Robeco Emerging Credits IH USD
- Diversified exposure to the Global Emerging Credit market
- Repeatable investment process
- Team
About this fund
Price development
Performance
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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 4.49%. The fund has positions in all major regions and economies. The fund's total return was positive as spreads moved down. The fund outperformed its index by 0.12%. The neutral risk position had no impact on performance, but avoiding some of the worst hit countries and companies helped performance. In the longer run, we expect these assets to continue to outperform. However, the fund continues to add risk to benefit from the wide spreads.
Statistics
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Market development
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundInvestmentExplanations.date,'llll') ]}}The CEMBI Index returned +4.09% (in USD) last month. Credit spreads tightened, while interest rates moved lower. The 10-year US Treasury yield moved from 0.67% to 0.63%. The credit spread on the JPM Corporate EMBI Index dropped 61 basis points wider to 5.37%. In February, it became evident that Covid-19 was spreading around the globe. As a result, markets sold off in March. Quarterly figures that came out in April presented a bleak picture, as US and EU GDP numbers showed figures last seen since the Great Financial Crisis. Despite this, developed markets rebounded strongly. However, emerging markets remained very weak due to the exposure to commodities and oil. In addition, EM countries were late in their response to the virus and are now lagging. Central banks and policymakers are proactively expanding fiscal and monetary measures to put a floor under the markets. However, the liquidity has yet to filter through to EM. After 6 weeks, countries are now gradually trying to reopen. As business and banks hoard USD cash, a dollar shortage is hurting EM and weaker companies and sectors going forward. According to a Bloomberg news article, 102 countries have already applied for IMF funding.
Fund allocation
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Currency policy
All currency risks are hedged.
Dividend policy
The fund does not distribute a dividend. The income earned by the fund is reflected in its share price. This means that the fund's total performance is reflected in its share price performance.
ESG Integration policy
Our analysis of issuers goes beyond the traditional financial factors and includes the issuers’ performance on ESG factors. We deem it essential for a well-informed investment decision to take into account those ESG factors that have the potential to materially impact the financial performance of the issuer. This perfectly matches the basic need to avoid the losers in credit management, as many credit events in the past can be attributed to issues such as poorly designed governance frameworks, environmental issues, or weak health & safety standards. The aim of ESG integration is to improve the risk/return profile of the investments and does not have an impact goal. ESG analysis is fully integrated in the bottom-up security analysis. We have defined key ESG factors per industry, and for every company we analyze how the firm is positioned versus these key ESG factors, and how this impacts the fundamental credit quality.
Investment policy
The Robeco Emerging Credit Bonds Fund is aimed at investors seeking higher yields than those offered by government bonds, but without the higher risk of a pure high-yield corporate bond fund. The fund invests in the emerging credits markets with predominantly investment grade credit acting as the core of the strategy. It does have the freedom to invest into other asset classes within the fixed income credit universe. The fund is managed by an experienced team with a proven track record capable of generating good performance in both rising and falling bond markets. Robeco uses investment strategies that can provide solid returns in both rising and falling bond markets as proven by its strong track record. The fund benefits from the ample resources at its disposal to cover the credit markets. The investment team is highly experienced and stable with clear split in responsibilities between the portfolio managers and the credit analysts. The investment process is well structured and has a disciplined approach and is based both on a top down macro outlook of the credit markets and an in depth and comprehensive bottom up fundamental credit analysis. The fund applies a total return approach with the flexibility to invest in asset classes such as securitized and high yield. This allocation is based on attaining the best risk reward profile for the fund. As such the portfolio manager will switch out of Investment grade into one of these categories when this corresponds to a more efficient use of the risk budget. The fund also benefits from the Robeco proprietary state of the art risk monitoring system.
Risk policy
Risk management is fully embedded in the investment process to ensure that positions always meet predefined guidelines.
Expectation of fund manager
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundFacts.date,'llll') ]}}The longest economic expansion has ended abruptly. The end of the expansion itself is not a surprise, but the nature of the exogenous shock, its speed and the magnitude of the slowdown are. History is being made. But while Covid-19 is the trigger, we firmly believe current events are not just about the virus. They have deep secular and cyclical roots, which we discussed in earlier quarterly outlooks.Spreads moved from bull market tights to recessionary levels in both investment grade and high yield within weeks. However, in April markets already recovered a bit, even though EM is in the midst of the crisis. This is to a large extent the result of market intervention by central banks and governments.Going back to basic principles, credit spreads should compensate for default risk, downgrade risk and liquidity risk over time. We believe the spreads already compensate for recession risks, but we remain vigilant about future Covid-19 cases. The conclusion is that valuations are clearly cheap now. It is rare to see these spreads in any credit category. We remain very cautious about companies in very weak countries, as banks and corporates are usually dragged along if a country gets into trouble.
Reinout Schapers
Mr. Schapers is Portfolio Manager Emerging Market Credits in the Credit team. Prior to joining Robeco in 2011, Reinout worked at Aegon Asset Management for 5 years where he was a senior portfolio manager high yield credits and was Head of High Yield Europe since 2008. Before that, he worked at Rabo Securities as an M&A associate and at Credit Suisse First Boston as a corporate finance analyst. He holds an Engineering degree in Architecture from the Delft University of Technology. He has been active in the industry since 2003.
Team
The Robeco Emerging Credits fund is managed within Robeco's credit team, which consists of eight portfolio managers and twelve credit analysts (of which four cover the financial sector). The portfolio managers are responsible for the construction and management of the credit portfolios, whereas the analysts cover the team's fundamental research. Our analysts have long term experience in their respective sectors which they cover globally. Each analyst covers both investment grade and high yield, providing them an information advantage and benefiting from inefficiencies that traditionally exist between the two segmented markets. Furthermore, the credit team is supported by three dedicated quantitative researchers and four fixed income traders. On average, the members of the credit team have an experience in the asset management industry of sixteen years, of which eight years with Robeco.
Details
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| ISIN | LU1599173124 |
| Bloomberg | REMCIHU LX |
| Valoren | 36438301 |
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| 1st quotation date | 1492646400000 |
| 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.
