Investments: Target-Date Funds 

 
Allianz Global Investors offers a premier lineup of carefully constructed retirement strategies, including target-date, target-risk and retirement-income funds, each designed to manage risk and help investors achieve their goals.
Traditional stock/bond allocations may contain hidden risks, making them particularly vulnerable to severe market shocks. The Allianz Global Investors Solutions Target-Date Funds go beyond traditional asset classes and align risk exposures directly with investors' desired outcomes.

Portfolio assets are divided into two categories:
 
1) Return-generating assets that emphasize inflation-adjusted capital growth, including small- and large-cap U.S. and international stocks, high-yield and emerging-market bonds and " real," or inflation-hedging, assets such as commodities and real estate.

2) Defensive assets designed to preserve principal, provide current income and manage volatility, such as cash equivalents, short-term and core U.S. bonds, sovereign bonds and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS).   

Within these categories, appropriate mutual funds are selected from a wide range of funds from Allianz Global Investors, as well as from carefully chosen third-party open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

 


 

 

 

 

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of any mutual fund carefully before investing. This and other information is contained in the fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus,  which may be obtained by contacting your financial advisor. Click here for a complete list of the Allianz Funds prospectuses and summary prospectuses. Please read them carefully before you invest.

A Word About Risk: Equities have tended to be volatile and, unlike bonds, do not offer a fixed rate of return. Foreign markets may be more volatile, less liquid, less transparent and subject to less oversight, and values may fluctuate with currency exchange rates; these risks may be greater in emerging markets. Investments in smaller companies may be more volatile and less liquid than investments in larger companies. Investing in a limited number of sectors or issuers may increase risk and volatility. A security may not perform as anticipated if the market does not agree with the portfolio manager’s value assessment. Convertible securities involve the added risk that securities must be converted before it is optimal. High-yield or “junk” bonds have lower credit ratings and involve a greater risk to principal. Derivative prices depend on the performance of an underlying asset; derivatives carry market, credit and liquidity risk. Securities purchased in initial public offerings have no trading history, limited issuer information and increased volatility. The Allianz Global Investors Solutions Funds are exposed to the same types of risks as the underlying funds in which they invest. The cost of investing in the Allianz Global Investors Solutions Funds will generally be higher than the cost of investing in a fund that invests directly in individual stocks and bonds. The target date included in the Fund’s name does not necessarily represent the specific year an investor will begin withdrawing assets. It is intended only as a general guide.

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Our Key Differentiators


  • • Multi-manager approach: We achieve proper diversification by investing in a variety of asset classes across a number of different managers, each with its own unique investment philosophy. 
     
  • • Addresses sequencing risk: Sequencing risk—the risk of retiring in a down market—can be devastating to new retirees' account balances. We address this risk, as measured by Sharpe ratio, by developing a glide path that takes on more risk (when appropriate) earlier in investors’ working lives and less risk when they’re near retirement—around the target date.
     
  • • Reliable process: We stick to a reliable investment process, one that instills trust in our clients and holds us accountable to the portfolios' goals and objectives. Standard deviation, our chief measure of volatility and “reliability,” is particularly important for funds closest to their target date, when plan participants are most vulnerable to market swings and more dependent on a smooth, dependable investment process.
     
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