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Making a positive impact

Corporate responsibility

As a sustainable investor, we set high standards for the companies in which we invest – and our clients expect us to uphold the same standards in our own business. This means running our business in a responsible and sustainable way, and seeking to have a positive influence by managing the impact we have on society, our communities and the environment. By taking concerted action in the following areas, we can shape this impact – and enhance our ability to generate the long-term returns on which our clients depend.

Our culture

Our people are our most valuable asset and the key to what makes our company succeed. Their skills and values shape the experience that clients receive – and help us earn the trust that underpins our business.

We work every day to reinforce our inclusive, meritocratic culture, championing the expertise and behaviours that our clients need – now and in the future.

See what makes our culture unique.

OUR CULTURE
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Corporate citizenship

As a global organisation we recognise the positive impact we can have on the world – and not just as an investor. We deploy our resources and employees’ skills to contribute to the social and economic development of our communities. By concentrating our activities around a small number of priority areas, including the following, we can have a more significant impact.

Protecting the environment

One of our recent partnerships that support our efforts in protecting the environment is the partnership with Tara Expeditions Foundation, a leader in ocean study.

Carbon-offsetting partner

Our partnership with the PRI in Person conference contributed to retiring 2,272 tonnes of carbon emissions in the form of carbon credits. Those credits came from the Rimba Raya Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) project in Borneo, which is helping to prevent the deforestation of nearly 65,000 hectares of peat swamp forest to avoid more than 130 million tonnes of carbon emissions.

Tara

The Tara Ocean Foundation uses its research schooner Tara to conduct an open, innovative Ocean science that will enable us to predict, anticipate and better manage tomorrow’s climate risks. The high-level scientific expertise is used to raise awareness and educate young people, mobilize policy makers at the highest level, and enable emerging and developing countries to access the latest knowledge about the Ocean. The Tara Ocean Foundation is a Special Observer at the UN and actively participates in the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda. We want to make the ocean a shared responsibility.

Visit the TARA website (external)

Empowering the next generation

We aren’t just an active asset manager – we also seek to use our resources and employees‘ skills to have a positive impact on the social and economic development of our communities. This is why we also use our investment knowledge to promote financial literacy among younger generations.

Financial literacy programme

As an active asset manager we aim to play our part in achieving UN SDG 8: promoting financial literacy, education and employability. In Germany, we have had a partnership to support IW Junior’s “Fit für die Wirtschaft”.

Children's Experience Day

The Children’s Experience Day aims to give schoolchildren a better understanding of the financial sector. They are invited to spend one day in the AllianzGI office. Throughout the day, the teenagers meet with employees from various functions within AllianzGI to learn more about how we act as a business – from an investment as well as from a consumer perspective.

Mentoring programmes

We have offered a variety of mentoring programmes with our employees mentoring students of different ages. The goal is to support young people by helping them understand financial themes, prepare for work and further their self-development.

Client satisfaction

We make client satisfaction a top priority, because we want our clients to be confident to stay with us over the long term. Our mission is to create and share value together with our clients, and some of our products require a multi-year commitment on their part.

We never take clients' loyalty for granted. We know it must be earned through thousands of individual interactions and conversations in the course of our mutual relationship. And we think there’s always room for improvement.

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That’s why we scrutinise our performance through independent client satisfaction surveys. These are important not just for highlighting our strengths, but also for identifying where we need to focus more attention so we can follow up with a firm-wide effort to make improvements.

The latest results from 2023 demonstrate our focus on client service and show that we are continuing our track record of high levels of client satisfaction:

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Greenwich Quality Leader in Overall Continental European and German Institutional Investment Management Quality

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Greenwich Quality Leader in Overall European Intermediary Distribution Quality and Overall Asian Intermediary Distribution as well as Overall Asian Institutional Investment Management Quality

Source: Greenwich Associates.
A ranking, a rating or an award provides no indicator of future performance and is not constant over time. Investing involves risk. The value of an investment and the income from it may fall as well as rise and investors might not get back the full amount invested.

Compliance and data privacy

We aim to earn our clients’ trust and maintain their confidence in us by holding ourselves to the highest ethical standards. We use a robust set of processes to promote ethical conduct, protect client confidentiality and manage risk, with a focus on the following key areas:

Business resilience

Business resilience (business continuity and disaster recovery) is an essential component of our service commitment to our clients. The business resilience team is responsible for identifying threats, creating guidelines and policies, developing tools and best practices, delivering training and raising awareness. Allianz Global Investors’ business-recovery plans ensure that key processes can resume in the event of any serious interruption to business activities. We regularly review our functional recovery plans to ensure their feasibility and effectiveness.

Compliance

Our code of ethics covers acceptable business practices, conflicts-of-interest policies and expected standards of behaviour. One of the roles of our compliance function is to oversee the effective implementation of all regulations stipulated in the code, and to ensure every employee participates in regular compliance training.

We also have comprehensive anti-money laundering (AML) policies and follow strict know your customer (KYC) guidelines. This is not only a best practice designed to protect our clients and our business; it is in accordance with a range of regulatory guidelines in place wherever we do business – from Europe to the US and Asia.

Our latest Global Speak Up Reporting and Anti-Retaliation Policy Handout (PDF file)

Data privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy rights of employees, clients, business partners and other third parties when processing personal data. We adhere to strict data laws and the Allianz Privacy Standard (APS) that governs the international transfer of personal data between Allianz Group companies. Our firm-wide controls are designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity and resilience of data.

IT security

We continually monitor the cyber-threat landscape, and we use state-of-the-art techniques and tools to prevent data breaches. These include dynamic malware inspection and continuous monitoring of systems. We use a robust set of protocols to detect and respond to any cyberthreat or information-security incident.

Risk management

Our global risk management function manages the key risk areas for our firm, relating to both our investment activities and business operations. This includes monitoring and managing the various factors that contribute to the financial performance of portfolios according to their stated objectives. And we seek to safeguard our ability to deliver our services within the stipulated timespan, to the required quality, and in accordance with regulatory commitments.

Environmental management

We believe in leading by example, and strive to achieve the same environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards that we demand of the companies in which we invest. This includes seeking to limit the impact of our business operations on the environment. The overview below is a snapshot of our engagements in our offices around the globe.

Recycling coffee ground

Our London office has implemented a recycling process to turn coffee ground into fertilizer instead of sending it to landfill.

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Certificate for energy saving

The construction of our Frankfurt office has been designed in a way that it reduces our carbon footprint. This is underlined by several certificates that we have received (e.g. TÜV Nord certificate for Climate Change Standard TN-CC 020 and a Mainova certificate for Calculation and Verification of Carbon Footprint and Carbon Neutrality).

Awards for active management

Our Hong Kong office was awarded the “Hong Kong Green Organisation Certification (HKGOC) – Wastewise Certificate” and “Energywise Certificate” in 2019 in recognition of our active participation in adopting various environmental practices and promoting a green workplace. HKGOC aims to set a benchmark for companies based on their green commitment and encourage eco-friendly practices in the workplace.

Junk mail

We receive a lot of junk mail from advertising companies (approximately 13,000 letters/brochures per year). We asked all advertising providers not to send us physical mail, but to use our business email address instead. This saves paper and printing resources and lowers CO₂. We were able to reduce the volume of mail we receive from more than 13,000 letters to less than 9,500 letters the following year.

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World Cleanup Day

Our colleagues from offices around the world have participated in World Cleanup Day, removing harmful plastic and debris from our beaches to protect our ocean and raise awareness of plastic pollution.

(e-)bikes and motor vehicles

Our Frankfurt employees can use several free bikes to attend meetings or business lunches in the city with customers or other business partners. We’ve also built the electric charging infrastructure for motor vehicles and e-bikes.

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Our environmental impact

With our engagements across the globe, we have set an important milestone towards reducing the impact of our business operations on the environment as the figures below show.

The baseline for our environmental reduction targets in operations is 2019 across all entities belonging to AllianzGI. It forms the basis against which we measure our performance and achievements. This also allows filtering out effects of the Covid pandemic. The applicable intensity ratio for our targets and performance is GHG emissions per employee or resource consumption/output per employee.

 

GHG emissions1  

tCO2e per employee

  

2023 (-57%)

2019

1.6 t

3.8 t
Business travel   

tCO2e per employee

  

2023 (-44%)

2019

1.1 t

2.1 t
Energy consumption (office buildings)2

Gigajoules per employee

  

2023 (-35%)

2019

12.5 t

19.2 t
Paper consumption

Kilograms per employee

  

2023 (-77%)

2019

6.3 kg

27.4 kg
Electricity from renewable resources3

  

2023 (+57%)

2019

100%

43%
Water consumption

Cubic metres per employee

  

2023 (-51%)

2019

12.7 m3

26 m3
Waste 

Kilograms per employee

  

2023 (-59%)

2019

61.8 kg

149 kg
 

 

1 Our GHG emissions footprint consists of GHG emissions from our own operations from material sources across Scope 1, Scope 2, and selected parts of Scope 3 . The categories currently included in Scope 3 are energy-related emissions, business travel, and paper use; to reflect evolving ways of working, we also include GHG emissions from remote working as well as certain cloud-based systems in our carbon footprint. Our current absolute emissions arise primarily from business travel (2023: 70%; 2022: 53%) and energy consumption particularly for heating our offices (2023: 30%; 2022: 46%); paper consumption makes up less than 1% of our global footprint.
2 Restated in 2022 due to adjustments of calculation methodology of energy consumption and thus our 2019 baseline. The energy target only reflects the targeted energy consumption in office buildings; however, the respective emissions associated with the energy use of non-office sites such as local data centres, remote working and public cloud are incorporated into our overall corporate footprint.
3 Since 2021, 100% of the electricity we use in office buildings and local data centres has come from renewable sources. RE100 compliance has been achieved through agreements with suppliers on “green tariffs” and the continuous sourcing of “unbundled” Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) for renewable energy in the US and APAC, where renewable power cannot yet be readily sourced through green tariffs. EACs are an instrument to document and track the production, distribution and consumption of renewable energy. They do not represent the electricity itself (as they are unbundled from production) but allow us to prove that the energy we use is directly attached to electricity produced at a specific, identifiable renewable energy site.
Source: Allianz Global Investors, as at 31 December 2023.

Investing sustainably for the future

The heart of our corporate responsibility approach

With sustainable investing no longer seen as a trend, but as an essential part of investing, the asset management industry is at a tipping point – and our firm is taking a leadership role. The integration of ESG (environment, social and governance) criteria and the development of sustainable investing solutions is at the heart of Allianz Global Investors' corporate responsibility approach.

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Sponsorships and Partnerships

Great things happen when we work together, especially with a common goal

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Inclusion and diversity

Our workplace culture holds the key to our success

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  • Allianz Global Investors Fund (“AGIF”)

    • Allianz Global Investors Fund (“AGIF”) as an umbrella fund under the UCITS regulations has within it different sub-funds investing in fixed income securities, equities, and derivative instruments, each with a different investment objective and/or risk profile.

    • All sub-funds (“Sub-Funds”) may invest in financial derivative instruments (“FDI”) which may expose to higher leverage, counterparty, liquidity, valuation, volatility, market and over the counter transaction risks. A Sub-Fund’s net derivative exposure may be up to 50% of its NAV. 

    • Some Sub-Funds as part of their investments may invest in any one or a combination of the instruments such as fixed income securities, emerging market securities, and/or mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, property-backed securities (especially REITs) and/or structured products and/or FDI, exposing to various potential risks (including leverage, counterparty, liquidity, valuation, volatility, market, fluctuations in the value of and the rental income received in respect of the underlying property, and over the counter transaction risks). 

    • Some Sub-Funds may invest in single countries or industry sectors (in particular small/mid cap companies) which may reduce risk diversification. Some Sub-Funds are exposed to significant risks which include investment/general market, country and region, emerging market (such as Mainland China), creditworthiness/credit rating/downgrading, default, asset allocation, interest rate, volatility and liquidity, counterparty, sovereign debt, valuation, credit rating agency, company-specific, currency  (in particular RMB), RMB debt securities and Mainland China tax risks. 

    • Some Sub-Funds may invest in convertible bonds, high-yield, non-investment grade investments and unrated securities that may subject to higher risks (include volatility, loss of principal and interest, creditworthiness and downgrading, default, interest rate, general market and liquidity risks) and therefore may adversely impact the net asset value of the Sub-Funds. Convertibles will be exposed prepayment risk, equity movement and greater volatility than straight bond investments.

    • Some Sub-Funds may invest a significant portion of the assets in interest-bearing securities issued or guaranteed by a non-investment grade sovereign issuer (e.g. Philippines) and is subject to higher risks of liquidity, credit, concentration and default of the sovereign issuer as well as greater volatility and higher risk profile that may result in significant losses to the investors. 

    • Some Sub-Funds may invest in European countries. The economic and financial difficulties in Europe may get worse and adversely affect the Sub-Funds (such as increased volatility, liquidity and currency risks associated with investments in Europe).

    • Some Sub-Funds may invest in the China A-Shares market, China B-Shares market and/or debt securities directly  via the Stock Connect or the China Interbank Bond Market or Bond Connect and or other foreign access regimes and/or other permitted means and/or indirectly through all eligible instruments the qualified foreign institutional investor program regime and thus is subject to the associated risks (including quota limitations, change in rule and regulations, repatriation of the Fund’s monies, trade restrictions, clearing and settlement, China market volatility and uncertainty, China market volatility and uncertainty, potential clearing and/or settlement difficulties and, change in economic, social and political policy in the PRC and taxation Mainland China tax risks).  Investing in RMB share classes is also exposed to RMB currency risks and adverse impact on the share classes due to currency depreciation.

    • Some Sub-Funds may adopt the following strategies, Sustainable and Responsible Investment Strategy, SDG-Aligned Strategy, Sustainability Key Performance Indicator Strategy (Relative), Green Bond Strategy, Multi Asset Sustainable Strategy, Sustainability Key Performance Indicator Strategy (Absolute Threshold), Environment, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Score Strategy, and Sustainability Key Performance Indicator Strategy (Absolute). The Sub-Funds may be exposed to sustainable investment risks relating to the strategies (such as foregoing opportunities to buy certain securities when it might otherwise be advantageous to do so, selling securities when it might be disadvantageous to do so, and/or relying on information and data from third party ESG research data providers and internal analyses which may be subjective, incomplete, inaccurate or unavailable and/or reducing risk diversifications compared to broadly based funds) which may result in the Sub-Fund being more volatile and have adverse impact on the performance of the Sub-Fund and consequently adversely affect an investor’s investment in the Sub-Fund. Also, some Sub-Funds may be particularly focusing on the GHG efficiency of the investee companies rather than their financial performance which may have an adverse impact on the Fund’s performance.

    • Some Sub-Funds may invest in share class with fixed distribution percentage (Class AMf). Investors should note that fixed distribution percentage is not guaranteed. The share class is not an alternative to fixed interest paying investment. The percentage of distributions paid by these share classes is unrelated to expected or past income or returns of these share classes or the Sub-Funds. Distribution will continue even the Sub-Fund has negative returns and may adversely impact the net asset value of the Sub-Fund.  Positive distribution yield does not imply positive return.

    • Investment involves risks that could result in loss of part or entire amount of investors’ investment.

    • In making investment decisions, investors should not rely solely on this [website/material].

    Note: Dividend payments may, at the sole discretion of the Investment Manager, be made out of the Sub-Fund’s capital or effectively out of the Sub-Fund’s capital which represents a return or withdrawal of part of the amount investors originally invested and/or capital gains attributable to the original investment. This may result in an immediate decrease in the NAV per share and the capital of the Sub-Fund available for investment in the future and capital growth may be reduced, in particular for hedged share classes for which the distribution amount and NAV of any hedged share classes (HSC) may be adversely affected by differences in the interests rates of the reference currency of the HSC and the base currency of the respective Sub-Fund. Dividend payments are applicable for Class A/AM/AMg/AMi/AMgi/AQ Dis (Annually/Monthly/Quarterly distribution) and for reference only but not guaranteed.  Positive distribution yield does not imply positive return. For details, please refer to the Sub-Fund’s distribution policy disclosed in the offering documents.


    Allianz Global Investors Asia Fund

    • Allianz Global Investors Asia Fund (the “Trust”) is an umbrella unit trust constituted under the laws of Hong Kong pursuant to the Trust Deed. Allianz Thematic Income and Allianz Selection Income and Growth and Allianz Yield Plus Fund are the sub-funds of the Trust (each a “Sub-Fund”) investing in fixed income securities, equities and derivative instrument, each with a different investment objective and/or risk profile.

    • Some Sub-Funds are exposed to significant risks which include investment/general market, company-specific, emerging market, creditworthiness/credit rating/downgrading, default, volatility and liquidity, valuation, sovereign debt, thematic concentration, thematic-based investment strategy, counterparty, interest rate changes, country and region, asset allocation risks and currency (such as exchange controls, in particular RMB), and the adverse impact on RMB share classes due to currency depreciation.  

    • Some Sub-Funds may invest in other underlying collective schemes and exchange traded funds. Investing in exchange traded funds may expose to additional risks such as passive investment, tracking error, underlying index, trading and termination. While investing in other underlying collective schemes (“CIS”) may subject to the risks associated to such CIS. 

    • Some Sub-Funds may invest in high-yield (non-investment grade and unrated) investments and/or convertible bonds which may subject to higher risks, such as volatility, creditworthiness, default, interest rate changes, general market and liquidity risks and therefore may  adversely impact the net asset value of the Fund. Convertibles may also expose to risks such as prepayment, equity movement, and greater volatility than straight bond investments.

    • All Sub-Funds may invest in financial derivative instruments (“FDI”) which may expose to higher leverage, counterparty, liquidity, valuation, volatility, market and over the counter transaction risks.  The use of derivatives may result in losses to the Sub-Funds which are greater than the amount originally invested. A Sub-Fund’s net derivative exposure may be up to 50% of its NAV.

    • These investments may involve risks that could result in loss of part or entire amount of investors’ investment.

    • In making investment decisions, investors should not rely solely on this website.

    Note: Dividend payments may, at the sole discretion of the Investment Manager, be made out of the Sub-Fund’s income and/or capital which in the latter case represents a return or withdrawal of part of the amount investors originally invested and/or capital gains attributable to the original investment. This may result in an immediate decrease in the NAV per distribution unit and the capital of the Sub-Fund available for investment in the future and capital growth may be reduced, in particular for hedged share classes for which the distribution amount and NAV of any hedged share classes (HSC) may be adversely affected by differences in the interests rates of the reference currency of the HSC and the base currency of the Sub-Fund. Dividend payments are applicable for Class A/AM/AMg/AMi/AMgi Dis (Annually/Monthly distribution) and for reference only but not guaranteed.  Positive distribution yield does not imply positive return. For details, please refer to the Sub-Fund’s distribution policy disclosed in the offering documents.

     

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