Quantitative investing

A tradition in controlling emotion

We are quant specialists and have been running rules-based portfolios for more than 15 years. Our proprietary models leverage in-house research to exploit market inefficiencies in equities and fixed income markets. Research by our in-house experts  is the cornerstone of our investment processes.

Quantitative investing

Quantitative equities

Research-driven investment processes aimed at eliminating unrewarded risks and exploiting rewarded risks.

Low volatility investing
Developed markets quantitative investing
Emerging markets quantitative investing

Quant fixed income

Robeco’s duration model predicts whether yields will rise or fall in the main government bond markets, allowing investors to benefit from falling bond yields and protecting them against the impact of rising yields.

Fixed income duration model

Active versus passive investing

Active or passive management? Take a dynamic approach based on market breadth.


Trend model - managed futures

Robeco's subsidiary Transtrend is an asset manager purely focused on systematic trend following trading strategies.


Latest articles

Robeco pioneer in low volatility investing
06-05-2013 | In the news
Surprising results of lower volatility equities in emerging markets
01-05-2013 | Research | Pim van Vliet, PhD
A ‘Sharper’ approach to harvesting factor premiums
05-04-2013 | Research | Joop Huij, PhD
Momentum investing: the next game changer?
14-03-2013 | Insight | Willem Jellema
How Smart is 'Smart Beta' Investing?
07-01-2013 | Research | David Blitz, PhD

Factor Investing: Collected Robeco Articles

Factor Investing BookA new book on Factor Investing from Robeco.

With 8 articles by David Blitz, Joop Huij, and other Robeco researchers.




Quant research library

As a thought leader in quantitative research, Robeco has an extensive collection of internally-generated and frequently-cited investment research. Our internal library contains insightful papers covering a wide range of quant topics.


Super Quant internships

quant-internship-robecoRobeco's Quantitative Strategies department has a strong academic-research link. Every year, students in the graduation phase of a master's degree are selected to do an research internship at Robeco.