Robeco Customized Liability Driven Fund VII P EUR
- Robeco has extensive experience in this type of overlay management and is a solid party with deep knowledge of the Dutch pension market. Robeco acts as sparring partner in the translation of Asset & Liability Matching studies towards a strategic investment portfolio.
- Implementation of the chosen interest overlay strategy is done by state-of-the-art systems with a strong focus on operational and financial risk management.
- Robeco offers liability matching tools in the form of stand-alone overlay management and in fund solutions.
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 closing GAV, the fund's return was -1.01%. The fund posted a negative return over the month in line with market developments. Rates rose, predominantly in the second half of the month, as the primary issuance market slowly picked up again and markets started to price in a somewhat less dovish ECB after several strong economic figures. If the ECB announces a reduction in the current pace of asset purchases in the September meeting, together with a further pickup in issuance, this technical factor will become less supportive for bonds in the coming months. Government-related bonds outperformed in this environment, as they sold off less than German Bunds.
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Market development
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundInvestmentExplanations.date,'llll') ]}}Government bonds posted negative returns in August. German Bunds continued their rally into the first half of August, but gave back these gains and more in the final days. The move upwards in German yields was triggered by comments from ECB officials (e.g. Knot, Holzmann) on the ECB's PEPP purchases and by a jump in inflation. Other European bond markets followed the rise in German interest rates. US Treasury yields were pushed upwards early in the month, as a result of a hawkish speech by Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida and by a strong payrolls growth number for July. Fed Chair Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole conference was regarded as dovish. He acknowledged the growing willingness to initiate tapering in 2021, but also underlined the transitory nature of the current high inflation.
Fund allocation
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Currency policy
The portfolio holds euro-denominated investments only. No active currency policy is applied.
Dividend policy
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.
ESG Integration policy
Sustainability is an important factor within the investment process of the Subfund. Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects are systematically integrated in our highly disciplined investment process in several ways. We apply an extensive exclusion list covering various controversial countries, sectors or business practices and we continuously monitor our universe for companies with governance issues, major litigations or regulatory risk. For investments in sovereigns, the Country Sustainability Ranking and underlying research is used as input for assessment of the structural outlook for a country. Furthermore, the Subfund holds a substantial position in green bonds and we take into account sustainability scores of brokers we select for executing transactions.
Investment policy
Sustainable Pension Protection consists of a creditworthy portfolio with the aim of replicating the value development of a pension annuity as obtained on the retirement date. The fund therefore has no benchmark. The development in value of an annuity depends mainly on movements in interest rates, and the fund follows this value development as closely as possible. Sustainable Pension Protection invests exclusively in high-quality government bonds and government-related sustainable bonds listed in euros. A swap duration overlay is added to achieve the exact hedge desired in a cost-effective manner, thus reducing the spread risk between government bonds and the annuity.
Risk policy
Risk management is fully integrated in the investment process to ensure that positions always meet predefined guidelines.
Sustainability profile
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ESG integration policy
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundFacts.date,'llll') ]}}Sustainability is an important factor within the investment process of the Subfund. Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects are systematically integrated in our highly disciplined investment process in several ways. We apply an extensive exclusion list covering various controversial countries, sectors or business practices and we continuously monitor our universe for companies with governance issues, major litigations or regulatory risk. For investments in sovereigns, the Country Sustainability Ranking and underlying research is used as input for assessment of the structural outlook for a country. Furthermore, the Subfund holds a substantial position in green bonds and we take into account sustainability scores of brokers we select for executing transactions.
Expectation of fund manager
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundFacts.date,'llll') ]}}After the rally in June-July, German Bunds have fallen back to levels close to year-to-date lows. We see room for the recent bounce in interest rates to continue. Looking beyond the horizon of the next few weeks, we have some reservations on the further upward potential for yields. For the ECB we do not expect any serious debate about the end of the emergency PEPP purchase program until later in the year; only a small reduction in the current high pace of purchases is to be expected for Q4. The Fed will likely start tapering purchases this year, but this has been well flagged by now. Consensus positioning still seems tilted towards underweights, making it harder for yields to rise.
Remmert Koekkoek, Yvo Schoemaker
Remmert Koekkoek is Head of Insurance and Pension Solutions within the Global Fixed Income Macro team. He has worked at Robeco since 2011. In the period 2010-2011 he was responsible for derivative overlay investment solutions for Dutch pension funds and insurance companies at Credit Suisse. Between 2005 and 2010 Remmert also worked in Robeco's Structured Investment team as a Trader. He started his career in the industry in 2004 at ING Risk Management. Remmert holds a Master's (cum laude) in Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Yvo is Portfolio Manager in the Insurance & Pension Solutions team. Yvo started his career in 2005 at Robeco Quantitative Strategies. In 2006 he moved to the Structured Investments department where he was responsible for trading linear and non-linear exposures on the balance sheet of Robeco on predominantly the rates markets. Since 2012 he is responsible for the management and development of discretionary and pooled matching solutions on both the bond and swap markets. Yvo holds a Master’s degree in Computational Finance from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Details
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| ISIN | LU1949716051 |
| Bloomberg | ROCLVII LX |
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| 1st quotation date | 1554854400000 |
| 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 0,00% 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
Professional investors are divided into pension funds and non-pension funds. Dutch pension funds may re-claim the 25% dividend tax deducted on cash dividends entirely. Dutch non-pension funds may deduct the 25% dividend tax deducted on cash dividends in their corporate income tax assessment. Dividend tax in that case is tax deducted at source. No tax is deducted at source on interest income. Thus, Dutch pension funds do not owe taxes on interest income. Dutch non-pension funds should specify interest income in their corporate income tax assessment.
