PROJECT M

PROJECT M – The Magazine on Multiplying Investment & Retirement Knowledge. Currently available in English.

Looking for new insights and fresh ideas on pensions and retirement investing, insurance and asset management? PROJECT M, a thought leadership magazine from Allianz, features compelling articles, in-depth research and thought-provoking viewpoints from leading industry figures.

Published three times a year, PROJECT M covers – and helps set the agenda on – topics of interest for the industry. It is directed at experts in the field of retirement, including consultants, international organizations, CEOs, analysts, regulatory authorities, journalists, employees and customers of the Allianz Group – as well as anyone else interested in the themes of retirement saving and long-term investing.

Read award-winning articles on these issues:

1. SOCIAL SECURITY. Example:
“Mind the gap – Pressure on pension systems is forcing governments to rethink their pension policies. To avoid an income gap for future retirees, policy-makers must address sustainability and find useful definitions of adequacy ...”

2. RISK. Example:
“The risk of overreacting to risk – Now is a good time to stop and reflect on our new relationship with risk, writes managing director of Greenwich Associates, Goran Hagegard. Across the United States, pension plans have been slowly but surely reassessing – and then lowering – their return expectations …”

3. DEMOGRAPHICS. Example:
“Why James Brown was right: Increasing selective abortion of girls in India and China skews the gender balance, leading to dangerously masculine and unstable societies …”

4. INVESTING. Example:
“Doing good by investing well: Pension Funds and Socially Responsible Investment. Results of an Expert Survey …”

5. MARKETS. Example:
“Retiring in Russia: Putin's Example. Celebrating his 60th birthday in October 2012, President Vladimir Putin reached Russia’s legal retirement age for men. Yet, like many of his predecessors, Putin will continue to work …”

6. SAVINGS. Example:
“How to plan Happiness: Learn how planning can increase retirement satisfaction. A small step today can make a big difference in retirement. People who save regularly for retirement tend to be happier with their retirement planning than those who do not …”

PROJECT M provides thought-provoking in-depth articles and background information wherever you are, any time you want. Add value to your waiting time during your daily commute or on business trips. And why not gather really relevant information in long meetings? Read PROJECT M to keep informed and stay ahead of your competitors.

This is what other people say about PROJECT M:

The Best of Corporate Publishing jury on the award-winning magazine: “The B2B-Newcomer is designed with the who’s who of the financial and economic journalism of ‘Economist’ and ‘Financial Times’ in mind.”
(Source: http://www.mediummagazin.de/archiv/2010-2/ausgabe-09-2010/best-of-corporate-publishing-2010/)


“The website (www.projectm-online.com) and iPad app satisfy with their sophisticated design and highly intuitive usability.” (Source: http://www.info-search.de/blog/2010/03/03/project-m-das-magazin-fur-institutionelle-anleger-jetzt-auch-online/)

“Print media remain crucial for reaching out for decision makers. Still the iPad catches up. It awakens emotion, draws interest and forms a perfect symbiosis with printed magazines.” (Source: http://www.forum-corporate-publishing.de/index.php/de/?option=com_k2&view=item&id=247:stark-im-duett)

Internetworld sees PROJECT M as one of the best content-driven digital publications: http://www.internetworld.de/Nachrichten/Marketing/Alternatives-Marketing/Content-Marketing-in-der-Praxis-Sechs-gelungene-Beispiele-78336.html

“Allianz distribution of the PROJECT M magazine and its affiliation with the Center of Behavioral Finance also serve as valuable educational tools for investors.”
Morning Star, June 2011