0001091439-09-000029.txt : 20110811 0001091439-09-000029.hdr.sgml : 20110811 20090814150442 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001091439-09-000029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090814 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANZ VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001091439 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5701 GOLDEN HILLS DRIVE CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55416 BUSINESS PHONE: 763-765-6551 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5701 GOLDEN HILLS DRIVE CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55416 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: USALLIANZ VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990721 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001301708 IRS NUMBER: 411366075 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5701 GOLDEN HILLS DRIVE CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55416 BUSINESS PHONE: 763-765-6551 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5701 GOLDEN HILLS DRIVE CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55416 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: USAllianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040827 CORRESP 1 filename1.txt ERIK NELSON, SR. SECURITIES COUNSEL Allianz Investment Management LLC 5701 Golden Hills Drive | Minneapolis Minnesota | 55416-1297 Telephone: 763-765-7453 Fax: 763-765-6355 August 14, 2009 Sally Samuel, Senior Counsel Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management Office of Insurance Products 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549 RE: Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust (the "VIP Trust") Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 File No. 333-160351 and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (the "FOF Trust") Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 File No. 333-160352 Dear Ms. Samuel: On August 6, 2009, we received additional comments telephonically from you and Tony Burak regarding the above-referenced filings, submitted June 30, 2009, amended August 3, 2009, in connection with the reorganization of nineteen funds of the VIP Trust and two funds of the FOF Trust. This letter supplements my prior response to comments, dated August 11, 2009. At your request, I enclose the pages reflecting changes made to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments for the mergers into S&P 500 Index Fund and into Balanced and Moderate Index Strategy Funds in response to the following comment. ACCOUNTING COMMENT: Reference is made to comment #32 in my letter of August 3, 2009, responding to comments. Comment #32 applies to the mergers into the S&P 500 Index Fund and into the Balanced and Moderate Index Strategy Funds. Show appropriate adjustments in the Pro Forma Combined Schedules of Portfolio Investments to show the sale of all assets or substantial portions of the assets of the acquired funds. 1 The Registrants acknowledge that the Registrants are responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing. Staff comments on the filing and changes to the filing following staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking an action with respect to the filing and does not relieve the Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing. The Registrants understand that they cannot raise the fact that the staff reviewed the filing as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. Sincerely, /s/ Erik Nelson Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust 5701 Golden Hills Drive Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416-1297 August 13, 2009 VIA EDGAR Sally Samuel Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management Office of Insurance Products 100 F Street Washington, DC 20549 Re: Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (the "Registrants") Registration Statements on Form N-14 (File Nos. 333-160351 and 333-160352) Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness Ms. Samuel: In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, the above referenced Registrants hereby request that the effective date of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements referenced above be accelerated to become effective on August 17, 2009, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrants acknowledge that the disclosure in the filing is the responsibility of the Registrants. The Registrants acknowledge that changes to the Registration Statement based on staff comments do not bar the Commission from taking future action and that should the Commission or the staff of the Commission, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing. The Registrants represents that they will not assert this declaration as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the commission or by any person under the federal securities of the United States. The Registrants further acknowledge that the action of the Commission or the staff of the Commission, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective does not relieve the Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the filing. Sincerely, ALLIANZ VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST ALLIANZ VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND OF FUNDS TRUST By: /s/ Brian Muench ______________________________________ Brian Muench, Vice President Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC 5701 Golden Hills Drive Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416-1297 August 13, 2009 VIA EDGAR Sally Samuel Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management Office of Insurance Products 100 F Street Washington, DC 20549 Re: Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (the "Registrants") Registration Statements on Form N-14 (File Nos. 333-160351 and 333-160352) Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness Ms. Samuel: Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC, the distributor for the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust, pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby requests that the effective date of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust's Registration Statements on Form N-14 (File Nos. 333-160351 and 333-160352) be accelerated to become effective on August 17, 2009 or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrants acknowledge that the disclosure in the filing is the responsibility of the Registrants. The Registrants acknowledge that changes to the Registration Statement based on staff comments do not bar the Commission from taking future action and that should the Commission or the staff of the Commission, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing. The Registrants represents that they will not assert this declaration as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the commission or by any person under the federal securities of the United States. The Registrants further acknowledge that the action of the Commission or the staff of the Commission, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective does not relieve the Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the filing. ALLIANZ LIFE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC By: /s/ Stewart Gregg ___________________________________ Stewart Gregg, Vice President