Robeco BP US Select Opportunities Equities IE USD
- Mid-cap value fund
- Selects the best investment candidate with a market capitalization of USD 750 million or more.
- Investment discipline based on bottom-up fundamental research
About this fund
Price development
Performance
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Performances are gross of fees and based on closing values. In reality, costs (such as management fees and other costs) are charged. These have a negative effect on the returns shown.
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Annualized (for periods longer than one year).
Cumulized (total amount of return).
Performances are gross of fees and based on closing values. In reality, costs (such as management fees and other costs) are charged. These have a negative effect on the returns shown.
Performances are net of fees and based on transaction prices.
Performance explanation
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundInvestmentExplanations.date,'llll') ]}}Based on transaction prices, the fund's return was -10.25%. Robeco BP US Select Opportunities outperformed the Russell Mid Cap Value Index in June, with stock selection driving the relative outperformance. Stock selection added most value in the industrials, consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors of the market. Within industrials, aerospace & defense companies BWX Technologies and L3Harris performed strongly, while Science Applications International, Norfolk Southern and FedEx were also additive to the relative returns. In consumer discretionary, auto parts retailer AutoZone gained a positive single-digit return in a month when the market pulled back strongly. Consumer staples' relative performance was led by the fund's beverage holdings, which include Monster, Keurig Dr Pepper and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. From a sector allocation perspective, underweight exposure to materials and overweight exposure to healthcare and industrials added most value, while underweight exposure to the bond proxy sectors of utilities, real estate and consumer staples was a drag on relative returns.
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Market development
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundInvestmentExplanations.date,'llll') ]}}During June, Covid and the ongoing war in Ukraine took a back seat to a broadening set of inflationary price pressures, a resolute Federal Reserve and escalating fears of a recession on the laundry list of investors' concerns. By the 13th of the month, the S&P 500 had officially entered bear market territory, down -21.82% from its January 3rd peak. For the month, the stock market benchmark fell by -8.26%, its worst June since the global financial crisis of 2008, and at -16.11% and -19.96%, the worst quarter and first half of a year since 1970.
Fund allocation
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Currency policy
Investments are predominantly made in securities denominated in US dollars.
Dividend policy
The fund distributes a dividend on an annual basis.
ESG Integration policy
The fund incorporates sustainability in the investment process via exclusions, ESG integration, a carbon target, engagement and voting. Through exclusions the fund avoids investments 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 the sustainability risk profile of companies. In the stock selection the fund limits exposure to elevated sustainability risks. The fund also targets a lower carbon footprint compared to the reference index. 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.
Investment policy
Robeco BP US Select Opportunities Equities is an actively managed fund that invests in mid-cap stocks in the United States. 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. The fund is primarily composed of stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 750 million. 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. Benchmark: Russell Mid Cap Value index (Gross Total Return, EUR). The majority of stocks selected will be components of the benchmark, but stocks outside the benchmark may be selected too. While the investment policy is not constrained by a benchmark, the fund may use one for comparison purposes. The fund can deviate substantially from the issuer, country and sector weightings of the benchmark. There are no restrictions on the deviation from the benchmark. The Benchmark is a broad market-weighted index that is not consistent with the ESG characteristics promoted by the fund.
Risk policy
Risk management is fully integrated into the investment process to ensure that positions always meet predefined guidelines.
Sustainability profile
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Sustainability
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundFacts.date,'llll') ]}}The fund incorporates sustainability in the investment process via exclusions, ESG integration, a carbon target, engagement and voting. Through exclusions the fund avoids investments 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 the sustainability risk profile of companies. In the stock selection the fund limits exposure to elevated sustainability risks. The fund also targets a lower carbon footprint compared to the reference index. 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.
Expectation of fund manager
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundFacts.date,'llll') ]}}In the near-to-intermediate term, we see four primary drivers that will influence how investors make decisions and ultimately how markets behave: inflation, the Fed's actions, a potential recession and earnings. While Covid and the Russia/Ukraine war could certainly spring to the top of investors' concerns at any time, they fall into the 'known unknowns' category and are much harder to predict than even the four items mentioned above. For the time being, neither should be considered as a positive for overall asset prices. As always, we will remain focused on bottom-up stock selection and the fund remains well positioned with holdings that reflect Boston Partners' three circle characteristics – attractive valuations, solid business fundamentals and identifiable catalysts.
Steven L. Pollack CFA
Mr. Pollack is the equity portfolio manager for Boston Partners Mid Cap Value Equity product. He is in his fifteenth year with the firm. He joined the firm from Hughes Investments where he spent twelve years as an equity portfolio manager, managing value equity across the market capitalization spectrum. He also oversaw the outside investment managers who manage assets for Hughes' pension plan. He began his career at Hughes as an Investment Analyst where he spent four years covering a variety of industries and sectors. Prior to that, he was with Remington, Inc., and Arthur Anderson & Co. Mr. Pollack is a graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology and holds an M.B.A. from The Anderson School of Management at the University of California at Los Angeles. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He has thirty-one years of investment experience.
Details
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| ISIN | LU0963031736 |
| Bloomberg | RUSOIEU LX |
| Valoren | 22139653 |
| WKN | A1W4LB |
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| 1st quotation date | 1377129600000 |
| Close financial year | 31-12 |
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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.
