Key points
- Capturing value creation potential derived from companies supplying foundational technology and enabling the digital transformation of enterprise and industry
- Focusing on quality companies with a systems-level approach that combines providers of AI, cloud software, semiconductors, services, security, robotics and automation
- Risk limitation through diversification over multiple themes with different drivers and risk characteristics
About this fund
Robeco Digital Innovations is an actively managed fund that invests worldwide in equities from developed and emerging countries. The selection of these stocks is based on a fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to achieve a better return than the index. The fund invests in a number of structural growth trends on the production side of the economy, such as robots and automation, digital enablers and secure digital infrastructure. The fund managers try to select stocks of the structural winners within these trends.
Key facts
Per
| Total size of fund | EUR 252,378,597 |
| Size of share class | EUR 23,297,624 |
| Inception date share class | 26-11-2024 |
| 1-year performance | -2.50% |
| Dividend paying | No |
Fund manager
Marco van Lent
Steef Bergakker
Daniel Ernst
Marco van Lent is Portfolio Manager Robeco Global Multi-Thematic (2024), Rolinco (2013), Portfolio Manager Robeco Digital Innovations (2017) and member of the Thematic Investing team. Before 2013, he managed Robeco Infrastructure Equities. Marco joined Robeco in October 2007 to co-manage two European equity funds. He worked at Van Lanschot Asset Management to manage the Van Lanschot European Equity Fund. After the acquisition of Kempen Capital Management by Van Lanschot, he worked at Kempen Capital Management for six months to manage European equity mandates. He was Portfolio Manager European equities at Philips Investment Management in the period 1999-2005 and in the period 1996-1999 he was Portfolio Manager at Van Spaendonck Asset Management. He started his investment career in 1985 as a sell-side analyst/strategist. Marco holds a Master's in Business Economics and Finance from Tilburg University. Steef Bergakker is Portfolio Manager Robeco Global Multi-Thematic (2024), Rolinco (2020), Portfolio Manager Robeco Digital Innovations (2019) and member of the Thematic Investing team. Previously, he was trends researcher and has authored several white papers. Before that, Steef was portfolio manager of Robeco Infrastructure Equities and Robeco Hollands Bezit. Prior to rejoining Robeco in 2008, Steef held different functions at IRIS (Institute for Research and Investment Services), the former research joint venture of Robeco and Rabobank. From 1998 through 2008 he served as head of IRIS Equity Research, and before that he worked as equity analyst for eight years. Steef started his career in the investment industry at Robeco in 1990 as an analyst. He holds a Master's in Monetary Economics and Finance and Investments from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Daniel Ernst is Portfolio Manager Digital Innovations, Technology Analyst and member of the Thematic Investing team. In his role as Technology Analyst, he is dedicated to the Global Consumer Trends strategy. He joined Robeco in 2020. Daniel has held several positions as analyst, consultant and director of research at various companies in New York over the past 25 years, and was most recently senior analyst at Purchase Park Capital. He started his career in the industry in 1995 as a Communications Sector Analyst. Daniel holds an M.A in Economics from George Washington University.