Robeco, The Investments Engineers
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Media
Global
Europe
Belgique (FR)
België (NL)
Deutschland
España
France
Italia
Nederland
Schweiz (DE)
Switzerland (EN)
United Kingdom
Other countries
Asia-Pacific
Australia
上海 (CN)
Hong Kong (EN)
香港 (ZH)
日本 (JP)
Singapore
Americas
América Latina (ES)
Latin America (EN)
United States
Africa & Middle East
Africa
Middle East
blue circle
Robeco, The Investments Engineers
  • Insights
    • Latest
    • Top stories
    • Market view & outlook
    • Education
    • Webinars
  • Products
    • Funds
    • Strategies
    • Opportunities
  • Sustainable investing
    • Journey
    • Expertise
    • Influence
    • Climate & Biodiversity
    • SDGs
  • About us
    • Who we are
    • Key strengths
    • Diversity & inclusion
    • Contact
Europe
Belgique (FR)
België (NL)
Deutschland
España
France
Italia
Nederland
Schweiz (DE)
Switzerland (EN)
United Kingdom
Other countries
Asia-Pacific
Australia
上海 (CN)
Hong Kong (EN)
香港 (ZH)
日本 (JP)
Singapore
Americas
América Latina (ES)
Latin America (EN)
United States
Africa & Middle East
Africa
Middle East
loader
Contact us

Robeco Emerging Markets Equities J USD

Investing in the best earnings potential in the most promising Emerging Markets

Contact us

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.

J-USD

D-EUR

D-SEK

D-USD

F-EUR

F-USD

I-EUR

I-SEK

I-USD

M-EUR

M-USD

M2-EUR

Class and codes

Asset class:

Equities

ISIN:

LU0471362292

Bloomberg:

RGEMEJU LX

Index

MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net Return, USD)

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

Morningstar

Morningstar

Copyright © Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Download The Morningstar Rating for Funds (chapter: The Morningstar Rating: Three-, Five-, and 10-Year) on the Morningstar website.

Rating (28/02)

  • Overview
  • Performance & costs
  • Portfolio
  • Sustainability
  • Commentary
  • Documents
Switch funds

Fund topics

Overview
Performance & costs
Portfolio
Sustainability
Commentary
Documents
Switch funds

MISSING: fund.detail.tabs.

Key points

  • Invests in emerging markets such as Korea, Taiwan, Poland and Brazil
  • Selects companies with the best earnings potential within the most promising countries
  • Prospect of higher returns, but also higher risks than mature markets

About this fund

Robeco Emerging Markets Equities is an actively managed fund that invests in stocks in emerging countries across the world. The selection of these stocks is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to achieve a better return than the index. Given that emerging economies are growing faster than developed countries and have stronger balance sheets for governments, companies and households. The fund selects investments based on top-down country analysis and bottom-up stock ideas. The focus is on companies with a sound business model, solid growth prospects and reasonable valuation.

Key facts

Per 28-02-2023

Total size of fund

$ 904,587,411

Size of share class

$ 100,248,361

Inception date fund

15-12-2009

1-year performance

-11.66%

Dividend paying

No

The value of the investments may fluctuate. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Performances are net of fees and based on transaction prices.

Fund manager

Wim-Hein Pals

Dimitri Chatzoudis

Jaap van der Hart

Cornelis Vlooswijk

Wim-Hein Pals is Head of the Robeco Emerging Markets Equity team and Lead Portfolio Manager of the Global Emerging Markets Core strategy. Previously, he was Portfolio Manager Emerging European and African equities and Portfolio Manager Emerging Asian equities. Wim-Hein started his career in the investment industry at Robeco in 1990. He holds a Master's in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Eindhoven University of Technology and a Master's in Business Economics from Tilburg University. Dimitri Chatzoudis is Portfolio Manager Institutional Emerging Markets Accounts. As a Research Analyst he covers the team’s investments in Mexico. Before joining Robeco in 2008, he was Portfolio Manager Eastern European and Global Emerging Markets at ABN AMRO. He started his career in the industry in 1993. Dimitri holds a Master’s in Industrial Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology and is a Certified European Financial Analyst. Dimitri is also fluent in Greek. Jaap van der Hart is the Lead Portfolio Manager of Robeco’s High Conviction Emerging Stars strategy. Over time, he has been responsible for the investments in South America, Eastern Europe, South Africa, Mexico, China and Taiwan. He also coordinates the country allocation process. He started his career in the investment industry in 1994 at Robeco's Quantitative Research department and moved to the Emerging Markets Equity team in 2000. Jaap holds a Master's in Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has published several academic articles on stock selection in emerging markets. Cornelis Vlooswijk is Lead Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst African Equities. Previously, he worked for Robeco as an investment strategist focusing on North America and Emerging Markets since 2005. Before joining Robeco in 2005, he worked for Credit Suisse First Boston as an Investment Banking Analyst, focusing on the transport and logistics sector. He started his career in the financial industry in 1998. Cornelis holds a Master’s in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and is a CFA® charterholder.

Key points
About the fund
Key facts
Fund manager

Performance

Per period

Per annum

  • Per period
  • Per annum
Per 28-02-2023
Per period Fund Index

1 month

-4.02%

-6.48%

3 months 

3.64%

-0.52%

YTD

5.72%

0.90%

1 year

-11.66%

-15.28%

2 years

-11.73%

-13.02%

3 years

1.77%

0.97%

5 years

-0.89%

-1.87%

10 years

2.56%

1.52%

Since inception 12/2009

2.61%

2.29%

The value of the investments may fluctuate. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Annualized (for periods longer than one year).
Performances are net of fees and based on transaction prices.
Per annum Fund Index

2022

-20.76%

-20.09%

2021

-2.16%

-2.54%

2020

16.44%

18.31%

2019

26.79%

18.44%

2018

-19.07%

-14.58%

2020-2022

-3.35%

-2.69%

2018-2022

-1.52%

-1.40%

The value of the investments may fluctuate. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Annualized (for periods longer than one year).
Performances are net of fees and based on transaction prices.

Statistics

Statistics

Hit-ratio

  • Statistics
  • Hit-ratio
Per 28-02-2023
Statistics 3 years 5 Years

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.

4.08

3.53

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.

0.40

0.49

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.

0.07

-0.08

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..

1.88

2.21

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.

1.08

1.07

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).

22.96

20.59

Max. monthly gain (%)

The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute positive monthly performance in the underlying period.

16.87

16.87

Max. monthly loss (%)

The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute negative monthly performance in the underlying period.

-17.37

-17.37

Hit-ratio 3 years 5 Years

Months out performance

Number of months in which the fund outperformed the benchmark in the underlying period.

18

34

Hit ratio (%)

This percentage indicates the number of months in which the fund outperformed in a given period.

50

56.7

Months Bull market

Number of months of positive benchmark performance in the underlying period.

20

30

Months outperformance Bull

Number of months in which the fund outperformed positive benchmark performance in the underlying period.

11

20

Hit ratio Bull (%)

This percentage indicates the number of months the fund outperformed a positive benchmark in an underlying period.

55

66.7

Months Bear market

Number of months of negative benchmark performance in the underlying period.

16

30

Months outperformance Bear

Number of months in which the fund outperformed negative benchmark performance in the underlying period.

7

14

Hit ratio Bear (%)

This percentage indicates the number of months the fund outperformed a negative benchmark performance in an underlying period.

43.8

46.7

Above mentioned ratios are based on gross of fees returns.

Costs

Per 28-02-2023
Cost of this fund Percentage

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.

0.97%

Included management fee

A fee paid by the fund to the asset management company for the professional management of the fund.

0.80%

Included service fee

This fee is intended to cover official fees, such as the cost of annual reports, annual shareholders' meetings and price publications.

0.16%

Transaction costs

The transaction costs shown are the average annual transaction costs over the last three years calculated in accordance with European regulations.

0.10%

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 who are not subject to (exempt from) Dutch corporate-income tax (e.g. pension funds) are not taxed on the achieved result. Investors who are subject to Dutch corporate-income tax can be taxed for the result achieved on their investment in the fund. Dutch bodies that are subject to corporate-income tax are obligated to declare interest and dividend income, as well as capital gains in their tax return. Investors residing outside the Netherlands are subject to their respective national tax regime applying to foreign investment funds. We advise individual investors to consult their financial or tax adviser about the tax consequences of an investment in this fund in their specific circumstances before deciding to invest in the fund.

Performance
Price development
Statistics
Cost of this fund
Fiscal: product
Fiscal: investor

Fund allocation

Asset

Country

Currency

Sector

Top 10

  • Asset
  • Country
  • Currency
  • Sector
  • Top 10
Per 28-02-2023

Policies

  • The fund is allowed to pursue an active currency policy to generate extra returns.

  • The fund does not distribute dividend. The income earned by the fund is reflected in its share price. The fund's entire result is thus reflected in its share price development.

  • Robeco Emerging Markets Equities is an actively managed fund that invests in stocks in emerging countries across the world. The selection of these stocks is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to achieve a better return than the index. The fund promotes E&S (i.e. Environmental and Social) characteristics within the meaning of Article 8 of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, integrates 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, proxy voting and engagement. Generally, emerging economies are growing faster than developed countries and can have stronger balance sheets for governments, companies and households. The fund selects investments based on top-down country analysis and bottom-up stock ideas. The focus is on companies with a sound business model, solid growth prospects and reasonable valuation.The majority of stocks selected will be components of the Benchmark, but stocks 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, whilst still controlling relative risk through the applications of limits (on countries and sectors) 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 is fully integrated in the investment process to ensure that positions always meet predefined guidelines.

Fund allocation
Policies

Sustainability-related disclosures

Full sustainability-related disclosures
Download full report
Summary sustainability-related disclosures
Download summary

Sustainability profile

Per 28-02-2023
Exclusions
ESG Integration
Voting & Engagement

Sustainability

Per 28-02-2023

The fund incorporates sustainability in the investment process through exclusions, ESG integration, engagement and voting. The fund does not invest in 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 investment analysis to assess existing and potential ESG risks and opportunities. In the stock selection the fund limits exposure to elevated sustainability risks. In addition, where a stock issuer is flagged for breaching international standards in the ongoing monitoring, the issuer will become subject to engagement. Lastly, the fund makes use of shareholder rights and applies proxy voting in accordance with Robeco's proxy voting policy.

Information
Profile
Sustainability

Market development

Per 28-02-2023

In February, emerging markets declined by 4.2% in euro terms, performing worse than developed markets, which were down 0.1%. One important driver was the increase in US bond yields, as the outlook for the potential Fed interest rate cuts became less optimistic. Also, geopolitical risks between China and the US came to the foreground again, among others due to the Chinese balloon flying over the US. China was therefore one of the worst-performing countries in February, together with Thailand, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. The best-performing countries were the Czech Republic, Greece and Turkey. Turkey experienced a very severe earthquake, but the market was higher as the government instructed banks and state pension funds to support the equity market. After lots of selling in 2022, foreigners plowed more than USD 35 billion into EM equities in January and February 2023.

Performance explanation

Per 28-02-2023

Based on transaction prices, the fund's return was -4.02%. The fund outperformed the benchmark (MSCI EM) in February, supported by both country allocation and stock selection. Positive country allocation came from our overweight positions in Greece, Indonesia and Mexico, and the underweight positions in ASEAN. Positive stock selection was driven by strong stock picking in Greece, China, India and Mexico. The only detractors from a stock selection perspective were Poland and South Africa. Greek banks Alpha Services and National Bank of Greece performed very well. In China, the underweight in the internet platforms and the overweight position in appliances manufacturers Gree Electric and Haier Smart Home contributed positively. Indian banks did particularly well and our zero weight in the Adani-related underperformers led to a nice positive contribution to alpha. Our Mexican holdings in airport operator Asur, in steel producer Ternium and in financial company Grupo Banorte performed strongly.

Expectation of fund manager

Wim-Hein Pals

Dimitri Chatzoudis

Jaap van der Hart

Cornelis Vlooswijk

Until Russia normalizes again, its equity market will remain irrelevant for EM investors. However, the war also affects the world and the global economy. Energy prices have risen, inflation is at elevated levels, and Europe will reduce dependency on Russian gas and spend more on defense. Geopolitical risks continue to be high. At the start of 2023 we came to a post-Covid world, as China got rid of all Covid-related restrictions. The macroeconomic fundamentals in emerging countries are relatively strong, with much lower inflation prints and current accounts that look much better than those in developed countries. Given the equities' correction in 2022, global equity market valuations did become less expensive. Moreover, we do think that emerging markets are attractively valued relative to developed markets, trading at a more than 30% discount, based on earnings.

Market development
Performance explanation
Expectation of fund manager

Fund documents

  • Factsheet
  • Portfolio Manager's Update
  • Prospectus
  • Articles of association
  • Key Information Document (PRIIP)
  • Full sustainability-related disclosures
  • Summary sustainability-related disclosures

(Semi) annual reports

  • Annual report 2021
  • Annual report 2020
  • Annual report 2019
  • Semi-annual report 2022
  • Semi-annual report 2021
  • Semi-annual report 2020

Announcements

  • Publication Semi-annual reports 2022 (31-08-2022)
  • Semi-annual 2021 available (31-08-2021)
Fund documents
Reports
Announcements

Related insights

Read

19-12-2022 · Quarterly outlook

Act fast when the Fed fog clears

Learn more

Read

29-11-2022 · Webinar

Sleeping giants – the case for emerging markets

Learn more

Read

07-01-2022 · Quarterly outlook

Earnings engine in lower gear but still humming

Learn more

Read

05-10-2021 · Insight

China: navigating the push towards technology leadership

Learn more

17-06-2021 · Insight

Guide to emerging markets investing

Learn more

Read

Read

03-03-2021 · Insight

Measuring ESG’s impact on stock performance

Learn more

Read

27-05-2020 · Insight

US-China conflict: the pressure intensifies on ADRs

Learn more

Read

06-04-2020 · Insight

A-shares are probably the best place to be for active investors

Learn more

27-08-2019 · Interview

‘Chinese stock market matures as institutional investors join the party’

Learn more

Read

Read

12-06-2017 · Insight

Don’t change a winning formula

Learn more

Read

12-11-2015 · Research

Emerging markets: the value of strategic allocation

Learn more

Read

01-05-2013 · Research

Surprising results of lower volatility equities in emerging markets

Learn more

Read

01-12-2021 · Interview

Talk ’22: ‘We look for unexpected beauties rather than the usual suspects’

Learn more

Let's keep the conversation going

Keep track of fast-moving events in sustainable and quantitative investing, trends and credits with our newsletters.

Stay updated
Robeco

Robeco aims to enable its clients to achieve their financial and sustainability goals by providing superior investment returns and solutions.

Key topics
Insights
Funds
Strategies
Opportunities
Sustainable investing
About us
Quick links
Contact
Media
Careers
Glossary
Insurers
Advisor education
Expertise
Sustainable investing
Quantitative investing
Thematic investing
Emerging markets
Credit investing

Disclaimer Privacy and Cookie Statement Policies Security

The information contained in the Website is solely intended for professional investors within the meaning of the Dutch Act on the Financial Supervision (Wet op het financiële toezicht) or persons which are authorized to receive such information under any other applicable laws. More information about Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.

A consumer? Go to the Robeco consumer websites.