Awards 

Our performance as investment managers is acknowledged internationally: rating agencies, analysts and the media regularly emphasize our merits. For a list of the awards received by our local investment specialists, please see below.

2008

AMERICAS

Nicholas-Applegate had four funds ranked in the top ten in Morningstar’s Separate Account / Commingled Fund Database (Dec. 31, 2007).

Nicholas-Applegate was a winner in California’s Best Places to Work contest sponsored by Employers Group, a human resources advocacy for California employers. Twenty winners were chosen from more than 400 applicants in four size categories. NACM took fourth place in the mid-sized category (100-499 employees).

PIMCO investment team and Bill Gross were named “Fixed-Income Fund Manager of the Year” for the third time in ten years.

PIMCO was named “Credit Investor of the Year” by ‘Derivatives Week’ magazine for calling “the top of the credit peak before its peers and… benefiting from the widening in spreads.”

ASIA PACIFIC

AllianzGI Hong Kong won three Lipper Fund Awards for: “Best Mixed Asset USD Aggressive Fund Over 3 Years” (after taking top honors in the same category last year); “Best Equity Asia Pacific Small and Mid-Cap Fund Over 3 Years”; and “Best Equity Korea Fund Over 3 Years”.

RCM Asia Pacific was awarded 12 Lipper Fund Awards in various categories.

RCM Asia Pacific received three Asia Asset Management awards for “Best MPF Manager” 3-year and 5-year and the “Global Equity 3-year Merit Award”. In addition, the Asia Pacific ex. Japan and China funds were awarded an “A” rating by Standard & Poor's.

EUROPE

AllianzGI Germany received two Morningstar 2008 Fund Awards, gaining 2nd place in German second-line stocks and 3rd place in industry materials stocks.

AllianzGI Ireland won 1st place in the Morningstar 2008 Fund Awards in the Eastern European Emerging Markets Stocks category.

AllianzGI UK won the “Best Emerging Markets Group” at the January 29th Professional Advisor Magazine’s awards.

2007

AMERICAS

PIMCO received a Lipper Fund Award in the category “Dedicated Short Bias Funds”, as well as 17 Lipper Awards for “Fixed Income Fund Performance Achievements” and one award for “Equity Fund Performance Achievement”.

NFJ won a Lipper Fund Award in the category “Small-Cap Value Funds” and one for “Equity Fund Performance Achievements”.

Nicholas-Applegate received one Lipper Fund Award in the category “Pacific Region Funds”, as well as one for “Equity Fund Performance Achievements”.

RCM was the recipient of a Lipper Award for “Equity Fund Performance Achievements”.


ASIA PACIFIC

AllianzGI Hong Kong won three Group Awards at the Asian Investor Achievement Awards. In addition, AllianzGI Hong Kong received the “Lipper Pension Funds Group Award Hong Kong” for 3-yr Mixed Assets and a Lipper Fund Award for “Best Mixed Asset USD Aggressive Fund over 3 Years”.

PIMCO was awarded “Global House Fund of the Year” by Asian Investor and won the “Five-Year Risk Adjusted Performance” award within the Global Fixed Income, Fixed category.

RCM won three Asian Investor Achievement awards.

RCM Asia Pacific received 7 pension fund Lipper Awards in the categories: MPF Growth: 3-yr and 5-yr; MPF Balanced: 3-yr and 5-yr; MPF Stable Growth: 5-yr; and MPF Capital Stable: 3-yr and 5-yr.


EUROPE

AGF Asset Management was placed 1st in the category “Mixed EUR Aggressive Euro Zone (3 yr)” and”Euro Obligations Plus (5yr)” at the Lipper Fund Awards in Paris. AGF Asset Management was also ranked 7th of 49 for larger Cap (1yr and 3yr) by Standard & Poor's in March.

AllianzGI Germany was the recipient of five Lipper Awards.

2006

AMERICAS

PIMCO received "Global Fixed Income Manager of the Year" award by both Financial News and Global Pensions.

PIMCO/Allianz was awarded first place in the 2005 Barron's/Lipper Fund Families Survey.


ASIA PACIFIC

Allianz Global Investors Hong Kong was named Asset Manager of the Year at the Asia Risk Awards 2006. In addition, the company dominated the recent Lipper Fund Awards Hong Kong 2007, receiving nine accolades for various fund performances.

AllianzGI Korea named "Best Corporate Governance Manager" by the Korean government for its exemplary management of the national pension fund.

PIMCO Australia received the “Diversified Fixed Interest Fund Manager of the Year” and “Credit Fund Manager of the Year” awards from Money Management and the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA).


EUROPE

Allianz RCM BRIC Stars Fund, one of UK's most successful fund launches in 2006, awarded 'A' rating by Standard & Poor's.

PIMCO was named “Investor of the Year 2005” by Securitization News.

PIMCO in Europe was recognized as “High Yield Bond Manager of the Year” by Pensions Management magazine.

Holland Beleggingsgroep won the 2006 Standard & Poor's “CASH Fund Award Best Manager” in the category specialized groups for delivering an excellent and stable performance in 2005.

dit received the award for top asset manager 2006 from the German finance magazine Capital.

2005

Allianz Dresdner Global Investors received the "German Asset Manager of the Year" award at the Financial News awards for excellence in institutional asset management.

PIMCO Europe was recognized as "Bond Manager of the Year", "Nordic Manager of the Year" and "Institutional Marketing Award" winner at the Financial News awards.

PIMCO Australia received the "2005 Money Management Fund Manager of the Year" award for international fixed interest.

PIMCO won the UK Lipper Fund Award 2005 with its GIS Euro Bond Class A Acc fund.

Allianz Global Investors received an award at the Standard & Poor's 2005 Singapore Fund Awards in the “TMT Global (3Year)” category.

2004

Funds of ADAM entities are awarded two Lipper trophies, two Lipper certificates and 16 Lipper performance achievement certificates for consistently solid performance compared to their peers.

2003

AGF Europe Obligation of AGF Asset Management received the silver trophy for “Best International Fixed Income Fund over Ten Years” awarded by Le Revenue, the French financial newspaper.

AGF Asset Management received bronze trophy for best range of balanced multi-manager funds of funds over three years awarded by Le Revenue.

The Holland Fund and the Holland Dollar Fund of Holland Belggingsgroep receives the Beursplein 5/ Nyfer Award.

MetallRente of Allianz Dresdner Asset Management Deutschland is named the best "European Industrial Pension Fund" by Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE), a monthly UK magazine for institutional fund managers.

PIMCO was named "European Income Manager of the Year" by Financial News Magazine, a weekly UK magazine for asset management and investment banking.

PIMCO was named "Nordic Asset Management Firm of the Year" by Financial News Magazine.

PIMCO received 17 Performance Achievement certificates by Lipper Inc. in 14 categories.

PIMCO received four awards for best-of-one-year record; five awards in the category best-of five-year record; and six awards for best-of-ten-year record of a bond fund. One PIMCO fund also received a Lipper Award for consistently strong performance versus peers.

RAS Capital, a subsidiary of RAS Asset Management, wins Standard & Poor's "Fund Award 2003" as the best 10-year performer in the Italian Equity Market.

2002

Allianz Horizont 3+ is named "Fund of the Year 2002", category fund-of-funds, by FINANZEN-Investmentfonds, a special publication of the monthly German publication for investment funds.

2001

PIMCO is named "Asset Management Risk Manager of the Year 2001" by Risk Magazine.

2000

PIMCO receives Morningstar's "Fixed Income Manager of the Year" award.

PIMCO is named "High Yield Manager of the Year" by Global Investor Magazine.

PIMCO is named "Global Bond Manager of the Year", category Global Fixed-Income, by Global Investor Magazine.

1998

PIMCO is awarded Morningstar's "Fixed Income Manager of the Year" award.

PIMCO is named the "Best Fixed Income Manager for the past 25 Years" by Global Investor Magazine.