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LOOMIS SAYLES MANAGED ACCOUNTS

Small/Mid Cap Equity

The Small/Mid Cap Team is a cohesive and collaborative team with more than 25 years of proven long-term alpha generation.

Small/Mid Cap Managed Account

Leveraging decades of equity experience, the Small/Mid Cap team’s managed account takes a disciplined long-term approach with a repeatable investment process that seeks higher quality businesses that are trading at a discount to intrinsic value. The strategy focuses on quality, valuation and diversification which has led to persistent risk/reward exposure and less volatility than the Russell 2500 TM Index.

  • 25+ Years

    Average Years of Experience
  • $229.6 Million

    Total Managed Account Assets
As of June 30, 2025
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Meet the Managers

For more than 25 years, the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value team has focused on seeking to identify attractive investment opportunities.

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Joe Gatz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
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Joe Gatz, CFA
Portfolio Manager

Joe Gatz is a Portfolio Manager at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where he co-manages the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund, and the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value and Small/Mid Cap Core strategies. In addition to his portfolio management responsibilities, Joe also maintains primary research coverage for several holdings within both strategies, with an emphasis on special situations, as well as industrials, healthcare and energy. He joined Loomis Sayles in 1999 as a mid cap value equity portfolio manager, and was promoted to lead the Small/Extended/Mid Cap Value Team in early 2000. Prior to Loomis Sayles, Joe was a portfolio manager at Banc One Investment Advisors. He started his investment industry career at National Bank of Detroit (NBD). Joe earned a BA from Michigan State University and an MBA from Indiana University. He is a CFA® charterholder.

 

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Jeff Schwartz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
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Jeff Schwartz, CFA
Portfolio Manager

Jeffrey Schwartz is a Portfolio Manager at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where he co-manages the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund, and the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value and Small/Mid Cap Core strategies. In addition to his portfolio management responsibilities, he also maintains primary research coverage for the utilities sector and the transportation industry. Jeff joined Loomis Sayles from Palisade Capital Management in Fort Lee, NJ, where he was senior portfolio manager of a small cap strategy from late 2004 until 2012. Prior to Palisade, Jeff managed a small cap fund at Safeco Asset Management in Seattle, WA from 2003 until 2004. From 1992 until 2001, he was a senior portfolio manager and principal at Munder Capital Management in Birmingham, Michigan, most recently co-managing their microcap and small cap portfolios. Jeff earned a BA in mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He is a CFA® charterholder.

 

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Why SMID Managed Accounts? 

Consistent, Long-Term Approach to Small/Mid Cap Investing

The small/mid cap strategy seeks to deliver a stable risk profile with a goal of consistent performance with attractive relative and risk-adjusted returns.

Focus on Quality

Broad diversification and higher quality approach has generally led to a favorable downside capture / capital preservation in negative markets.

Low Turn Over

The strategy practices patience with a long- term investment horizon. They take a low turnover approach that may appeal to tax sensitive investors.

How We Invest

Quality
Valuation
Inefficiencies
Catalyst
Cash Flow

Quality

Businesses we believe have competitive advantages (moat), growth of enterprise value over time and capable management teams

Valuation

Discounted valuation offers upside potential and risk management (margin of safety)

Inefficiencies

Allows the team to capitalize on inefficiencies by using our patience, resources, and skill

Catalyst

Identification of company specific catalysts that can help to close the valuation gap while seeking to avoid a “value trap”

Cash Flow

Assesses the long-term value of the business and opportunities for future capital deployment

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Let’s Connect

Connect with our Managed Account experts about how to bring our solutions to your clients. For direct assistance, you can contact us at sma@loomissayles.com

Additional Resources

Managed Accounts

We proudly offer our managed account clients a spectrum of equity, fixed income & custom income strategies designed to meet client’s growing and distinct investment objectives.

Equity Tax Harvesting Policy 

Loomis Sayles policy regarding tax harvesting isto use the sponsor’s internal form to transact all tax harvesting requests.

Fixed Income Tax Harvesting Policy

Loomis Sayles policy regarding tax harvesting is to use the sponsor’s internal form to transact all tax harvesting requests.