Press releases

James Dilworth, the head of Allianz Global Investors for Germany, will assume the function of Chief Executive Officer for Europe on January 1, 2012.

Institutional investors in Europe view market volatility as their biggest perceived risk in the next 12 months according to the latest biannual RiskMonitor survey from Allianz Global Investors.​

The Pension Sustainability Index produced by Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI), one of the world’s largest asset management companies, measures and illustrates the pressure on governments across the globe to reform their pension system. ​

Allianz Global Investors announces that its highly anticipated Allianz RCM Renminbi Currency fund has received Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) approval and will launch across Europe on the 18th October 2011. The fund offers investors a direct, cost-effective and low risk way to benefit from a strengthening Renminbi (RMB) versus the US dollar.

Despite the ongoing turmoil in the eurozone, European investors remain confident that the euro will survive in its current form. A survey conducted by Allianz Global Investors of institutional investors in Europe shows that 80 per cent think that the euro will survive the current challenges.

​Pension design should reflect better risk management rather than avoidance of risk assets say pensions experts.

​The main findings of AllianzGI inaugural RiskMonitor survey: Institutional investors in Europe rank interest rate risk first when asked about their biggest risk in the next 12 months. Nearly 70% perceive interest rates as a huge or considerable risk to their ability to achieve their investment targets.

​Allianz Global Investors underpins leadership in active asset management with performance and insight.

Matthias Born, lead fund manager of the Allianz RCM Euroland Equity Growth fund and co-fund manager of the Allianz RCM Europe Equity Growth fund comments.

The US Equity Strategy of RCM, a company of Allianz Global Investors, has been awarded a 350 million Euro mandate by Nykredit, a financial services group based in Denmark.