Lawrence H. Kaplan

Lord Abbett’s method of analysis varies based on each strategy. They manage a wide range of equity investment products including growth, core, and value-oriented products. The firm manages both domestic and international equity strategies, some focused on specific capitalization ranges while others look for investment opportunities in more than one capitalization category or across all capitalization levels. Lord Abbett's investment approach is based on their belief in active management and risk control. Their approach is grounded in a foundation of fundamental and quantitative research. Lord Abbett invests in fixed-income instruments across the duration and credit spectrums in both the taxable and tax-exempt market places. The firm also offers an emerging markets currency strategy. Some approaches seek investment opportunities across various sectors including government, mortgage, corporate, municipal and emerging market debt, while others are limited to one or more of those sectors. Lord Abbett's fixed-income investment teams generally rely on a combination of fundamental and quantitative research.