Robeco QI US SDG & Climate Beta Equities I USD

Systematically investing for US equity returns with significant sustainability improvements

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.

Class and codes

Asset class
Equities
ISIN
LU1654175261
Bloomberg
RQIUEIU LX

Asset class

Equities

ISIN

LU1654175261

Bloomberg

RQIUEIU LX

Index

MSCI USA Index

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 9

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Rating

( 31-12 )

Overview Performance & costs Portfolio Sustainability Commentary Documents

Key points

Aims for market-like returns, with a significantly improved sustainability profile
Proprietary portfolio construction approach seeks to maximize exposure to stocks with strong sustainability characteristics, while minimizing relative risk (tracking error)
Risk budget (tracking error) is used for sustainability improvements, while risk factors such as countries, sectors and factor exposures are minimized

About this fund

Robeco QI US SDG & Climate Beta Equities is an actively managed sub-fund that invests in stocks of companies incorporated or exercising a preponderant part of their economic activities in the US. The Sub-fund has as its sustainable investment objectives, to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) by investing in companies whose business models and operational practices are aligned with the targets defined by the 17 UN SDGs, and aims to reduce the Carbon footprint of the portfolio (and thereby contribute towards the goals of the Paris Agreement to keep the maximum global temperature rise well-below 2◦C) in line with the MSCI USA EU PAB Overlay Index. In addition to pursuing the sustainable investment objective, the Sub-fund at the same time aims to provide long term capital growth.

Key facts

Per 31-12-2025

Total size of fund	USD 58,827,355
Size of share class	USD 14,003,769
Inception date share class	21-09-2017
1-year performance	11.68%
Dividend paying	No

Fund manager

Wilma de Groot
Machiel Zwanenburg
Vania Sulman
Dean Walsh
Wouter Tilgenkamp

Wilma de Groot is Head of Core Quant Equities, Head of Quant Equity Portfolio Management and Deputy Head of Quant Equity. She is responsible for quant equity strategies and specializes in asset pricing anomalies, portfolio construction and sustainability integration. She has published in various academic publications including the Journal of Impact and ESG Investing, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance and the Financial Analysts Journal. She is a guest lecturer at several universities. Wilma joined Robeco as a Quant Researcher in 2001. Wilma has a PhD in Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam and holds a Master’s in Econometrics from Tilburg University. She is a CFA® Charterholder. Machiel Zwanenburg is Portfolio Manager Quantitative Equities. He specializes in quantitative stock selection and portfolio construction. One of his areas of expertise is sustainability integration within quantitative equities. Previously, he held positions as Risk Manager and Head of Client Portfolio Risk at Robeco. He joined Robeco in 1999 as a member of the Quant Research team. He holds a Master's in Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Master's in Economics from the London School of Economics. Vania Sulman is Portfolio Manager Quantitative Equities. She specializes in the stock selection and sustainability integration in customized portfolios. She rejoined Robeco in 2022. Previously, she worked as a data scientist for three years and prior to that as a Quant Researcher at Robeco with a focus on quantitative stock selection. She joined the industry and Robeco in 2016. She holds a Master's (cum laude) in Quantitative Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Dean Walsh is Portfolio Manager Quantitative Equities. Dean specializes in quantitative stock selection, portfolio construction and sustainable integration. Prior to joining Robeco in 2023, he worked at Mercer Global Investments as a currency portfolio manager and as a principal in their Portfolio Intelligence unit. In this role, he led on quantitative research, including work on factor portfolios, sustainable & Paris-aligned investing, and risk management. He joined the industry in 2013 at JP Morgan. Dean holds a Master's in Quantitative Finance from University College Dublin. He is a CFA® and CAIA® Charterholder. Wouter Tilgenkamp is Portfolio Manager Quantitative Equities. Wouter joined Robeco in 2016 as a Data Scientist. He started his financial career in 2014 as Derivative Trader at Optiver. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from Technical University of Delft and a Master’s in Quantitative Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Koen Rijnen is Portfolio Manager Quantitative Equities. Koen specializes in portfolio construction and sustainability integration within quantitative equities. He joined Robeco in 2022. Previously, he was Hedging Specialist and Balance Sheet Manager at Aegon. He started his career in consultancy in 2015 and joined the industry in 2018. Koen holds a Master’s (cum laude) in Hydraulic Engineering from Delft University of Technology. He is a CFA® Charterholder.

Per period	Fund	Index
1 month	0.25%	-0.02%
3 months	0.48%	2.33%
YTD	11.68%	17.31%
1 year	11.68%	17.31%
2 years	17.54%	20.89%
3 years	20.94%	22.73%
5 years	12.98%	14.00%
Since inception 20-09-2017	12.77%	14.25%

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.	2.08	1.87
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.	-0.64	-0.32
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.	1.31	0.65
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..	-1.40	-0.54
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.	1.02	1.00
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).	12.66	15.38
Max. monthly gain (%) The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute positive monthly performance in the underlying period.	9.80	9.80
Max. monthly loss (%) The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute negative monthly performance in the underlying period.	-5.82	-9.11

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.	0.38%
Included management fee A fee paid by the fund to the asset management company for the professional management of the fund.	0.25%
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.	0.07%

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.

Policies

Per 31-12-2025

Sustainability

Per 31-12-2025

The fund’s sustainable investment objective is to advance the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals and contribute to keeping global temperature rise well-below 2°C by reducing the carbon footprint of the fund. SDG, climate change and sustainability considerations are incorporated in the investment process via exclusions, ESG integration, ESG and environmental footprint targets as well as voting. Firstly, the fund does not invest in stock issuers that are in breach of international norms or where activities have been deemed detrimental to society following Robeco's exclusion policy. This includes activity-based exclusions of Article 12 of the EU regulation on Climate Transition Benchmarks, EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks and sustainability-related disclosures for benchmarks. In addition, the fund excludes stocks issued by companies that have a negative impact on the SDGs. The impact of issuers on the SDGs is determined by applying Robeco's internally developed three-step SDG Framework. Secondly, financially material ESG factors are integrated in the portfolio construction to ensure the ESG score of the portfolio is at least 10% better than that of the reference index. By restricting the GHG emissions the carbon footprint of the fund is made lower than that of the Paris-Aligned benchmark to ensure alignment with the desired decarbonization trajectory of 7% year on year. Water use and waste generation are made at least 20% lower than that of the reference index. With these portfolio construction rules, stocks issued by companies with better ESG scores or environmental footprints are more likely to be included in the portfolio while stocks issued by companies with worse ESG scores or environmental footprints are more likely to be divested from the portfolio. Thirdly, where a stock issuer is flagged for breaching international standards in the ongoing monitoring, the issuer will become subject to exclusion. Lastly, the fund makes use of shareholder rights and applies proxy voting in accordance with Robeco's proxy voting policy. For more information please visit the sustainability-related disclosures.The index used for all sustainability visuals is based on MSCI USA Index.

Robeco QI US SDG & Climate Beta Equities I USD

Systematically investing for US equity returns with significant sustainability improvements

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