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All data as of 03/31/13, unless otherwise indicated.
Managed Accounts

PIMCO/NFJ Balanced

Objective
A managed account seeking long-term capital appreciation through investment in an intermediate-term portfolio of high quality bonds and undervalued stocks of dividend-paying companies

Strategy Overview

Highlights

  • Diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds
  • PIMCO's total return strategy combined with NFJ's equity income strategy
  • Experienced, specialized management
 
 

Process & Philosophy

PIMCO: Leading Fixed-Income Managers
 
TOTAL RETURN PHILOSOPHY

PIMCO differentiates itself from many managers by taking a total return approach to bond management. Rather than seek only income, PIMCO pursues maximum total return-income plus capital appreciation. Mr. Gross pioneered this philosophy and process over 30 years ago, and it has been critical to the firm's long-term performance record. 

 

LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE

Supporting PIMCO's focus on total return is a commitment to active portfolio management within a long-term (secular) framework.
  • Annual secular forum-Meet, along with leading outside experts, to develop a 3-5 year outlook for the economy, inflation and interest rates.
  • Quarterly cyclical forums-Apply long-term outlook to the upcoming 3-12 months and forecast specific influencing factors, including interest rate volatility, yield curve movement and credit trends.
  • Portfolio guidelines-Use shorter-term outlook to make portfolio-specific decisions, including duration, yield curve position, sector weightings and credit quality.
 

VALUE-ADDING STRATEGIES

Rather than make big bets on interest rates or maturity, PIMCO uses a variety of value-adding strategies to increase the opportunity for total return potential and to help reduce portfolio risk. Using this range of strategies lessens the portfolio's dependence on any one strategy for success. 
 

RISK-AVERSE PHILOSOPHY

NFJ adheres to a strict value philosophy, seeking undervalued, fundamentally sound companies. What sets the firm apart from many other value-oriented managers is its emphasis on risk control. To help temper risk, NFJ maintains broad industry diversification and requires that each stock pay a dividend-a characteristic they believe is an important sign of financial stability.

 

DISCIPLINED INVESTMENT PROCESS

NFJ's investment process enables it to identify stocks offering attractive valuations and long-term growth potential. At the same time, the process seeks to control total portfolio risk.
  • Screen for positive fundamentals-Apply a screen for positive fundamental characteristics to a universe of approximately 1,000 mid- to large-cap stocks.
  • Conduct in-depth research and analysis-Research each of the remaining 300-500 possible investments, looking for companies with low price-to-earnings multiples, high dividend yields, positive prospective earnings and quality operations.
  • Restrict industry concentrations-Avoid overexposure to any one sector by restricting the number of stocks held in a single industry.
  • Construct portfolio-Select approximately 40-50 of the most attractive securities identified, usually crossing 50 or more industries.
  • Regularly monitor for buy and sell candidates-Continually repeat the research process to identify new buy and sell candidates. Sell a stock when an alternative stock with equally strong fundamentals demonstrates a substantially lower price-to-earnings ratio, and/or a substantially higher dividend yield.
 
 

Portfolio Construction

BENEFITS OF DIVERSIFICATION

Changes in the economy affect stocks and bonds in different ways. By holding a diversified portfolio that includes both, you can lessen the impact of a decline in either market and potentially enhance long-term returns. Our Balanced managed account portfolio is an efficient way to secure these benefits of diversification.
 
PIMCO and NFJ Investment Group work together to construct the Balanced managed account portfolio.
  • Asset allocation-At the start, 50% of the assets are allocated to the fixed-income portion of the portfolio and 50% to the equity portion. The portfolio will be rebalanced when the allocation shifts by more than 10 percentage points, with the constraint that the market value of the fixed-income portion of the portfolio may not fall below $55,000.
  • Fixed-income investments-PIMCO's total return strategy divides the portfolio into three sections: a core section of individual bonds and two sector-oriented commingled vehicles. The core section represents 60%-80% of the overall portfolio and focuses on extremely liquid bonds of the highest credit quality. The two sector-oriented segments each represent 0%-40% of the portfolio and invest in specialized areas of the bond market on a cost-effective basis. The commingled vehicles offer the ability to gain access to areas of market that would otherwise be difficult to access.
  • Equity investments-According to its equity income strategy, NFJ screens a universe of approximately 1,000 dividend-paying stocks for positive fundamental characteristics, and then conducts in-depth research and analysis. Remaining candidates are segmented by industry. NFJ selects the 40 most attractive options, avoiding overexposure to any one security or industry. Each selected holding pays a dividend. 
 
 
This material is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument. References to specific securities and their issuers are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as, recommendations to purchase or sell such securities.

Individual results may vary as a result of market conditions, trading costs, and other factors which may be unique to each account. Individual account holdings will vary depending on the size of an account, cash flows and account restrictions. At any time an individual account managed in this strategy may or may not include securities held by another portfolio. Consequently, any particular account may have portfolio characteristics and performance that differ from another individual account in this strategy.

The managed account strategies described here are offered by Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC and are available exclusively through financial professionals. Participation is restricted to accounts with a minimum asset level and may not be suitable for all investors.
Allianz Global Investors Managed Accounts LLC merged into Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC on January 1, 2013. Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC manages the PIMCO/NFJ Balanced accounts using model portfolios developed by the sub-advisors as a guide. While Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC generally intends to follow the sub-advisors'' recommendations, as the investment manager it has the discretion to accept or reject any investment recommendation and to deviate from the model portfolios. For certain sponsor firm accounts, Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC provides the sub-advisors'' model to the sponsor or the sponsor''s designee for discretionary implementation.

The allocation of the underlying securities is dynamic. No representation is being made that rebalancing will be timely or have a positive impact on the Portfolio. Hypothetical testing used to help construct this allocation did not take into consideration market conditions, trading costs associated with rebalancing and certain other factors. A position of less than $250,000 in the Total Return portion of the portfolio may result in greater performance dispersion than a larger position in the strategy.

The Total Return portion of the portfolio consists of individual securities and a select combination of proprietary, commingled vehicles managed by Allianz Global Investors'' affiliated investment manager Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO). These vehicles are available only through managed accounts utilizing the Total Return strategy and are available by prospectus only. No fees are charged to clients at the commingled vehicles level. For more information about this product contact your financial advisor.

A Word About Risk: Investing in securities entails risk. When investing in value securities, the market may not necessarily have the same value assessment as the manager, and therefore, the performance of the securities may decline. Investments in smaller companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies. This strategy may use derivative instruments as part of its investment strategy. The use of derivative instruments may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, management risk and the risk that a portfolio may not close out a position when it would be most advantageous to do so. Portfolios investing in derivatives could lose more than the principal amount invested in these instruments. The guarantee on Treasuries, TIPS and Government Bonds is to the timely repayment of principal and interest. Portfolios that invest in them are not guaranteed. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk. The value of some mortgage-related or asset-backed securities may be particularly sensitive to interest rate changes, and there is no assurance that private insurers of the underlying mortgages or assets will meet their obligations. With Corporate bonds there is no assurance that issuers will meet their obligations. High-yield bonds typically have a lower credit rating than other bonds. Lower rated bonds generally involve a greater risk to principal than higher rated bonds. Investing in non-U.S. securities entails additional risks, including political and economic risk and the risk of currency fluctuations; these risks may be enhanced in emerging markets.
 
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-7585.
 
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