Joe Gatz, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Leveraging decades of equity experience, the Small/Mid Cap team’s managed account takes a disciplined long-term approach with a repeatable investment process to uncover 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.
For more than 25 years, the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value team has focused on seeking to identify attractive investment opportunities.
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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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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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.
Broad diversification and higher quality approach has generally led to a favorable downside capture / capital preservation in negative markets.
The strategy practices patience with a long- term investment horizon. They take a low turnover approach that may appeal to tax sensitive investors.
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Key Risks: Equity Risk, Market Risk, Non-US Securities Risk, Liquidity Risk.
Any investment that has the possibility for profits also has the possibility of losses, including the loss of principal.
Diversification does not ensure a profit or guarantee against a loss.
There is no guarantee that the investment objective will be realized or that the strategy will generate positive or excess return.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.