Robeco QI Global Multi-Factor High Yield FH USD
- Factor investing in high yield bonds
- Aiming to generate higher returns with a market-like risk profile
- For investors looking for style-diversification in a balanced portfolio
About this fund
Performance
Performance
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Market development
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundInvestmentExplanations.date,'llll') ]}}The Bloomberg Barclays Global High Yield Corporates Ex-Financials Index posted a negative credit spread return of -8 bps in August as its spread widened from 356 to 363 bps over the month. Underlying government bond yields in the US and Germany decreased, resulting in a EUR-hedged total return of 21 bps. The negative sentiment in credit markets was driven by resurfacing geopolitical risks. Trade negotiations with the US are running and regular tweets by president Trump during this process resulted in unrest on the financial markets. Meanwhile, Italy (Genoa bridge collapse and tensions with the EU), Argentina (economic crisis) and Turkey (both economic crisis and sanctions from the US) were also making new headlines, contributing to market volatility. The most negative returns were seen in emerging market names, EMU names, EUR-denominated bonds, longer-dated bonds, and subordinated bonds. Lower-rated bonds outperformed BBs. Names from natural gas and other utilities sectors performed worst in August. The transportation sector was the best-performing sector, followed by technology. US and non-EMU European issuers and GBP-denominated bonds also outperformed the broader market.
Fund Classification
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Fund allocation
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Currency policy
All currency risks are hedged.
Derivative policy
The fund fund make use of derivatives for hedging purposes as well as for investment purposes.
Dividend policy
This share class of the fund does not distribute dividend.
ESG Integration policy
The prime goal of integrating ESG factors in our analysis is to strengthen our ability to assess the downside risk of our credit investments. Our analysts include RobecoSAM sustainability data and use external sources to make an ESG assessment as a part of the fundamental analysis.
Investment policy
Robeco QI Global Multi-Factor High Yields aims to provide long-term capital growth by investing systematically in high yield bonds and offering exposure to a number of proven factors in a diversified way. It selects bonds with a low level of expected risk (Low Risk); an attractive valuation (Value); a medium-term attractive performance trend (Momentum); and a small market value of debt (Size). The fund on average offers balanced exposure to these factors. A disciplined investment process is used for the portfolio's construction, starting with a global universe of bonds with a rating of BB+ or equivalent or lower. The quantitative multi-factor ranking model ranks all bonds from the most attractive to least attractive. In the portfolio's construction, bonds from the top of the ranking will be bought, resulting in a balanced and diversified portfolio, reflecting bonds' liquidities and constraints on sectors, currencies-denominations, and subordinations. Bloomberg Barclays Global High Yield Corporates ex. Financials is used as a benchmark for the fund. The fund will strive to create a risk profile which is similar to this index, but with a high conviction approach that aims to generate higher returns, due its exposures to factors. The fund can have a significant tracking error versus the index.
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') ]}}Robeco QI Global Multi-Factor High Yield invests systematically in high yield corporate credits. It offers balanced exposure to a number of quantitative factors. In the long term, we expect the fund to outperform the market by systematically harvesting factor premiums with a risk profile that is similar to the reference index.
Patrick Houweling, Mark Whirdy
Patrick Houweling is Lead Portfolio Manager and Researcher Quant Credits. Prior to joining Robeco in 2003, he was Risk Manager at Rabobank International where he started his career in 1998. Patrick has published articles in academic finance literature, including the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Empirical Finance and the Financial Analysts Journal. The article 'Factor Investing in the Corporate Bond Market', co-written by Jeroen van Zundert, received a Graham and Dodd Scroll Award of Excellence for 2017. He holds a PhD in Finance and a Master's (cum laude) in Financial Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Mark Whirdy is Portfolio Manager in the Credit team for Robeco’s factor credits strategies: Conservative Credits, Multi-Factor Credits and Multi-Factor High Yield. His areas of expertise include portfolio optimization, credit markets, credit derivatives modelling and quant investment process development. Prior to joining Robeco, Mark was Portfolio Manager in the Quant Credit team at Pioneer Investments and Analyst in the Quantitative Equities team at that firm. He is a graduate from University College Dublin, and holds a Master’s in Business from University of Ulster.
Details
{{'fund.detail.general.perDate' | labelize:[ fundDate(fund.fundFacts.date,'llll') ]}}| Management company | Robeco Luxembourg S.A. |
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| ISIN | LU1809229385 |
| Bloomberg | ROFHFHU LX |
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| Availability | LU |
| 1st quotation date | 1528156800000 |
| Close financial year | 31-12 |
| Legal status | Investment company with variable capital incorporated under Luxembourg law (SICAV) |
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Cost of this fund
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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 0.05% 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
The fiscal consequences of investing in this fund depend on the investor's personal situation. For private investors in the Netherlands real interest and dividend income or capital gains received on their investments are not relevant for tax purposes. Each year investors pay income tax on the value of their net assets as at 1 January if and inasmuch as such net assets exceed the investor’s tax-free allowance. Any amount invested in the fund forms part of the investor's net assets. Private investors who are resident outside the Netherlands will not be taxed in the Netherlands on their investments in the fund. However, such investors may be taxed in their country of residence on any income from an investment in this fund based on the applicable national fiscal laws. Other fiscal rules apply to legal entities or professional investors. We advise 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.
