UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 7, 2020

AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Massachusetts

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


811-21989		20-8181038
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1633 Broadway, New York, NY		10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(212) 739-3172

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 7, 2020, Allianz Global Investors, a leading global active asset manager encompassing Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (“AllianzGI U.S.”), investment manager for AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund (the “Fund”), and Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (“Virtus”) issued a press release announcing that they have entered into an agreement providing for a strategic partnership pursuant to which, among other matters, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus, Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc., would become the investment manager to the Fund. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The new management arrangements are subject to approval by the Fund’s Board of Trustees and Fund shareholders, and AllianzGI U.S. and Virtus expect that the arrangements will be in place by the end of calendar year 2020.

The information disclosed under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under Section 18 and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release issued July 7, 2020

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund

By:		/s/ Thomas J. Fuccillo
Name:		Thomas J. Fuccillo
Title:		President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: July 7, 2020

AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund 8-K