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All data as of 01.31.10, unless otherwise indicated. 
Allianz RCM Technology Fund A (RAGTX)
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Fund Overview
Highlights
  • The management team employs a "bottom-up" investment process, utilizing proprietary GrassrootsSM Research to affirm company analysis or macroeconomic trends.
  • Managed by Walter Price, who joined RCM in 1974, and Huachen Chen, who joined the firm in 1984.
  • Utilizes an investment process that revolves around a company's growth, quality and valuation.
 
Investment Process

As a "bottom-up" manager, RCM evaluates each investment idea by assessing the company's prospects for growth, quality and valuation. RCM has two separate research platforms: Fundamental and GrassrootsSM Research. The investment team's extensive experience and proprietary investment tools allow information to be processed quickly. After the quantitative and qualitative information have been gathered, portfolio managers construct portfolios that are typically 80% bottom-up and 20% top-down. The top-down process leverages the expertise of our internal economics and investment staff, developing a perspective regarding relative sector performance. Portfolio managers select the individual names that meet the firm's valuation discipline and suit strategic sector/ industry themes. The result typically is a portfolio with growth characteristics above the benchmark.
At A Glance
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Symbol
CUSIP
A Shares
RAGTX
018919472
Objective
Seeks long-term capital appreciation

Primary Portfolio
Stocks of companies, domestic and international, that use technology in an innovative way to gain a strategic, competitive edge

Total Fund Assets (in millions)
$1,058.9

Inception Date
Dec 27, 1995

Dividend Frequency
At Least Annually

Maximum Sales Charge
5.50%

Net Expense Ratio
1.600%

Gross Expense Ratio
-

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Manager
Huachen Chen

Huachen Chen, a CFA, joined RCM in 1984. He received his B.S. in Materials Science and engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, and a M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Manager
Walter Price, Jr.

Walter Price, Jr., a CFA charterholder, is Managing Director at RCM, and is a Senior Analyst and Portfolio Manager on the RCM Global Technology Team. He joined RCM in 1974.

Management Firm
RCM Capital Management LLC (RCM)

San Francisco, California

RCM is a truly global asset manager and a company of Allianz Global Investors. The firm operates across three continents and five time zones from six international offices- San Francisco, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney. RCM's range of investment solutions spans the market cap and style spectrum and reaches from regional and global strategies to multi-asset and structured products.



> Management Commentary

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of this Fund carefully before investing. This and other information is contained in the Fund´s prospectus and summary prospectus, if available, which may be obtained by contacting your financial advisor, or by calling 888-877-4626. Click here for the Fund´s prospectus or summary prospectus. Please read them carefully before you invest or send money.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate and may be worth more or less than original cost when redeemed.

 

This is not an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument. It is presented only to provide information on investment strategies and opportunities. The material contains the current opinions of the author, which are subject to change without notice. Statements concerning financial market trends are based on current market conditions, which will fluctuate. References to specific securities and issuers are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be, and should not be interpreted as, recommendations to purchase or sell such securities.

 

This Fund may invest at least 80% of its assets in common stocks of technology companies; the portfolio will represent at least three countries. Investing in foreign securities may entail greater risk due to foreign economic and political developments; this risk may be enhanced when investing in emerging markets. This Fund may invest in IPOs and smaller companies, which may be more volatile than larger companies. This Fund may use derivative instruments for hedging purposes or as part of its investment strategy. Use of these instruments may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, management risk and the risk that a fund could not close out a position when it would be most advantageous to do so. Portfolios investing in derivatives could lose more than the principal amount invested in those instruments.

 

GrassrootsSM Research is a division of RCM. Research data used to generate GrassrootsSM Research recommendations are received from reporters and field force investigators who work as independent contractors for broker-dealers. Those broker-dealers supply research to RCM and certain of its affiliates that is paid for by commissions generated by orders executed on behalf of RCM's clients. The information and opinions have been compiled in good faith from sources believed to be reliable, but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to their accuracy, completeness or correctness.     

 

PIMCO Funds and Allianz Funds are distributed by Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105-4800, www.allianzinvestors.com, 1-888-877-4626.

Investment Products: NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED

 

 

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