Awards 2009

Lipper Awards 2009

Switzerland and Spain
Robeco Lux-o-rente D EUR (asset class: Bond Global - Euro Hedged, Time period: 3 Years)
Robeco Consumer Goods Equities D EUR (Asset Class: Equity Sector Cyclical Consumer Goods, Time Period: 5 Years)
Robeco Lux-o-rente D EUR (Asset Class: Bond Global - Euro Hedged, Time Period: 5 Years)

India
Bond Fund House of the Year
Lipper also presented the Canara Robeco Income Fund with the award for the Best Performing Indian Rupee Bond Fund over a five-year timeframe.

Netherlands
Category: Group Award Mixed Assets Large, period: 3 years
Robeco Consumer Goods Equities D EUR (category: Equity Sector Cyclical Consumer Goods, period: 5 years)
Robeco Hollands Bezit (category: Equity Netherlands, period: 3 and 5 years)
Robeco Lux-o-rente (category: Bond Global - Euro Hedged, period: 3 and 5 years)
Robeco Safe Mix (category: Mixed Asset Conservative Global, period: 3 years)

Germany
Robeco Consumer Goods Equities D EUR (category: Equity Sector Cyclical Consumer Goods, period: 5 years)
Robeco Lux-o-rente D EUR (category Bond Global - Euro Hedged, period: 3 years)
Robeco Lux-o-rente D EUR (category Bond Global - Euro Hedged, period: 5 years)

Hong Kong
Robeco Consumer Goods Equities D EUR (category: Equity Sector Cyclical Consumer Goods, period: 3 Years)
Robeco Consumer Goods Equities D EUR (category: Equity Sector Cyclical Consumer Goods, period: 5 Years)

France
Robeco Lux-o-rente D EUR (category: Bond Global - Euro Hedged, period: 3 years)
Robeco Lux-o-rente D EUR (category: Bond Global - Euro Hedged, period: 5 years)
Robeco Lux-o-rente D EUR (category: Bond Global - Euro Hedged, period: 10 years)

A list with all winners can be found on Lipper’s awards website by selecting the country of your choice. http://awards.lipperweb.com/

ICRA Mutual Fund Awards

Two ICRA Five-star Gold Fund awards for Canara Robeco
Canara Robeco Floating Rate Fund - Short Term (category: open-ended floating-rate fund, timeframe: 3 years)
Canara Robeco Liquid Fund – Institutional (category: open-ended liquid fund – Institutional, timeframe: 3 years)

Morningstar

Belgium
In an official ceremony in Belgium, Robeco US Premium Equities USD has been crowned with a Morningstar Fund Award in the US equities large cap category.

Fitch Ratings

Fitch revises Robeco-rating to M2+
High scores in most areas of assessment

Category scores
Asset managers in the 'M2' category have earned high scores in most areas of assessment. Robeco's 'M2+' rating is based on the following category scores, which represents a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 as the highest possible score:

Company & Staffing: 2.25
Risk Management & Controls: 1.75
Portfolio Management: 2.25
Investment Administration: 2.00
Technology: 2.25