Lord Abbett Focused Small Cap Value Fund;I
LMVYX
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- Kevin Charleston
- Sector
- Financial Services
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- Asset Management
- Address
- Jersey City NJ 07302 Boston MA United States of America 02111
- IPO Date
- Jul 9, 1999
- CIK
- 0000898031
- Website
- loomissayles.com
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- Lord Abbett Focused Small Cap Value Fund (LMVYX) is an open-end mutual fund that seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities of small-cap U.S. companies exhibiting value characteristics, including those with low price-to-earnings ratios, low price-to-book ratios, or high dividend yields; under normal conditions, the fund allocates at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes to such small-cap value stocks, with approximately 88% in U.S. stocks and 12% in non-U.S. stocks as of recent portfolio data, benchmarked against the Russell 2000 Value Index, S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index, and Russell 2000 Index. The fund offers Class I shares with a net expense ratio of 1.03%, a minimum initial investment of $1 million, and no front-end or deferred loads, targeting institutional and high-net-worth investors in the small value category. Top holdings as of late 2025 include Silicon Motion Technology Corp ADR (3.75%), Cushman & Wakefield PLC (3.59%), Vishay Precision Group Inc (3.30%), and others across technology, real estate, industrials, and financial services sectors. Managed by Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC, an independent employee-owned investment management firm founded in 1929 and headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, with additional offices in Dubai, Dublin, London, Montevideo, Singapore, Tokyo, and Zurich; the firm oversees approximately $255 billion in assets under management as of 2021, providing equity, fixed-income, and alternative strategies to individual and institutional clients globally. For LMVYX specifically, portfolio management includes John Hardy since October 2018 and Qie Zhang since December 2022, following earlier changes such as the departure of prior managers Justin Maurer and Thomas Maher in 2018. The fund, launched on July 9, 1999, operates from the United States with total net assets of around $90 million and share class size of $70 million. Recent developments include sustained portfolio oversight by the current management team through 2025 amid fluctuating small-cap market conditions, with year-to-date returns of approximately -1.45% and assets maintaining stability at $90 million as of November 2025; no major acquisitions, mergers, or product launches specific to LMVYX have been announced in the last 1-2 years, though Lord Abbett as a firm committed over $800 million to its new Private Credit Fund via flagship vehicles in 2025, signaling broader strategic expansion into private credit strategies. The fund continues to emphasize a focused, undervalued small-cap approach without reported reorganizations or name changes.