
Robeco Investment Grade Corporate Bonds 0I EUR
Diversified exposure to the euro investment grade credit market ex financial companies
Share classes
Share classes
Every share class of a product invests in the same portfolio of securities and has the same investment objectives and policies. However, their parameters might deviate. For instance and amongst others, their distribution type, currency exposure or fees and expenses might differ. The most common share classes at Robeco are:
a) D/DH shares, which are regular shares and available for all Investors;
b) I/IH shares, for institutional investors as defined from time to time by the Luxembourg supervisory authority.
For more information on share classes please go to the prospectus.
0I-EUR
B-EUR
C-EUR
D-EUR
F-EUR
I-EUR
IE-EUR
Class and codes
Asset class:
Bonds
ISIN:
LU1058999712
Bloomberg:
RIGOIHE LX
Index
Bloomberg Euro Aggregate: Corporates ex financials 2% Issuer Cap
Sustainability-related information
Sustainability-related information
Under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, products can be labelled as either Article 6, 8 or 9 fund.
Article 6 - The fund is not in scope of enhanced sustainability disclosures compared to Article 8 and 9.
Article 8 - The fund does not have a sustainable investment objective but promotes environmental or social characteristics and is subject to enhanced sustainability disclosures.
Article 9 - The fund has a sustainable investment objective and is subject to enhanced sustainability disclosures.
Regardless of Article 8 or 9, the companies in which investments are made must follow good governance practices, and sustainable investments must not do any significant harm.
Article 8
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Key points
- Diversified non-financial credits exposure
- Disciplined and repeatable investment process
- Experienced team management
About this fund
Robeco Investment Grade Corporate Bonds is an actively managed fund that invests in euro-denominated securities. The selection of these bonds is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to provide long-term capital growth. The investment process combines a top-down market view to assess credit attractiveness and factors that drive credit market returns in the short term with skillful issuer selection to create a broadly diversified portfolio. The fund has a conservative profile and a limited exposure to derivatives.
Key facts
Total size of fund
€ 104,582,820
Size of share class
€ 556,075
Inception date fund
24-04-2014
1-year performance
-4.29%
Dividend paying
No
Fund manager

Peter Kwaak
Peter Kwaak is Portfolio Manager Investment Grade in the Credit team. Prior to joining Robeco in 2005, he was Portfolio Manager Credits at Aegon Asset Management for three years and at NIB Capital for two years. Peter has been active in the industry since 1998. He holds a Master’s in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and he is a CFA® charterholder. The Robeco Investment Grade Corporate Bonds fund is managed within Robeco’s credit team, which consists of nine portfolio managers and twenty-three credit analysts. The portfolio managers are responsible for the construction and management of the credit portfolios, whereas the analysts cover the team’s fundamental research. Our analysts have long term experience in their respective sectors which they cover globally. Each analyst covers both investment grade and high yield, providing them an information advantage and benefiting from inefficiencies that traditionally exist between the two segmented markets. Furthermore, the credit team is supported by three dedicated quantitative researchers and four fixed income traders. On average, the members of the credit team have an experience in the asset management industry of seventeen years, of which eight years with Robeco.
Performance
Per period
Per annum
- Per period
- Per annum
1 month
0.46%
0.73%
3 months
0.40%
0.60%
YTD
2.15%
2.77%
1 year
-4.29%
-4.04%
2 years
-6.13%
-6.07%
3 years
-2.63%
-2.66%
5 years
-1.77%
-1.03%
Since inception 04/2014
-0.51%
0.67%
2022
-13.46%
-13.87%
2021
-1.19%
-1.25%
2020
3.56%
3.04%
2019
3.16%
6.23%
2018
-2.27%
-1.07%
2020-2022
-3.97%
-4.30%
2018-2022
-2.24%
-1.63%
Statistics
Statistics
Hit-ratio
Characteristics
- Statistics
- Hit-ratio
- Characteristics
Tracking error ex-post (%)
The ex-post tracking error is defined as the volatility of the fund's achieved excess return over the index return. In fund management, most managers are subject to an ex-ante (pre-determined) tracking error, which defines the extent of the additional risk they may take when aspiring to outperform the fund's benchmark. The ex-post tracking error explains the distribution of past fund performances compared to those of its underlying benchmark. With a higher tracking error, the fund's returns deviate more from its index's returns, hence there is a greater chance that the fund may outperform. The wider the spread of returns relative to the benchmark, the more "actively" a fund has been managed. In contrast, a low tracking error indicates more "passive" management.
0.42
1.41
Information ratio
This ratio serves to evaluate the quality of the excess return a fund manager has achieved because it takes the active risk involved into account. The information ratio is defined as the excess return over the benchmark return divided by the fund's tracking error. The higher the information ratio, the better. For example, a fund with a tracking error of 4% and an excess return of 2% over benchmark has an information ratio of 0.5, which is quite good.
1.11
-0.23
Sharpe ratio
This ratio measures the risk-adjusted performance and allows the performance quality of different investments to be compared. It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free rate from the fund's returns and dividing the result by the fund's standard deviation (risk). So the Sharpe ratio tells us whether a fund's returns are the result of smart investment decisions or stem from taking extra risk. The higher the ratio, the better, meaning that a greater return is achieved per unit of risk. This ratio is named after its inventor, Nobel Laureate, William Sharpe.
-0.35
-0.20
Alpha (%)
Alpha measures the difference between a portfolio's actual return and its expected performance, given the level of risk, compared to the benchmark. A positive alpha figure indicates that the fund has performed better than expected, given the level of risk. Beta is used to calculate the level of risk compared to the benchmark..
0.51
-0.35
Beta
Beta is a measure of a portfolio's volatility, or systematic risk, in comparison to the benchmark. A beta of 1 indicates that the portfolio will move with the benchmark. A beta of less than 1 means that the portfolio will be less volatile than the benchmark. A beta of more than 1 indicates that the portfolio will be more volatile than the benchmark. For example, if a portfolio's beta is 1.2 it is theoretically 20% more volatile than the benchmark.
1.01
0.98
Standard deviation
Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. The more spread out the data is, the higher the deviation. In finance, standard deviation is applied to the annual rate of return of an investment to measure the investment's volatility (risk).
6.46
6.26
Max. monthly gain (%)
The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute positive monthly performance in the underlying period.
5.06
5.06
Max. monthly loss (%)
The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute negative monthly performance in the underlying period.
-4.49
-6.54
Months out performance
Number of months in which the fund outperformed the benchmark in the underlying period.
23
32
Hit ratio (%)
This percentage indicates the number of months in which the fund outperformed in a given period.
63.9
53.3
Months Bull market
Number of months of positive benchmark performance in the underlying period.
18
30
Months outperformance Bull
Number of months in which the fund outperformed positive benchmark performance in the underlying period.
14
18
Hit ratio Bull (%)
This percentage indicates the number of months the fund outperformed a positive benchmark in an underlying period.
77.8
60
Months Bear market
Number of months of negative benchmark performance in the underlying period.
18
30
Months outperformance Bear
Number of months in which the fund outperformed negative benchmark performance in the underlying period.
9
14
Hit ratio Bear (%)
This percentage indicates the number of months the fund outperformed a negative benchmark performance in an underlying period.
50
46.7
Rating
The average credit quality of the securities in the portfolio. AAA, AA, A en BAA (Investment Grade) means lower risk and BB, B, CCC, CC, C (High Yield) higher risk.
A3/BAA1
A3/BAA1
Option Adjusted Modified Duration (years)
The interest rate sensitivity of the portfolio.
5.00
5.00
Maturity (years)
The average maturity of the securities in the portfolio.
5.20
5.50
Green Bonds (%)
The percentage of total AuM in the portfolio (market-weight based) that is indicated as Green Bond in Bloomberg. Green bonds are any type of regular bond instrument for which the proceeds will be applied exclusively to environmental projects.
8.90
7.80
Costs
Ongoing charges
Indication of annual charges that are deducted for this fund. This indication is based on the costs over the last calendar year and may vary from year to year. Transaction costs incurred by the fund, any performance fees and other one-off costs are not included in the ongoing charges.
0.50%
Included management fee
A fee paid by the fund to the asset management company for the professional management of the fund.
0.35%
Included service fee
This fee is intended to cover official fees, such as the cost of annual reports, annual shareholders' meetings and price publications.
0.12%
Transaction costs
The transaction costs shown are the average annual transaction costs over the last three years calculated in accordance with European regulations.
0.08%
Fiscal product treatment
The fund is established in Luxembourg and is subject to the Luxembourg tax laws and regulations. The fund is not liable to pay any corporation, income, dividend or capital gains tax in Luxembourg. The fund is subject to an annual subscription tax ('tax d'abonnement') in Luxembourg, which amounts to 0.01% of the net asset value of the fund. This tax is included in the net asset value of the fund. The fund can in principle use the Luxembourg treaty network to partially recover any withholding tax on its income.
Fiscal treatment of investor
Investors outside Luxembourg are subject to their national tax regime applying to foreign investment funds. We advise individual investors to contact their financial or fiscal adviser regarding their specific fiscal situation.
Fund allocation
Currency
Duration
Rating
Sector
Top 10
- Currency
- Duration
- Rating
- Sector
- Top 10
Policies
The fund invests in Euro denominated securities only.
Robeco Investment Grade Corporate Bonds make use of derivatives for hedging purposes. These derivatives are very liquid.
This 0IH EUR shareclass does not distribute dividends.
Robeco Investment Grade Corporate Bonds is an actively managed fund that invests in euro-denominated securities. The selection of these bonds is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to provide long-term capital growth. The fund aims for a better sustainability profile compared to the Benchmark by promoting certain E&S (i.e. Environmental and Social) characteristics within the meaning of Article 8 of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and integrating ESG and sustainability risks in the investment process and applies Robeco’s Good Governance policy. The fund applies sustainability indicators, including but not limited to, normative, activity-based and region-based exclusions, and engagement. The investment process combines a top-down market view to assess credit attractiveness and factors that drive credit market returns in the short term with skillful issuer selection to create a broadly diversified portfolio. The fund has a conservative profile and a limited exposure to derivatives. The majority of bonds selected will be components of the benchmark, but bonds outside the benchmark may be selected too. The fund can deviate substantially from the weightings of the benchmark. The fund aims to outperform the benchmark over the long run, while still controlling relative risk through the application of limits (on currencies and issuers) to the extent of the 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 is fully embedded in the investment process to ensure that the fund's positions remain within set limits at all times.
Sustainability-related disclosures
Full sustainability-related disclosures
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Sustainability
The fund incorporates sustainability in the investment process via exclusions, ESG integration, a minimum allocation to ESG-labeled bonds, and engagement. The fund does not invest in credit issuers that are in breach of international norms or where activities have been deemed detrimental to society following Robeco's exclusion policy. Financially material ESG factors are integrated in the bottom-up security analysis to assess the impact on the issuer's fundamental credit quality. In the credit selection the fund limits exposure to issuers with an elevated sustainability risk profile. Furthermore, the fund invests at least 5% in green, social, sustainable, and/or sustainability-linked bonds. Lastly, where issuers are flagged for breaching international standards in the ongoing monitoring, the issuer will become subject to engagement.
Market development
Financial markets were relatively calm in April, though spreads widened in the second half of the month. Problems in the US regional banking sector continued to pop up. First Republic Bank, which is mainly active in the market for wealthy clients, was the latest victim. The bank faces similar issues as other regional banks, with large unrealized losses on "assets held to maturity". In March, a group of larger US banks provided USD 30 bln of uninsured deposits to this bank to shore up liquidity. This did not turn the tide and the bank was finally acquired by JPMorgan. There was not much spillover of this stress at US regional banks to other sectors or to the European credit market. Spreads widened a bit in the second half of the month. A big part of this widening was driven by a general widening in swap spreads. Spreads over swaps for non-financial corporate debt actually hardly widened in the last weeks of the month.
Performance explanation
Based on transaction prices, the fund's return was 0.46%. This return was driven by a decline in credit spreads: the average index spread ended the month at 126 basis points, 8 basis points tighter than at the end of March. Spreads reached an intra-month low at 120 basis points in mid-April, after which spreads widened in the last weeks of the month. The index excess return of corporate bonds over underlying government bonds was positive, at 0.6%. The performance of the underlying portfolio, measured gross of fees, was worse than that of the index. The portfolio had a beta overweight position during the month, which contributed positively. Unfortunately, the positive beta contribution was more than offset by a negative contribution from issuer selection. Subordinated debt underperformed senior debt in April, which meant that the overweight in corporate hybrids contributed negatively. On an individual name level, the largest positive contributors were Pepsi, Accor and Holcim. The largest negative contributions came from the positions in Westlake, OMV, Enel and EDF. In the last three cases we (also) hold hybrids.
Expectation of fund manager

Peter Kwaak
Central banks have been experimenting with monetary policy for many years now. The economic system created debt in all corners of society. A fast and aggressive hiking cycle will reveal many problems, not just at Silicon Valley Bank. A recession could start somewhere toward the end of the year – and we believe central banks will cause one. Recent developments in the banking sector will lead to a further tightening of lending standards, which will put additional pressure on the economy. Our concern is with leveraged sectors that are interest rate sensitive like real estate. We have increased our overweight beta position during March. Valuations had improved after the spread widening, especially in the financial sector. We are far enough into the business and rate cycle that when markets become too bearish, buying on the dip makes sense. This time, the sell-off in subordinated debt of financials led to a buying opportunity. Valuations for non-financials did not change that much and valuations for cyclicals are often not fully reflecting the recession risk yet.
A provision for exchange rate fluctuation when representations are made in foreign currencies (i.e. Any representations made which are not denominated in HKD/ USD/ EUR) may expose investors to exchange rate fluctuations.
Investment involves risks. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. The information contained in this website is provided for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice. Investors are advised to seek independent advice before making any investment decision. Please refer to the relevant offering documents for details including the risk factors before making any investment decisions. This web page is published by Robeco Hong Kong Limited and has not been reviewed by the Securities and Futures Commission.
Positive distribution yield does not imply positive return. Investors should not make any investment decision solely based on information contained in the table. You should read the relevant offering document (including the key facts statement) of the fund for further details including the risk factors.
Annualized yield is calculated with the following formula: Sum of the monthly dividends over a period of 12 months / average of the applicable prices of the first business day of these 12 months * 100%
Where a reference is made to the frequency of dividend distributions, this frequency is an aim and not a guarantee. The fund may at its discretion pay dividend out from capital. Dividend yield is not guaranteed, and is not indicative the return of the Fund. The yield figure is for reference only. The fund may at its discretion to pay dividend out from capital. Distributions out of capital may result in the reduction of an investor’s original capital invested in the Sub-fund or from any capital gains attributable to that original investment of the Sub-fund. Also, any distributions involving the capital and/or capital gains may result in an immediate reduction of the net asset value per share of the relevant class. Payment of dividends out of capital amounts to a return or withdrawal of part of an investor’s original investment or from any capital gains attributable to that original investment. If there is a change of distribution policy of the Sub-fund, the Management Company will seek the prior approval of the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong ('SFC') and provide at least one month’s prior notice to affected Shareholders.