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Former the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Dr. Ben Bernanke is taking on a new role at the helm of a new advisory board at PIMCO. Photo courtesy of FED

Newport Beach, California, USA - December 07, 2015

• Board includes Ben Bernanke, Gordon Brown, Ng Kok Song, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and Jean-Claude Trichet

PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has retained five world-renowned experts on economic and political issues to form a PIMCO Global Advisory Board.

The Board members will contribute their insights to the firm on global economic, political, and strategic developments and their relevance for financial markets.

The members of the Board are Ben Bernanke (who will serve as chairman), Gordon Brown, Ng Kok Song, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Jean-Claude Trichet.

Gordon Brown, former U.K. Prime Minister and former Chancellor of the Exchequer.
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010.
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The Board will meet several times a year at PIMCO’s Newport Beach office as well as at other PIMCO offices around the world.

The members will also attend the firm’s annual Secular Forum in May of each year, where PIMCO’s investment professionals discuss the economic outlook and its implications for markets over the next three to five years.

Together, the Board members will contribute their economic, geopolitical, and market expertise and insights to the firm’s investment process.

Andrew Bosomworth, PIMCO Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, discusses the ECB’s announcement and its implications for markets and investment opportunities.
December 2015
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The Global Advisory Board members:

• Ben Bernanke, former Federal Reserve Chairman and scholar at the Brookings Institution.

• Gordon Brown, former U.K. Prime Minister and former Chancellor of the Exchequer.

• Ng Kok Song, former Chief Investment Officer of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC).

• Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO of New America, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and former Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department.

• Jean-Claude Trichet, former President of the European Central Bank and present chairman of the European group of the Trilateral Commission.

Dan Ivascyn, PIMCO’s Group Chief Investment Officer.
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“The Global Advisory Board is an unrivalled team of macroeconomic thinkers and former policymakers, whose insights into the intersection of policy and financial markets will be a valuable input to our investment process,” said Dan Ivascyn, PIMCO’s Group Chief Investment Officer.

Douglas Hodge, PIMCO’s Chief Executive Officer.
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“Sharing insights on how global macroeconomic and geopolitical policy affects markets and investments is an important part of the value we bring to investors as stewards of their assets, so our clients will benefit greatly from the experience and insight the Global Advisory Board will provide to us,” said Douglas Hodge, PIMCO’s Chief Executive Officer.

Dr. Bernanke, Chair of the PIMCO Global Advisory Board and senior advisor to the firm.
Ben Shalom Bernanke (born December 13, 1953) is an American economist at the Brookings Institution who served two terms as chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States from 2006 to 2014.
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Dr. Bernanke, Chair of the PIMCO Global Advisory Board and senior advisor to the firm, said: “I am honored to chair a Board of individuals I hold in the highest esteem. We are all excited by the opportunity to provide PIMCO’s strong team of investment professionals with our collective view on how global economic, political, and strategic developments will affect markets and PIMCO’s clients.”

Biographies

Ben S. Bernanke, Ph.D:
Dr. Bernanke is a senior advisor to PIMCO and a Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
He contributes his views and insights on the economy to the firm’s investment process and engages periodically with clients.
Prior to becoming an advisor to PIMCO in April 2015, he was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve from February 2006 through January 2014.
He served as Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in 2005.
Dr. Bernanke was a Professor of Economics at Princeton University from 1985 to 2002.
He has published articles on a variety of economic and monetary issues and is the author of several scholarly books and two textbooks.
He holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.

Gordon Brown:
Gordon Brown was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from June, 2007 to May, 2010.
Previously Mr. Brown served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, becoming the longest-serving holder of that office in two centuries.
He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Edinburgh and before entering Parliament was a lecturer.
He has authored a number of books and since leaving government, he has been the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and chaired the Global Strategic Infrastructure Initiative of the World Economic Forum.

Ng Kok Song:
Mr. Ng served as Group Chief Investment Officer of GIC (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation) from 2007 to 2013.
Previously, he was the founding Chairman of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) from 1983 to 1987, now incorporated into the Singapore Exchange.
Mr. Ng was a member of the Strategic Committee of Agency France Tresor from 2001 to 2014, for which the Government of France conferred on him the award of “La Croix de Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur” in 2004.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Singapore and a Sloan Master’s degree in management from Stanford University.

Anne-Marie Slaughter:
Dr. Slaughter is President and CEO of New America, a think tank and civic enterprise.
She also serves as the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Previously, Dr. Slaughter was the director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State from January 2009 to February 2011.
Prior to her government service, Dr. Slaughter served as the Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University from 2002 to 2009.
She has written and edited many books and scholarly articles, and from 1994 to 2002, Dr. Slaughter was the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law and director of the international legal studies program at Harvard Law School.
She holds a D.Phil in international relations from Oxford, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University.

Jean-Claude Trichet:
Mr. Trichet was President of the European Central Bank from November 2003 to October 2011, and was President of the European Systemic Risk Board since its inception until October 2011.
Previously, Mr. Trichet led the French Treasury for six years, chaired the Paris Club for sovereign debt rescheduling for 10 years, chaired the European "Monetary Committee" for 2 years and was governor of Banque de France for 10 years.
Early in his career he was advisor to the French President for microeconomics, energy, industry and research from 1978 to 1981.
Mr. Trichet is an ingenieur civil des mines.
He graduated from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris, the Université de Paris in economics and the Ecole nationale d’administration."

About PIMCO

PIMCO is a global investment management firm with a singular focus on preserving and enhancing investors’ assets.
We manage investments for institutions, financial advisors and individuals.

The institutions we serve include corporations, central banks, universities, endowments and foundations, and public and private pension and retirement plans.

We also serve advisors and individuals set on personal financial goals, from preparing for retirement to funding higher education.

For more than four decades, our mission has been grounded in a holistic investment process designed to apply rigorous top-down and bottom-up analysis of inputs to identify investment opportunities and risks.

Our Executive Committee determines the company's strategic direction and oversees the broad scope of our operations.
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Since our founding in Newport Beach, California, in 1971, we have grown into a team of more than 2,300 dedicated professionals, with offices in 12 countries and trading operations in North America, Europe and Asia.

We have an established reputation of innovation, and we continue to evolve as a provider of investment solutions across all asset classes.

Our investment process has evolved over decades and been tested in virtually every market environment.
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PIMCO is a leading global investment management firm, with 13 offices in 12 countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Founded in 1971, PIMCO offers a wide range of innovative solutions to help millions of investors worldwide meet their needs.
Our goal is to provide attractive returns while maintaining a strong culture of risk management and long-term discipline.

PIMCO is owned by Allianz S.E., a leading global diversified financial services provider.

PIMCO Highlights

2300+
Employees around the world

13
Global offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia

755+
Global investment professionals

255+
Portfolio Managers with an average of 14 years investment experience

155+
Investment professionals who have been at PIMCO for more than 10 years

60+
Global Credit Analysts

14
Sector Specialty Desks

55+
Analytics/Asset Experts

MILLIONS
Investors worldwide

$1.47 TRILLION
Assets under management
As of 30 September 2015

Brent Harris

Chairman of PIMCO Funds


Brent Harris Photo courtesy of PIMCO

Mr. Harris is a managing director in the Newport Beach office and a member of PIMCO's executive committee.

Mr. Harris serves as chairman of PIMCO Funds.

He also develops and oversees strategic market initiatives at the firm and serves as a senior member of the firm's Business Assessment Committee.

Mr. Harris joined PIMCO in 1985.

He has 32 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College.

Douglas M. Hodge

Chief Executive Officer


Douglas M. Hodge Photo courtesy of PIMCO

Mr. Hodge is PIMCO's chief executive officer and a managing director of the firm.

He previously served as chief operating officer from 2009–2014.

He also serves on PIMCO's executive committee and on the global executive committee for Allianz Asset Management, the governing body of asset management for the Allianz Group.

As CEO, Mr. Hodge has executive oversight of the firm’s client and business areas, including broad strategy-setting and resource management.

Earlier, Mr. Hodge led the Asia Pacific region from the firm's Tokyo office from 2002–2009.

He joined PIMCO in 1989 and has previously served the firm as a senior account manager responsible for client relationships worldwide and as a global product manager.

Mr. Hodge currently serves as an executive committee member and on the board of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

He has 32 years of investment experience.

He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.

Daniel J. Ivascyn

Group Chief Investment Officer


Daniel J. Ivascyn Photo courtesy of PIMCO

Mr. Ivascyn is Group Chief Investment Officer and a managing director in the Newport Beach office.

He is lead portfolio manager for the firm’s income strategies and credit hedge fund and mortgage opportunistic strategies.

He is a member of PIMCO's Executive Committee and a member of the Investment Committee.

Morningstar named him Fixed-Income Fund Manager of the Year (U.S.) for 2013.

Prior to joining PIMCO in 1998, he worked at Bear Stearns in the asset-backed securities group, as well as T. Rowe Price and Fidelity Investments.

He has 24 years of investment experience and holds an MBA in analytic finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree in economics from Occidental College.


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Global Head of Media Relations
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212.739.3253
michael.reid@pimco.com

Mark Porterfield
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mark.porterfield@pimco.com

Agnes Crane
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agnes.crane@pimco.com

Jochen Haegele
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Jennifer Spivey
U.K. and EMEA Media Relations – London
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Jaime Leung
Asia-Pacific Media Relations – Hong Kong
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Millie Dravers
Australia Media Relations – Sydney
+612.9290.9577
millie.dravers@pimco.com

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