Key points
- Large cap value fund
- Selects the best investment candidate with a market capitalization greater than $2 billion.
- Bottom-up fundamental research investment discipline
About this fund
Robeco BP US Large Cap Equities is an actively managed fund that invests in large-cap value stocks in the United States. The selection of these value stocks is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to achieve a better return than the index. The fund is primarily composed of stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 2 billion. Its bottom-up stock selection process seeks to find undervalued stocks and is guided by a disciplined value approach, intensive internal research and risk aversion.
Key facts
Per
| Total size of fund | GBP 1,724,105,598 |
| Size of share class | GBP 30,194,421 |
| Inception date share class | 02-11-2011 |
| 1-year performance | 9.64% |
| Dividend paying | Yes |
Fund manager
Mark Donovan CFA
Joshua White CFA
David Cohen CFA
Mr. Donovan is a Senior Portfolio Manager of the Boston Partners Large Cap Value strategy, a role he has held since the firm's inception in 1995. During his tenure, he served 11 years as Co-Chief Executive Officer, responsible for strategic and tactical operating decisions affecting the firm. Mr. Donovan was one of the founding partners of the firm, joining from The Boston Company where he was Senior Vice President and an equity portfolio manager. Before this, he spent five years as a consulting associate with Kaplan, Smith & Associates and two years as a securities analyst for Value Line, Inc. For 10 years, Mr. Donovan was a trustee at St. Sebastian's School where he served on the Investment and Long Range Planning Committees. He holds a B.S. in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Mr. Donovan began his career in the investment industry in 1981. Mr. White is a Portfolio Manager of the Boston Partners Large Cap Value strategy. His experience at the firm includes managing a portion of the Boston Partners Long/Short Research strategy while covering multiple economic sectors including basic industries, consumer durables, and capital goods. Mr. White was also a portfolio manager of the Boston Partners Global Equity and Boston Partners International Equity strategies and, before that, he was a global generalist providing fundamental research on global equities. He joined the firm in November 2006. Mr. White holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Middlebury College and the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He began his career in the investment industry in 2006. Mr. Cohen is a Portfolio Manager of the Boston Partners Large Cap Value strategy. His experience at the firm includes managing a portion of the Boston Partners Long/Short Research strategy, focusing on security selection within the energy sector as well as the engineering & construction and metals & mining industries. Prior to his current role, Mr. Cohen served as an equity analyst covering these same industries. He has deep experience analyzing and understanding capital-intensive commodity-oriented businesses. Mr. Cohen joined the firm in June 2016 from Loomis Sayles where he had over eight years of experience as a portfolio manager of its research fund and in running a global energy hedge fund. As an equity analyst, he covered the energy, materials, and industrials sectors. Prior to joining Loomis Sayles, Mr. Cohen was in consultant relations at MFS Investment Management. He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in Finance from Brandeis University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Mr. Cohen began his career in the investment industry in 2004.