Allianz completes sale of Allianz Global Investors Korea to Anbang

Allianz SE, the international financial services company headquartered in Munich, and its asset management subsidiary, Allianz Global Investors, announced the successful completion of the sale of Allianz Global Investors Korea to Anbang Group Holdings.

Allianz SE, the international financial services company headquartered in Munich, and its asset management subsidiary, Allianz Global Investors, announced the successful completion of the sale of Allianz Global Investors Korea to Anbang Group Holdings. 

Allianz announced in April 2016 that it would sell its South Korean life insurance and asset management operations to Anbang. The transaction followed an extensive review by Allianz to secure long-term growth for Allianz Life Insurance Korea and Allianz Global Investors Korea. 

The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 86 million retail and corporate customers. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing over 650 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers while our asset managers Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO manage an additional 1.4 trillion euros of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we hold a leading position in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2016, over 140,000 employees in more than 70 countries achieved total revenues of 122 billion euros and an operating profit of 11 billion euros for the group.

Allianz Global Investors is a diversified active investment manager with a strong parent company and a culture of risk management. With 25 offices worldwide, we provide global investment and research capabilities with consultative local delivery. We have more than EUR 498 billion in AuM for individuals, families and institutions worldwide and employ over 650* investment professionals. At Allianz Global Investors, we follow a two-word philosophy: Understand. Act. It describes how we look at the world and how we behave. We aim to stand out as the investment partner our clients trust by listening closely to understand their challenges, then acting decisively to provide them with solutions that meet their needs.
Data as at June 30, 2017. Incl. AuM of entities held for sale. (*Data as at March 31, 2017)

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Thomas Atkins
Allianz SE
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