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Domicile | United Kingdom | Legal Structure | Open Ended Investment Company | UCITS | Yes | Inception Date | 18/07/2018 | | Fund Advisor(s) | Allianz Global Investors (UK) Ltd |
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Fund Manager | Joe Pak | Manager Start Date | 01/11/2021 |
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Biography |
Joe Pak is a portfolio manager, having joined Allianz GIobal Investors in August 2021, and is the deputy portfolio manager of Allianz Gilt Yield Fund, co-deputy portfolio manager of Allianz Strategic Bond Fund and co-lead portfolio manager of Allianz Fixed Income Macro Fund. He joined from Rothesay Life, the UK’s largest pensions insurance specialist. Joe joined Rothesay in 2017, where he was lead portfolio manager on a €2bn European periphery bond portfolio and lead portfolio manager on the firm's macro absolute return portfolio which he launched in 2019. He comes with extensive experience in trading a broad range of derivatives, both at Rothesay where he oversaw macro/solvency options strategies and in his previous position as a trader on RBS’ US rates options desk. Joe graduated with degrees in Economics and Sociology from Duke University in 2012 and is a CFA® charterholder. |
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Fund Manager | Ravin Seeneevassen | Manager Start Date | 01/11/2021 |
Education | University of Oxford, M.S. |
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Biography |
Ravin Seeneevassen is a senior portfolio manager, having joined Allianz GIobal Investors in June 2021, and is the deputy portfolio manager of Allianz Index-Linked Gilt Fund, co-deputy portfolio manager of Allianz Strategic Bond Fund and co-lead portfolio manager of Allianz Fixed Income Macro Fund. Ravin was previously a partner and portfolio manager at LindenGrove Capital, a London-based global macro hedge fund. He brings a wealth of experience in terms of global rates and FX trading, accumulated both at LindenGrove and beforehand on the Nomura cross-asset trading desk. Ravin also brings additional inflation expertise, having started his career at Lehman Brothers as a market-making inflation trader in 2006. Ravin graduated top of his cohort with a Masters in Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford, and most recently completed a Masters in Machine Learning from Royal Holloway University of London. |
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Fund Manager | Jack Norris | Manager Start Date | 04/05/2021 |
Education | London School of Economics, M.S. |
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Biography |
Jack is an Associate Portfolio Manager on the Macro Unconstrained Fixed Income team, where he conducts global macro research and screens for relative value opportunities. Having previously interned at Allianz Global Investors in Hong Kong and at Jupiter Asset Management in London, Jack joined the team at Allianz Global Investors in July 2016. Jack holds a First Class Honours BSc in International Relations and an MSc with Merit in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics. He has passed his CFA level three exam and is a CFDS |