Within the global network of Allianz Global Investors, the Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) is responsible for the global fixed-income business. It offers a wide array of investment products. Renowned for its conservative investment philosophy, PIMCO focuses on long-term orientation, high performance and moderate risks.
As one of the world's largest active bond managers, PIMCO strives to add value by outperforming benchmarks without significantly increasing risks. Due to the outstanding performance of its investment products in both bull and bear markets, PIMCO is the only company to have won Morningstar's "Fixed Income Manager of the Year"-award three times.
PIMCO's global investment process follows a conservative investment philosophy with a long-term orientation. In a four-step, top-down process, the portfolio strategy is defined and subsequently applied to the locally managed investment portfolios in another bottom-up process. PIMCO strives to ensure a consistently high performance by exploiting value from all techniques and sectors available while taking only moderate risks in each. In addition, PIMCO employs a rigorous risk management process embedded in its investment process. Committed to high quality service, PIMCO offers a broad array of investment strategies that can be tailored to individual client requirements as well as specific market demands.
