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Allianz Cyber Security
Our lives are increasingly digital and cybersecurity is a critical need in today's digital world, protecting companies and individuals against growing threats. The Allianz Cyber Security Investment Fund invests in global stock markets with a focus on companies in the cybersecurity sector. An opportunity to invest in the future of digital protection.
Allianz Cyber Security
The Allianz Cyber Security fund invests in global stock markets, focusing on companies that benefit from or are related to the theme of “Cyber Security”. This concept ranges from computer protection and disaster recovery to end-user training.
Aligned with long-term trends such as accelerated digitalization, the fund aims to provide sustainable capital growth while supporting essential technological security solutions.
Why invest in Allianz Cyber Security?
1. Exposure to an important growing theme (in the short and long term)
Cybersecurity is growing thanks to a number of factors. The digitalization megatrend is making our digital lives more vulnerable and it has also increased at a faster rate than expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All of this increases the need for cybersecurity.
2. Exposure to cybersecurity companies with a bias towards mid-caps
The fund seeks to identify the main companies that benefit from factors that boost their long-term growth. It invests in around 25-45 securities, mainly dedicated to cybersecurity, forming a concentrated portfolio.
3. One of the longest histories in cybersecurity
With a 20-year track record, the fund's management team has one of the longest track records in terms of analyzing cybersecurity stocks. Since 2017, it has been managing a similar strategy for clients in Japan, with the European version adopting an explicit approach to sustainability.
An investment opportunity: the cybersecurity market is expected to grow by 12.6% a year until 2030.
Businesswire: ‘Global Cyber Security Market (2020 to 20230)’ - article by Component, Security Type, Application, Company, Use Case and Sector - ResearchAndMarkets.com, November 2020
Investment process
The Fund is managed on a collective basis. If there is a strong difference of opinion among the team, the stock will not be included in the portfolio. The team will do more work until there is agreement to buy or avoid the stock.
1. The management team identifies the main growth trends in the cybersecurity sector.
2. The Fund invests in companies in the main segments of the cybersecurity sector, including endpoint security, network security, perimeter security, data security and application security.
3. A bottom-up investment approach is used that relies on fundamental research to identify cybersecurity companies with attractive earnings growth potential, quality management, strong competitive advantages and a reasonable valuation relative to growth.
4. The team maintains a close relationship with the companies through regular meetings with the management teams.
5. The aim is to invest in companies that possess one or more of the following characteristics:
- Sustained profit growth;
- Sustained profit growth - Market leadership;
- Barriers to entry;
- High quality management;
- Solid balance sheet;
- Reasonable valuation in relation to growth rates and sector peers.
Opportunities
- High potential for long-term returns.
- Investments focused specifically on cybersecurity.
- Broad diversification between various securities.
- Possibility of additional returns through analysis of individual securities and active management.
Risks
- High volatility of shares, losses may occur.
- The price volatility of the fund's units may be significantly increased.
- Possibility of underperformance of the investment theme.
- Limited participation in the income potential of individual securities.
- Success in analyzing individual securities and active management not guaranteed.
Launch of the Allianz Cyber Security strategy in 2017
Senior management team with over 35 years' experience in technology investment
Technology portfolio management since the mid-1980s
Sustainability
Allianz Cyber Security has been classified as Article 8 under the SFDR, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, i.e. it is an investment fund whose main objective is not to invest in sustainability, but which promotes environmental or social features and may make sustainable investments.
The Fund adopts the Sustainability with Key Performance Indicators strategy, focusing on greenhouse gas intensity (GHG Intensity - Relative). This approach applies Allianz Global Investors' set of minimum exclusions and promotes environmental characteristics by integrating environmental factors into investment decisions.
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