Latest Q&A Based Profiles ( 5 Interview )


Short-Term Focus with Long-Term Merit

Utilities > NA

Allianz NFJ International Value Fund

EVUDX

Apr 4, 2010

Prudent investing should always subdue temporary concerns and anxieties in the name of long-term consistency. Baxter Hines, portfolio manager of the Allianz NFJ International Value Fund, and his team look for dividend-paying companies that are trading at a discount to their long-term value while possessing the necessary balance sheet strength

Quality, Growth, and Valuation

Large-Cap > Growth

Allianz RCM Global Small-Cap Fund

DPLGX

Dec 12, 2006

With a global mandate for seeking small-cap growth opportunities and with global resources to draw upon, the Allianz RCM Global Small-Cap Fund feels free to invest anywhere in the world. Ideally, the fund would invest in growth companies in a growing industry. But since we don’t live in a perfect

Quality, Growth, and Valuation

Mid-Cap > Value

AllianzGI Mid-Cap Fund

ANPRX

Aug 8, 2017

Finding good companies that are struggling and out of favor is relatively easy, but understanding and detecting the drivers of improvement requires extensive research and knowledge. Steven Klopukh, portfolio manager of the AllianzGI Mid-Cap Fund, relies on the management team’s dedicated staff and sector expertise in identifying beaten stocks that

Absolute Return Via Equity Index Options

Health-Biotechnology > NA

AllianzGI Structured Return Fund

AHSZX

Aug 8, 2016

Although many mutual funds use options, few products, including both retail and institutional, harness index options as their primary source of returns. Stephen Bond-Nelson, portfolio manager of the AllianzGI Structured Return Fund, highlights the team’s absolute return strategy, built around the index option market and designed to generate consistent returns

Earnings Compounders with Structural Advantages

Mid-Cap > Core

AllianzGI International Growth Fund

ABMIX

Jul 7, 2018

To stay focused on the long-term view, a manager has to be able to cancel out the short-term market noises. Robert Hofmann, portfolio manager of AllianzGI International Growth Fund, focuses on companies with structural growth drivers, sustainable business models and high barriers to entry and ferrets out earnings compounders. 

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