Key points
- Actively managed and will apply the Manager’s “3D” investment strategy, which seeks to consider risk, return and sustainability in the Fund’s portfolio
- Aiming to generate positive returns with a market-like risk profile
- Alternative to passive credit strategies, providing style-diversification with traditional active credit strategies.
About this fund
Robeco 3D EUR Enhanced Index Credits UCITS ETF is an actively managed fund that invests systematically in predominantly investment grade credits. The investment universe includes bonds with at least a BB- rating. The fund's objective is to provide long-term capital growth. The portfolio’s risk profile is similar to the reference index with a better sustainability profile. It applies the “3D” investment strategy, considering risk, return, and sustainability in the portfolio construction. The bond selection is based on a quantitative model. The fund offers balanced exposure to a number of quantitative factors by focusing on bonds with a low level of expected risk (low risk factor), an attractive valuation (value), a strong performance trend (momentum) and a small market value of debt (size).
General Facts
Per
| Primary Ticker | 3DCE |
| ISIN | IE000PUAKZP8 |
| Product Structure | Physical |
| Fund management approach | Active |
| Investment strategy type | Multi-Factor Credits |
| Asset class | Bonds |
| SFDR classification | 8 |
| Fund base currency | EUR |
| Share class currency | EUR |
| Total size of fund | 21,200,058 |
| Size of shareclass | 21,200,058 |
| Shareclass outstanding shares | 4,200,000 |
| Share class inception date | 2026-01-22 |
| Close financial year | 31-12 |
| Share class ongoing charges | 0.20% |
| Use of income | Accumulating |
| Management company | Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. |
Trading Information
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| Trading currency | EUR | CHF |
|---|---|---|
| Ticker | 3DCE SW | 3DCECHF SW |
| SEDOL | BVK5WW7 | BTMRDP7 |
| Reuters RIC | 3DCE.S | 3DCECHF.S |
| iNAV ticker | 3DCEEUIV | 3DCECHIV |
| Trading currency | EUR |
|---|---|
| Ticker | 3DCE IM |
| SEDOL | BSDYQH3 |
| Reuters RIC | 3DCE.MI |
| iNAV ticker | 3DCEEUIV |
| Trading currency | EUR |
|---|---|
| Ticker | 3DCE GY |
| SEDOL | BTMR283 |
| Reuters RIC | 3DCE.DE |
| iNAV ticker | 3DCEEUIV |
| Trading currency | GBP |
|---|---|
| Ticker | 3DCP LN |
| SEDOL | BVZG441 |
| Reuters RIC | 3DCP.L |
Fund manager
Patrick Houweling
Johan Duyvesteyn
Lodewijk van der Linden
Patrick Houweling is Head of Quant Fixed Income and Lead Portfolio Manager of Robeco’s quantitative credit strategies. Patrick has published seminal articles on Duration Times Spread, factor investing in credit markets, corporate bond liquidity and credit default swaps in various academic journals, including the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Empirical Finance and the Financial Analysts Journal. The article 'Factor Investing in the Corporate Bond Market' he co-authored received a Graham and Dodd Scroll Award of Excellence for 2017. Patrick is a guest lecturer at several universities. Prior to joining Robeco in 2003, he was Researcher in the Risk Management department at Rabobank International where he started his career in 1998. He holds a PhD in Finance and a Master's (cum laude) in Financial Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Johan Duyvesteyn is a portfolio manager in the Quant Fixed Income team. His areas of expertise include government bond market timing, credit beta market timing, country sustainability and emerging-market debt. He has published in the Financial Analysts Journal, the Journal of Empirical Finance, the Journal of Banking and Finance, and the Journal of Fixed Income. Johan started his career in the industry in 1999 at Robeco. He holds a PhD in Finance, a Master's in Financial Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and he is a CFA® Charterholder.” Lodewijk van der Linden is a portfolio manager in the Quant Fixed Income team. Lodewijk has published in the Financial Analyst Journal on the best defensive strategies, has written on leveraging the volatility effect in the Journal of Portfolio Management and on the application of Credit Default Swap Indices in the Journal of Asset Management. He joined Robeco in August 2018. In the period 2015-2018 Lodewijk worked at Aegon Asset Management where he was Risk associate and Team Manager Client Reporting. Lodewijk started his career at PwC as an actuarial consultant in 2013. He holds a Master's in Actuarial Science from the University of Amsterdam and a Master's in Econometrics and Management Science from Erasmus University Rotterdam.