Investing in a healthy tomorrow with Allianz Sustainable Health Evolution
Hooray! We’re getting older!
Back in 1900, average life expectancy in Germany was just 40.6 years for men and 44 years for women. By 2018, this had increased to 78.5 and 83.3 years respectively.1 Improved medical care, higher living standards and better hygiene have been instrumental in prolonging life. Not just in Germany, but all around the world, people are getting older. This is making sustainable healthcare even more important.
More than just medical treatment: the factors influencing our health
How healthy we are depends on both our behaviour and our environment. Eating healthier food and being more active are growing global trends - technological progress is helping us with these. Fitness trackers tell us whether we have taken enough steps, connected devices are making life easier for diabetics, and telemedicine is playing a growing role in patient care during the coronavirus pandemic. Yet our environment is also crucial. Polluted air, the use of asbestos in residential buildings, poor working conditions in underground mines, lack of access to clean water, the adoption of unhealthy Western eating habits in developing countries – are just some examples of factors impacting our health. Improving overall health globally can therefore be multifaceted and take many different forms.
What can we do to live longer?
The ten most common causes of death are largely associated with slow-onset diseases that are to some extent avoidable
Source: Healthline, The Top 10 Deadliest Diseases/ World Health Organization, May 24, 2018, percentage of people dying from the disease globally in 2015.
- Lifestyle changes (behaviour, nutrition),
- medical progress, and,
- digitalization (especially artificial intelligence) are all important in identifying diseases at an early stage and taking action.
- In many cases, however, this relies on first improving access to healthcare services. That will take investment.
The global healthcare market is expected to grow to USD 11.9 trillion by 2022. (2018: USD 8.45 trillion). Annual growth is predicted at 8.9%.2
Where can we invest? Examples.
Allianz Sustainable Health Evolution concentrates on three main areas:
- Prolonging life with state-of-the-art technology, medical devices and research that help to raise life expectancy and improve health.
- Treating people with affordable medications, therapies, surgical interventions and other means of reducing the symptoms and consequences of illness.
- Promoting wellbeing with healthy food, good nutrition, physical activity, lifestyle changes and preventive healthcare to reduce the risk of disease.
Where does Allianz Sustainable Health Evolution invest?
Allianz Sustainable Health Evolution at a glance
Allianz Sustainable Health Evolution invests in a portfolio of companies from around the world that are tackling healthcare challenges in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their products and services seek to enable a healthy and sustainable lifestyle by promoting wellbeing, treating disease and prolonging life expectancy.3
Our thematic investment process is based on long-term structural megatrends. We concentrate on identifying long-term winners with attractive growth potential and resilient business models.3 The fund management team has a proven track record in this area.4
The fund seeks financial, social and environmental alpha. It consists of a concentrated portfolio of 50-80 companies with highly attractive fundamentals and promising solutions to contribute to improved health.3
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