Robeco QI Global Dynamic Duration DH USD

Government bonds returned -0.3% in August, with Australia being the only main market that managed to end the month in the green (+0.2%, all returns hedged to EUR). German Bunds continued their rally in the first half of August, but gave back these gains and more in the final days of the month. The move upwards in German yields was triggered by comments from ECB officials (e.g. Knot, Holzmann) on the ECB's PEPP purchases and by a jump in inflation. US Treasury yields were pushed upwards early in the month by a strong payrolls number and a hawkish speech by Fed Vice Chair Clarida. Fed Chair Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole conference was regarded as dovish. He acknowledged the growing willingness to initiate tapering in 2021, but also underlined the transitory nature of the current high inflation. Japanese government bond yields rose modestly, following US Treasuries.

All currency risks are hedged.

Robeco QI Global Dynamic Duration makes use of derivatives in order to implement the duration overlay. In addition, derivatives are used to hedge the currency risks of the portfolio. These derivatives are very liquid.

All income earned will be accumulated and will in principle not be distributed as dividend. Therefore the entire result is reflected in the share price development.

For Robeco QI Global Dynamic Duration the ESG analysis is systematically incorporated in the highly disciplined investment process by using the RobecoSAM Country Sustainability Ranking. In the portfolio construction we ensure that more sustainable countries are more likely to be included in the portfolio and that the ESG profile and the environmental footprint of the fund are better than that of the benchmark.

Robeco QI Global Dynamic Duration is an actively managed fund that invests worldwide in government bonds with investment grade quality.The fund's objective is to provide long term capital growth. The fund promotes ESG (i.e. Environmental, Social and corporate Governance) characteristics within the meaning of Article 8 of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and integrates ESG and sustainability risks in the investment process. In addition, the fund applies an exclusion list on the basis of controversial behavior, products (inclAuding controversial weapons, tobacco, palm oil and fossil fuel) and countries. The fund uses derivatives to dynamically adjust the duration (interest-rate sensitivity) of the portfolio. The duration positioning is based on our proprietary duration model, which predicts the direction of the bond markets using financial market data. The ESG scores of countries are a integral part of our bottom-up country allocation decisions. Benchmark: JPM GBI Global Investment Grade Index (hedged into CHF), The majority of bonds selected through this approach will be components of the benchmark, but bonds outside the benchmark index may be selected too. The fund can deviate from the weightings of the benchmark. The fund aims to outperform the benchmark over the long run, whilst still controlling relative risk through the applications of limits (on currencies) to the extent of deviation from the benchmark. This will consequently limit the deviation of the performance relative to the benchmark. The Benchmark is a broad market weighted index that is not consistent with the ESG characteristics promoted by the fund.

Risk management systems continuously monitor the extent to which the portfolio differs from the benchmark. Extreme discrepancies are prevented in this way. The duration model makes use of futures, which can lead to leverage.