Lazard Asset Management has launched the New York-listed Lazard Global Equity Select Portfolio.

Lazard Asset Management has rolled out the Lazard Global Equity Select Portfolio to invest globally in firms with strong and/or improving financial productivity, but which trade at attractive valuations.

The portfolio management team - based in New York and London - has an average of over 20 years of investment experience and is comprised of Andrew Lacey, Ronald Temple, Louis Florentin-Lee, Patrick Ryan and Martin Flood.

LAM offers equity, fixed income and alternative investment products worldwide. As of end-September 2013, the firm and affiliated asset management companies in the Lazard Group managed $176 billion in client assets.