Allianz GI global equity growth CIO to exit alongside four portfolio managers

'A massive loss'

Thorsten Winkelmann, CIO for growth equity portfolios at Allianz Global Investors, is set to leave the firm by the end of this year, alongside four portfolio managers.

The four departing portfolio managers, who are part of the firm's 12-member global growth team, are Robert Hofmann, Marcus Morris-Eyton, Darina Valkova and Nicolas Goncalves. In light of the exits, Allianz GI has appointed Christian Schneider, current deputy global growth CIO and lead portfolio manager of the firm's flagship Global Equity Unconstrained strategy, to lead the team with immediate effect.  The asset manager will also replace some of the departed managers with two portfolio managers, Julian Bishop and James Ashworth, who both joined in November 2022. The firm said it will ...