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Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

PIMCO headquarters at 650 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Founder	Bill Gross Jim Muzzy Bill Podlich
Headquarters	Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Key people	Emmanuel Roman (CEO) Dan Ivascyn (CIO)
Products	Investment management
AUM	US$2.0 trillion (March 31, 2022)
Number of employees	3,145+
Parent	Allianz

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC is an American investment management firm focusing on active fixed income management worldwide. PIMCO manages investments in many asset classes such as fixed income, equities and other financial assets across public and private markets. PIMCO is one of the largest investment managers, actively managing more than $2 trillion in assets for central banks, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, corporations, foundations and endowments, and individual investors around the world. According to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, PIMCO is the 6th-largest asset manager in the world by managed AUM.

PIMCO's headquarters are in Newport Beach, California, near the Pacific Ocean. The firm has over 3,100 employees working in 22 offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage around €2.5 trillion of third-party assets. PIMCO is also the world's largest active ETF manager (as well as one of the first to introduce actively managed ETFs).

History

PIMCO initially functioned as a unit of Pacific Life Insurance Co., managing separate accounts for that insurer's clients. The firm was founded in 1971, launching with $12 million of assets. In 2000, PIMCO was acquired by Allianz SE, a large global financial services company based in Munich, Germany, but the firm continues to operate as an autonomous subsidiary of Allianz.

On September 26, 2014, it was announced that Bill Gross, co-founder and former chief investment officer (dubbed the "Bond King" in the investment arena), was stepping down to join Janus Capital Group. In April 2015, PIMCO announced the hire of former Federal Reserve Chairman Dr. Ben Bernanke as a senior advisor, following in the footsteps of predecessor Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

Leadership

PIMCO appointed Emmanuel Roman as CEO effective November 1, 2016. He succeeded Douglas M. Hodge, who was CEO from 2014 to 2016. According to PIMCO, the members of their global advisory board members are:

• Ben Bernanke, former Federal Reserve Chair and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
• Joshua Bolten, President and CEO of the Business Roundtable and former White House Chief of Staff.
• Gordon Brown, former UK Prime Minister and former Chancellor of the Exchequer.
• Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, former Governor of the Bank of England, former Governor of the Bank of Canada.
• Michèle Flournoy, U.S. defense policy and national security expert, former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Apart from the board, Dan Ivascyn - the group chief investment officer (CIO) - broadly oversees portfolio management and investment strategy. There are also five other CIOs: Andrew Balls, CIO Global Fixed Income; Mark Kiesel, CIO Global Credit; Mohit Mittal, CIO Core Strategies; Marc Seidner, CIO Non-traditional Strategies; and Qi Wang, CIO Portfolio Implementation.

Influence

Often referred to as a "Wall Street giant" and "bond powerhouse," PIMCO commands significant influence in the financial industry, particularly in fixed income. The PIMCO Income Fund (NASDAQ:PIMIX) is the largest actively managed bond fund in the world.

According to data from Morningstar, PIMCO oversees a substantial portion of the world's largest actively managed bond funds, with three out of the top ten funds under its management, including the largest. Under Morningstar's rating system, 42 of PIMCO's mutual funds hold a 5-Star rating, and 90 funds hold a 4-Star rating.

Notable Employees

Notable former or current employees include:

• Mohamed A. El-Erian
• Bill H. Gross
• John J. Studzinski
• Richard Clarida
• Neel Kashkari
• Andrew Balls
• Emmanuel Roman
• Robert D. Arnott
• Daniel Lacalle
• Daniel Ivascyn
• Jamil Baz
• Ramin Toloui
• Ng Kok Song
• Jean-Claude Trichet

References

1. ^ Grind, Kirsten; Calia, Michael (26 September 2014). "Bill Gross Leaves Pimco for Janus". Markets. The Wall Street Journal.(subscription required)
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9. "Pimco recruits ex-Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke". The Guardian. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
10. Gittelsohn John (20 July 2016). "Pimco Names Man Group's Chief Emmanuel Roman as Its New CEO". Bloomberg News.
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18. Lynch, Katherine (5 October 2023). "How the Largest Bond Funds Did In Q3 2023". Morningstar. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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External links

Media related to PIMCO at Wikimedia Commons

• Pacific Investment Management Company LLC Company Profile—Yahoo! Finance
• PIMCO to focus on global funds—Bloomberg News
• "Inside the Showdown Atop PIMCO"—The Wall Street Journal

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