Our Group

		Our Group – facts and figures
		Allianz Global Investors is one of the world's leading active asset management firms, operating across 19 markets. We have created a business that enables us to meet the demands of our clients on a local basis and that empowers our investment managers to focus on achieving strong and consistent investment results.

		In addition to specialised in-house research teams around the globe that carry out indepth analysis across economic and industrial sectors, our GrassrootsSM Research offers insight that extends far beyond fundamental analysis.¹ Today, we manage over €250 billion in assets for individuals, families and institutions worldwide.² We currently employ close to 2,800 employees around the world, of whom 500 are investment professionals.³
		Strong and supportive ownership by Allianz SE When the world is changing quickly, it is important to have a stable foundation – and ample resources to draw on. As part of the Allianz group, we benefit from a well established and highly supportive parent, one of the world's foremost financial service providers, with over 140,000 employees working in some 70 countries.³

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^1.GrassrootsSM Research is a division within the Allianz Global Investors group of companies that commissions investigative research for asset management professionals. Research data used to generate Grassroots ResearchSM reports are received from reporters and field force investigators who work as independent, third party research providers, supplying research that is paid for by commissions generated by trades executed on behalf of clients.

^2. Data as of January 2012.

^3. Data as of March 2012.