Key points
- A high-conviction, diversified global strategy investing in climate transition opportunities
- High-conviction strategy using a fundamental, bottom-up research-based investment process
- Aiming for real-world impact while at the same time enabling a fair transition and minimizing negative social impact
About this fund
Robeco Global Climate Transition Equities is an actively managed sub-fund that invests in stocks across developed and emerging markets across the world. The Sub-fund aims to provide long-term capital growth by investing in assets that contribute to the climate transition. Climate transition pertains to the transitional efforts required to limit global temperature increase to well-below 2°C degrees, aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. This is achieved by investing in companies that are making the transition and companies are enabling the transition, as described in the Prospectus.
Key facts
Per
| Total size of fund | USD 178’330’737 |
| Size of share class | USD 712’507 |
| Inception date share class | 15-07-2022 |
| 1-year performance | 15.55% |
| Dividend paying | No |
Fund manager
Chris Berkouwer
Yanxin Liu
Chris Berkouwer is Portfolio Manager and member of the Global Equity team. He has a focus on the low-carbon transition and on companies in the energy, materials and industrials sectors. He is also Deputy Lead Portfolio Manager Global Stars Equities. He is responsible for fundamental global equities, as well as portfolio construction. Prior to joining Robeco in 2010, he worked as an analyst for The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. He conducted country, industry and company research for various equity teams before joining the Global Equity team. Chris holds a Master's in Business Administration and International Public Management from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and is a CFA® Charterholder. Yanxin Liu is Portfolio Manager and member of the Global Equity team. She is also Deputy Lead Portfolio Manager Global Stars Equities. She has a focus on information technology. She is responsible for fundamental global equities as well as portfolio construction. Yanxin spent 11 years with our Emerging Markets Equity team, prior to joining the Global Equity team in 2022. Within the Emerging Markets team her focus was on all sectors in Greater China. Prior to that, Yanxin worked for DSM Pension Services in the Netherlands as an analyst focusing on US large-cap equities. Yanxin has a Master’s in Finance from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Bachelor’s in Financial Accounting from Nankai University in Tianjin, China. She became a CFA® Charterholder in 2015 and is a native Mandarin speaker.