Avoiding risk, striving for returns: Investment topics at AllianzGI

Investment topics

Investing and accumulating wealth is no trivial matter, especially when investors are torn between avoiding risk and striving for returns.

  • The world is in a constant state of transformation. Global long-term trends, or megatrends, are reshaping our lives. Allianz Global Investors has identified three themes that capture the biggest opportunities and risks for investors in the coming years. Together they represent ways to navigate a new era of investing – wherever you invest in the world, and in any asset class.
    In this interactive learning module, you will learn about our roadmap for the years ahead, and how we will guide you through a fundamentally changed landscape.
    Duration: ~ 15-20 minutes

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  • While water is part of our everyday lives, it is less frequently part of our investment portfolios. Yet water is rapidly becoming the oil of the 21st century. With an expanding world population, the massive urbanisation of developing nations, and overstressed infrastructure, the global need for fresh water is set to grow exponentially over the coming decades.
    In this interactive learning module you will gain insights into this topic, and find out why it can make sense to invest in water.
    Duration: ~ 15 minutes (+ 10 minutes Deep Dive)

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  • What is behavioral economics and why is behavioral finance theory so important for investors?
    In this interactive module you will learn about the rationality of Behavioral Finance. Furthermore, we also include an investor's guide and a checklist to help identify patterns that may point to behavioural biases.
    Duration: ~ 25 minutes

     


  • Seven simple habits can help to accumulate capital calmly and composedly. For example: your investment decisions should be governed by “purchasing power preservation” rather than “security”.
    Intrigued? This interactive module will introduce to you the most common habits which can allow your money to work for you in the future and not the other way around.
    Duration: ~20 minutes

     


  • Mining companies will play a crucial role in enabling the energy transition. It will simply not be possible to achieve the climate goals without a wide range of metals in considerable quantities. However, mining companies are now increasingly challenged and forced to reconsider and mitigate their impact on the environment.
    Duration: ~ 15 minutes

     

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  • What is the definition of an alternative asset?
    What are the major features of alternative assets, including risks and benefits, and for which investors is this asset class attractive?
    This module provides you with the answers to these questionsand more.
    Duration: ~ 15 minutes

     

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  • Did you know that Allianz Global Investors has its own investment and risk advisory expert?
    In this module you can get to know risklab and what it can do for Allianz Global Investors' clients.
    Duration: ~ 10 minutes

     

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  • The world is changing constantly, sometimes rapidly. Investment decisions are being impacted by long-term megatrends, which transcend into individual themes. Allianz Thematica allows investors to participate in the opportunities arising from structural shifts, typically driven by innovation, demographic change, resources scarcity, or urbanisation.
    Learn more in this interactive learning module.
    Duration: ~ 15 minutes



  • Heute fragen interessierte Anleger immer häufiger nach ETF-Lösungen, die wenig kosten, aber alle Chancen einer erfolgreichen Investmentlösung bieten sollen. Ist diese Entwicklung gut? Absolut, denn ein Kunde, der nach einer Investmentlösung fragt, ist gedanklich schon viel weiter als ein Großteil der Sparer. Er hat sich bereits aktiv Gedanken zum Thema Geldanlage gemacht und die Entscheidung getroffen zu investieren. Aber was genau sind ETF’s? Wir erklären es Ihnen gerne.
    Duration: ~ 20 minutes

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For more information on Investable Themes, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Embracing Disruption


  • Disruption has always been around us, but we are moving to a new “survival of the fittest” digital era.
    It is time to rethink what we thought we knew about disruption since it was once primarily associated with the technology sector. We take a look at topics such as aquaculture, genomic sequencing and the pet market, all being driven by the new shift in a profound way, making disruption a critical factor for investors when building their portfolios.
    Duration: ~ 30 - 60 minutes

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  • Decades ago, there were dozens of descriptions of what the internet might look like in the future. Now the same seems to be true with the definition of the "metaverse”, currently consisting of computer-generated graphical spaces that utilise elements of extended reality, and allow us to immerse ourselves in a virtually enhanced environment.
    In this interactive module we take a closer look at the history of the metaverse, and the various infrastructure and tools that will support it in the future.
    Duration: ~ 25 minutes

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For more information on Embracing Disruption, please visit our dedicated webpage.


  • The term ELTIF stands for European Long-Term Investment Fund with an objective of competitiveness, and to shape the economy of tomorrow in a way that makes it less vulnerable and more resilient to systemic risks.
    Duration: ~ 15 minutes

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Navigating Rates


  • The climate crisis and its challenges also provide opportunities for fixed income investments that up to now have not been focusing on sustainability. This is now changing.
    In this interactive module about the green transition of fixed income you will get a closer look into the processes.
    Duration: ~ 30 minutes

     

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For more information on Navigating Rates, please visit our dedicated webpage.

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