Allianz Gilt Yield Class I - Income (GBP)

Kacper joined Allianz Global Investors in July 2016 as a Portfolio Manager, after around 7 years' experience across multiple macro asset classes. Kacper specializes in derivatives, and has worked in Europe, the Middle East and the US, trading both G10 and Emerging Market products. He was previously a Fixed Income Trader at RBS in London where he traded Interest Rate Derivatives and Cross Currency Swaps. He subsequently worked in Dubai for National Bank of Fujairah, where he focused on interest rate derivatives and FX Options, as well as commodity derivatives. Most recently, he worked on the multi-strategy credit fund at Bluecrest in New York. Kacper received a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Economics from the London School of Economics in 2008 and graduated with an MBA from Yale School of Management in 2016. He is a CFA charter holder.

Mike Riddell joined Allianz Global Investors on October 1st 2015 as a fixed income portfolio manager. Mike has nearly 15 years' experience in fixed income having worked with M&G in London for 12 years, running bond portfolios, and prior to that at Premier Asset Management. As well as depth of experience, Mike's experience is broad, including not only UK Bonds but also emerging markets and global mandates. In March 2010, he became fund manager of the M&G Emerging Markets Bond Fund, the M&G International Sovereign Bond Fund and the M&G Index-Linked Bond Fund. At the same time, he was appointed deputy fund manager of the M&G Global Macro Bond Fund and the M&G Gilt & Fixed Interest Income Fund, taking over as lead manager of the latter fund in February 2014. Mike graduated from Birmingham University in 2001 with a BSc (Hons) in Money, Banking and Finance, and is a CFA charter holder.