PIMCO was founded in 1971 in Newport Beach, California, and pioneered an active total return approach to fixed income investing. In the 50+ years since, we have worked relentlessly to help millions of investors pursue their objectives – regardless of shifting market conditions.
With over £1.76 trillion in assets under management1, PIMCO is one of the world’s premier investment managers offering a range of solutions across public and private markets. PIMCO has been active in the UK and Ireland institutional market since 1999 and manages approximately £23.6 billion in fixed income, multi-asset and alternative assets for a wide range of UK and Irish institutional investors including pension schemes and insurers.2 At PIMCO, our decades of global leadership in active fixed income investing have prepared us for the complexities of alternative strategies, grounded in a solid foundation of macroeconomic analysis, fundamental research, and relative value comparisons.
Over the last 15+ years, this broad perspective has provided our investors with access to new potential opportunities through alternative strategies spanning global macro, commodities, risk premia, structured and corporate credit, and the full spectrum of residential and commercial real estate markets. We manage over £153 billion in our Alternatives Strategies3, and over £28 billion in Hedge Funds and Quantitative Strategies4, investing globally across the capital structure and spanning all major asset classes.
Today we have offices across the globe and have over 3,250 professionals4 united by a single purpose: creating opportunities and alpha for investors across every market environment.
1 As of 30/06/2026, including £1.45trn in 3rd party assets and £58bn (31/03/2026) in assets managed by Prime Real Estate, affiliate and wholly-owned subsidiary of PIMCO and PIMCO Europe GmbH (includes PIMCO Prime Real Estate GmbH, PIMCO Prime Real Estate LLC and their subsidiaries/affiliates)
2 As of 30/06/2026 in third party assets
3 As of 31/03/2026
4 As of 30/06/2026