Allianz GI brings top-performing A-shares vehicle to UK retail market

Managed by Anthony Wong and Sunny Chung

Allianz Global Investors is set to launch an OEIC version of its top-performing China A-Shares strategy, bringing the vehicle into the UK retail market for the first time, Investment Week can reveal.

Managed out of the firm's Hong Kong office by Anthony Wong and Sunny Chung, Allianz China A-Shares will be launched as a UK-domiciled vehicle in July, making Allianz one of the first fund houses to bring such a strategy to the UK retail market. Allianz GI CEO Utermann to retire The $1.7bn AUM Luxembourg SICAV equivalent, which has existed since March 2009, has returned 35.4%, 68% and 67.7% over one, three and five years respectively, according to FE fundinfo, outperforming the IA China/Greater China sector's return of 15.3%, 30.3% and 35% over the same time periods. It has also bee...