Andreas Utermann

Provides investment banking and asset management services

RCM-UK is an active, growth-oriented investment manager which invests in global equity and debt across all market caps. They work in a team-orientated meritocracy, focusing on constructing portfolios that offer attractive risk-adjusted returns. Independent fundamental research is the cornerstone of the firm's investment philosophy and they aim to identify market anomalies in the pricing of assets/securities to produce superior performance for clients over the long term. RCM-UK believes that independent fundamental research is critical in identifying stocks that demonstrate quality and growth characteristics at the appropriate valuation and seeks to select stocks with growth prospects over and above those of the underlying sector, a realistic and attractive valuation relative to peers and which have quality management teams, strong franchises, market leading products and transparency of accounts. The firm employs a holistic approach to equity portfolio construction and believes that regional portfolios do not fully capture the value inherent in a truly global portfolio. Portfolio management teams construct the firm's portfolios, which are generally focused on a particular product and or region. Their in-house research is supplemented by research services provided by specialists from Allianz and Grassroots Research, a separate and proprietary research entity within RCM-UK.

Provides securities settlement and custody services

Functions as a College/University

Functions as a College/University

BIM-UK utilizes their market insights, global reach, proprietary technology, culture of information sharing and focus on risk management to deliver performance in all market environments. For their equity investments, the firm utilizes style-neutral (core and high performance), value and growth processes. They have combined a top-down and bottom-up approach for their fixed-income and balanced products. The fixed-income investment team specializes in market segments and focuses on quantitative analysis.

Provides software infrastructure solutions for stock exchange, trading and financial sectors

AllianzGI US manages client portfolios (directly or through model delivery and wrap fee programs) using traditional and systematic processes across various investment strategies. The firm offers an array of US equity strategies that vary across style and market-cap ranges. Their high yield bond and convertibles strategies employ a fundamental bottom-up process that seeks the early identification of high yield issuers that exhibit the potential for improving fundamental characteristics. AllianzGI US employs rigorous fundamental research and capital structure analysis to construct portfolios that consist of the best companies from a risk/return standpoint. They also offer alternative investment strategies that are designed to achieve absolute return, alpha enhancement and beta hedging.

Functions as a College/University