Hannover, 25 May 2016
Talanx Asset Management GmbH has won the prize in the "Best Fixed-Income Investor" category at the portfolio institutionell Awards. The award is considered the most prestigious prize for institutional investors in Germany, including insurance companies, occupational pension scheme providers, company finance departments, charitable foundations and banks. In 2016 the award was presented for the tenth time.
"We are delighted to have won best fixed-income investor," says Christophe Frisch, Chief Investment Officer Fixed Income at Talanx Asset Management GmbH. "The prize vindicates our investment strategy with its sharp focus on fixed-income securities," explains Dr Thomas Mann, Chief Investment Officer for the entire Asset Management department at Talanx. Around 90 percent of the Group's assets under own management are invested in fixed-income securities.
Giving reasons for their choice, the independent specialist jury praised the active, innovative and forward-looking investment strategy that generates above-average returns at a controlled level of risk. In particular, they highlighted the credit analysis model developed in-house that points out growing default probabilities at an early stage and rules out companies at risk accordingly. The jury further emphasised that the fixed-income portfolio is not only widely diversified between German covered bonds, corporate bonds and government bonds, but also has the necessary flexibility to react to market conditions in the short term.
Talanx Asset Management, Talanx Immobilien Management and Ampega Investment together make up the financial services group of Talanx AG. Together, they are one of the biggest asset management companies in Germany that is not affiliated to a bank. With a current headcount of 324, Talanx Asset Management GmbH manages investments for Talanx AG amounting to around EUR 102 billion.
About Talanx
With premium income of EUR 31.8 billion (2015) and about 22,000 employees, Talanx is one of the major European insurance groups. The Hannover-based Group is active in some 150 countries. Talanx operates as a multi-brand provider with a focus on B2B insurance. Under the HDI brand, which can look back on more than 100 years of tradition, Talanx operates both in Germany and abroad in industrial lines as well as retail business. Further Group brands include Hannover Re, one of the world's leading reinsurers, Targo Versicherungen, PB Versicherungen and Neue Leben, the latter all specialized in bancassurance, the Polish insurer Warta, and the financial services provider Ampega. The rating agency Standard & Poor's has given the Talanx Primary Group a financial strength rating of A+/stable (strong) and the Hannover Re Group one of AA-/ stable (very strong). Talanx AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the MDAX as well as on the stock exchanges in Hannover and Warsaw (ISIN: DE000TLX1005, German Securities Code: TLX100, Polish Securities Code: TNX).
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