

Lazard Asset Management LLC has appointed Lloyd Whitworth as a portfolio manager to its UK equity team. Whitworth, who joins from JPMorgan Asset Management, will join the UK equity team led by Alan Custis, who he previously worked with at JPMorgan. He will work with Custis as portfolio manager on Lazard's UK Alpha, UK Omega and UK Diversified strategies. Whitworth has 18 years' experience in the investment industry, having also held fund management roles at Citigroup, Morley Fund Management, First State Asset Management and Dresdner RCM.

Lazard Asset Management Launches New Emerging Markets Mutual Fund

Lazard Asset Management LLC announced the U.S. launch of the Lazard Developing Markets Equity Portfolio. The new emerging markets mutual fund, available to both institutional and individual investors, uses a bottom up stock selection process and a relative growth strategy. The Lazard Developing Markets Equity Portfolio will primarily invest in securities and countries in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. This index also serves as the benchmark against which the fund's performance will be measured. The team takes a fundamental approach to stock selection and portfolio construction that includes evaluating each security individually for political, corporate governance, macro and portfolio risk. The fund will generally invest in approximately 60 to 90 emerging market securities whose companies have a market capitalization of over $300 million. Companies that have more than 50% of their net assets or sales from emerging markets may also be included.

Lazard Japan Carina Fund Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 10, 2008

Lazard Japan Carina Fund Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 10, 2008, at 09:30 GMT Time. Location: 33 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland. Agenda: To approve the Report of the Directors and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December, 2007; to re-appoint Deloitte and Touche as Auditors; to authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors; to authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Directors; and to consider any Other Business.

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