The strength of Lazard Asset Management’s investment products and the expertise of our investment professionals have attracted plenty of press coverage. Below, we list a number of recent articles featuring Lazard, including articles written by our leading portfolio managers.

February 2008

Investment Adviser (04/02/2008) – the Lazard Global Equity Income Fund

“The quest for yield concerns many UK investors. It seems global stock markets now afford abundant opportunities to find this yield”

IFA Online (26/02/2008) – the Lazard European Alpha Fund

“Aaron Barnfather, formerly director of European Equities at Newton is to assume responsibility for Lazard's Continental European Equity strategy from 3 March.”

January 2008

Funds Strategy (07/01/2008) – the Lazard Global Equity Income Fund

“The outlook is excellent. One of the reasons we launched the fund is the turmoil in credit markets is creating strong opportunities in the high yielding sectors”

November 2007

Money Marketing (22/11/2007) – the Lazard Global Equity Income Fund

“...Hargreaves Landsdown senior analyst Meera Patel says "the advantage of this fund is that it offers diversification away from the UK market through an equity income portfolio". Patel notes that the fund aims to target a yield of 5% which she considers appealing.”

October 2007

Professional Adviser (11/10/2007) – the Lazard Global Equity Income Fund

“Global stocks with the highest yields have dramatically outperformed those with lower yields over the past 16 years.”

 Investment Week (15/10/2007) – the Lazard Global Equity Income Fund

“We are seeing double-digit dividend growth rates outside the UK, with dividends forecast to grow 25.1% over the next five years in the emerging markets”

Money Marketing (12/10/2007) – the Lazard Global Equity Income Fund

“Lazard has designed a global equity income fund that invests mainly in high yielding stocks that are already held in other Lazard funds for growth.”