LCAIX
Lazard Opportunistic Strategies Portfolio
LAZARD FUNDS INC
Expense ratio1
1.22%
Net assets2
$22.80M
Holdings2
19
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
14.00%

Investment objective & strategy

As of April 28, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. The Portfolio utilizes an asset allocation strategy to invest in a global portfolio of uncorrelated assets that can include exposure, through underlying vehicles, to stocks, bonds, commodities and other investments. The Portfolio invests primarily in exchange-traded open-end management investment companies (ETFs), generally those that pursue a passive index-based strategy, as well as actively managed closed-end management investment companies (closed-end funds, and, together with ETFs, Underlying Funds). ETFs in which the Portfolio may invest include both ETFs designed to correlate directly with an index and ETFs designed to correlate inversely with an index and may include actively-managed ETFs. The Portfolio, through Underlying Funds in which it invests, may invest in non-US companies (including those in emerging markets), and the Portfolio also … The Portfolio utilizes an asset allocation strategy to invest in a global portfolio of uncorrelated assets that can include exposure, through underlying vehicles, to stocks, bonds, commodities and other investments. The Portfolio invests primarily in exchange-traded open-end management investment companies (ETFs), generally those that pursue a passive index-based strategy, as well as actively managed closed-end management investment companies (closed-end funds, and, together with ETFs, Underlying Funds). ETFs in which the Portfolio may invest include both ETFs designed to correlate directly with an index and ETFs designed to correlate inversely with an index and may include actively-managed ETFs. The Portfolio, through Underlying Funds in which it invests, may invest in non-US companies (including those in emerging markets), and the Portfolio also may invest directly in equity and debt securities in addition to its investments in Underlying Funds. The Portfolios investment portfolio is concentrated in a relatively small number of holdings (generally 10 to 30). Investors can invest directly in Underlying Funds and do not need to invest in Underlying Funds through mutual funds or separately managed accounts. The Portfolio may, but is not required to (1) enter into equity, total return and currency swap agreements; futures contracts and options on futures contracts (including with respect to index and commodities); and forward currency contracts; and (2) write put and covered call options on securities (including shares of ETFs), indexes and currencies, in each case for hedging purposes or to seek to increase returns, including as a substitute for purchasing an Underlying Fund. The Portfolio may, but is not required to, effect short sales of securities. A short sale involves the sale of a security that the Portfolio does not own in the expectation of purchasing the same security (or a security exchangeable therefor) at a later date and at a lower price and profiting from the price decline. Similarly, when taking short positions with respect to securities through investments in derivative instruments, the Investment Manager is expecting the value of such securities to fall during the period of the Portfolios investment exposure. Although the Portfolio is classified as diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), it may invest in a smaller number of issuers than other, more diversified, investment portfolios.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
LAZARD GOVT MNY MMKT INS $4.36M 19.10%
OPTION TLT $2.80M 12.30%
VANGUARD S+P 500 VALUE ETF VANGUARD S+P 500 VALUE ETF VOOV $2.71M 11.88%
Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF VOOG $2.66M 11.66%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $2.06M 9.04%
OPTION QQQ $1.32M 5.80%
iShares 1-3 Yr Treas SHY $1.21M 5.32%
SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF MUTUAL FUND FEZ $992.10K 4.35%
ISHARES MSCI JPN EWJ $937.96K 4.11%
iShares International Treasury Bond ETF IGOV $934.36K 4.10%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
2
Exited
1
Increased
2
Decreased
15
Unchanged
0

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Lazard Asset Management LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of April 28, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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