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Domicile | Luxembourg | Legal Structure | SICAV | UCITS | Yes | Inception Date | 06/04/2017 | | Fund Advisor(s) | Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC | Allianz Global Investors GmbH |
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Fund Manager | Michael Verhofen | Manager Start Date | 25/07/2022 | Career Start Year | 2003 |
Education | University of St. Gallen, Ph.D. |
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Biography |
Dr. Michael Verhofen is a Director and a Lead Portfolio Manager at the Advanced Fixed Income Global Allocation – Positioning team at Allianz Global Investors. He has been a portfolio manager at Allianz Global Investors since 2007 and joined the Advanced Fixed Income team in October 2012. He is also a part-time Lecturer in Finance at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
Michael Verhofen finished his studies at the University of St. Gallen with a PhD in Finance. He was a Post-Doc at the University of California at Berkeley and has published various articles in leading academic journals (e.g. “Tactical Industry Allocation and Model Uncertainty”, “The Effect of Market Regimes on Style Allocation”, “Testing Conditional Asset Pricing Models using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach”). He has been a CFA charterholder since 2009. |
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Fund Manager | Claudio Marsala | Manager Start Date | 30/01/2021 | Career Start Year | 2003 |
Education | University of Turin, Italy, M.A. | University of Pisa, Italy, B.A. |
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Biography |
Claudio Marsala is Head of Multi Asset US and a Director with Allianz Global Investors, which he joined in 2001. Claudio previously led the quantitative efforts of the firm’s Multi Asset team in Italy, focusing on systematic multi-asset products. Before that, he worked in risk management. Claudio Marsala has worked in the investment-industry since 2001. He has a degree in economics and financial markets from the University of Pisa in Italy, and a master’s degree in quantitative finance from the University of Turin. |
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Fund Manager | Michael Stamos | Manager Start Date | 15/11/2016 |
Education | University of Frankfurt, Ph.D. |
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Biography |
Dr. Michael Stamos, CFA, is Director of Research at the Multi Asset team of Allianz Global Investors. He oversees the team's development of systematic investment strategies focusing on global macro, active asset allocation, risk premia investing, portfolio construction, and risk management. Michael manages Tactical Allocation, Managed Futures, Risk Parity, and Risk Premia funds. He has 13 years of industry experience and 17 years of asset allocation and financial engineering research experience. Prior to joining the firm in 2007, Michael was a Research Assistant at Frankfurt University focusing on quantitative research in finance and investment. Michael received a PhD in Finance (summa cum laude) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. |
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Fund Manager | Huy Thanh Vo | Manager Start Date | 15/11/2016 |
Education | J.W.Goethe University | J.W.Geothe University, Ph.D. |
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Biography |
Huy Thanh Vo is a portfolio manager and a Director with Allianz Global Investors located in Frankfurt, which he joined in 2009. He is managing Multi Asset Funds for institutional and retail client. As the lead for the cross-functional investment engineering group, he is also responsible for technology of the global Multi Asset Team. Huy Thanh has about eleven years of investment-industry experience. He was previously a research assistant for the chair for investment, portfolio management and pension finance at J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt. Huy Thanh Vo has a master’s degree in money and finance and a Ph.D. in finance from the J.W. Goethe University. He is a CFA charterholder. |
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Fund Manager | Mikhail Krayzler | Manager Start Date | 30/01/2021 |
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Biography |
Dr. Mikhail Krayzler is a portfolio manager for Allianz Volatility Strategy Fund and a director within the Multi Asset US team at Allianz Global Investors. In his current role, Mikhail is primarily responsible for developing investment strategies in the liquid alternative space as well as in the asset life area. Mikhail has a longstanding experience in derivatives and quantitative finance both in industry and academia. In his PhD Thesis in mathematical finance he was working on exotic option pricing models. Furthermore, Mikhail holds a M.Sc. in “Finance and Information Management” from the TU Munich and University of Augsburg as well as a B.Sc. in “Applied Mathematics and Informatics” from the Technical University of Nizhny Novgorod. Mikhail authored several publications in renowned professional and academic journals and is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on risk and investment management topics. In 2012 Mikhail was awarded the 1st Gauss-prize of the German Society of Actuaries and the German Association for Insurance and Financial Mathematics for his work on Variable Annuities. |
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Fund Manager | Aaron Dutton | Manager Start Date | 25/07/2022 |
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