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Based on transaction prices, the fund's return was 1.96%. The fund posted a positive absolute return in July, as interest rates fell in tandem with tighter credit spreads. The fund's flattener curve positions in Germany and the United States added to performance. FX added to performance given the underperformance of Asian currencies versus the USD. Credit detracted from performance given the widening of euro swap spreads.
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Government bond returns were positive in July, reversing some of the losses from the first half of the year. Eurozone bonds posted the strongest numbers, as German Bunds gained 4.3%. Bunds benefited from weak German economic numbers such as the IFO Index, retail sales and second-quarter GDP growth. The positive sentiment in bonds was not impacted by the 50 bps ECB rate hike, the first increase in Eurozone official rates in over a decade. Italian BTPs lagged with a return of 1.7%, despite the generally positive risk sentiment, as political concerns dominate now that elections are scheduled for late September. Returns were mostly smaller in other regions, ranging between 0.7% for JGBs and 3.7% for Australian government bonds. US Treasuries were up 1.6%, despite a 75 bps rate hike by the Fed. Inflation worries persist in the US, but especially longer-term bonds were supported by the prospect of weakening growth.
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All currency risks are hedged.
The fund does not distribute a dividend.
The fund’s sustainable investment objective is to contribute to keeping global temperature rise well-below 2°C by reducing the carbon footprint of the fund. Climate change and sustainability considerations are incorporated in the investment process via exclusions, ESG integration as well as a carbon footprint target for both the government bond component and the credits component. For government bonds, the fund complies with Robeco’s exclusion policy for countries. For credits, the fund does not invest in companies that are in breach of international norms and applies the activity-based exclusions of Article 12 of the EU regulation on Climate Transition Benchmarks, EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks and sustainability-related disclosures for benchmarks through exclusions as per Robeco’s exclusion policy. ESG factors, including climate change, are integrated in the bottom-up security analysis to assess the decarbonization potential and the impact of financially material ESG risks on the issuer's fundamental quality. In the portfolio construction the fund targets carbon footprints at least equal to or better than the government bond component and the credit component of the Solactive Paris Aware Global Aggregate Index, respectively. This is to ensure the fund is aligned with the desired decarbonization trajectory of an average 7% year on year.
RobecoSAM Climate Global Bonds is an actively managed fund that invests in bonds globally. The selection of these bonds is based on fundamental analysis. The fund has sustainable investment as its objective within the meaning of Article 9 of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The fund contributes to keeping the maximum global temperature rise well-below 2?C by reducing the carbon footprint intensity of the portfolio. The fund integrates ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) factors in the investment process, applies Robeco’s Good Governance policy. The fund applies sustainability indicators, including but not limited to normative exclusions and activity-based exclusions in line with Article 12 of the EU regulation on Climate Transition Benchmarks, EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks and sustainability-related disclosures for benchmark. The fund's objective is also to provide long term capital growth. The fund invests in worldwide bonds and other marketable debt securities and instruments (which may include short dated fixed or floating rate securities) issued or guaranteed by OECD member states and by companies based in OECD countries. The fund is managed against a benchmark that is consistent with the sustainable investment objectives pursued by the fund. It aims to align with the Paris Agreement requirements on greenhouse gas emission reduction. For corporate bonds the Benchmark aims to represent the performance of an investment strategy that is aligned with the technical standards for EU Paris Aligned benchmarks in areas such as exclusions and carbon reduction objectives. For investments in government bonds in the Benchmark, the long term aim is to strive for a 7% year-on-year decarbonization as long as this is realistically feasible and technical standards are not applicable. The Benchmark differs from a broad market index in that the latter does not take into account in its methodology any criteria for alignment with the Paris Agreement on greenhouse gas emission reduction and related exclusions.
Risk management is fully embedded in the investment process so as to ensure that the fund's positions remain within set limits at all times.
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Footprint ownership expresses the total resource utilization the credit allocation of the portfolio finances. Each assessed company's footprint is calculated by normalizing resources utilized by the company's enterprise value including cash (EVIC). Multiplying these values by the dollar amount invested in each assessed company yields the aggregate footprint ownership figures. The same is done for the corporate bonds in the index. Carbon efficient companies have lower ownership values. The portfolios score is shown in blue and the index in grey.
Carbon intensity expresses the aggregate efficiency of the government bond allocation of the portfolio. Each country’s carbon intensity is calculated by normalizing the country’s greenhouse gas emissions (expressed in carbon equivalents) by its population size. The portfolio's aggregate intensity figure is calculated by multiplying each portfolio holding’s intensity figure by its respective portfolio weight. The same is done for the government bonds in the index. Carbon efficient countries have lower intensity values. The portfolios score is shown in blue and the index in grey.
The fund’s sustainable investment objective is to contribute to keeping global temperature rise well-below 2°C by reducing the carbon footprint of the fund. Climate change and sustainability considerations are incorporated in the investment process via exclusions, ESG integration as well as a carbon footprint target for both the government bond component and the credits component. For government bonds, the fund complies with Robeco’s exclusion policy for countries. For credits, the fund does not invest in companies that are in breach of international norms and applies the activity-based exclusions of Article 12 of the EU regulation on Climate Transition Benchmarks, EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks and sustainability-related disclosures for benchmarks through exclusions as per Robeco’s exclusion policy. ESG factors, including climate change, are integrated in the bottom-up security analysis to assess the decarbonization potential and the impact of financially material ESG risks on the issuer's fundamental quality. In the portfolio construction the fund targets carbon footprints at least equal to or better than the government bond component and the credit component of the Solactive Paris Aware Global Aggregate Index, respectively. This is to ensure the fund is aligned with the desired decarbonization trajectory of an average 7% year on year.
Bond markets are caught between on the one hand persistent worries about the high level of inflation and on the other hand, a growth outlook that is weakening. The prospect of continued central bank rate hikes has been keeping front-end yields elevated, while the back end of the curve is incorporating the growth outlook. Curves are flattening and we see this continuing for some time, but expect that ultimately, the prospects of a cooling of the economy will start to dominate bond markets. This is expected to lead to lower yields and steeper curves in the medium term. Political uncertainty in Italy is expected to rise further with the upcoming September elections. We see little scope for further spread tightening from current levels, also because it seems unlikely that the ECB can activate the TPI in case of fragmentation due to political unrest.
Jamie Stuttard is Lead Portfolio Manager of Robeco Global Total Return Bond Fund and Robeco All Strategy Euro Bonds. He started at Robeco in 2018. In the period 2014-2018 Jamie worked at HSBC Bank in London, where was Head of European and US Credit Strategy. Prior to that he held a number of senior fixed income positions at Fidelity Management & Research, Schroder Investment Management and PIMCO Europe. He started his career at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in London in 1998. Jamie has a Master’s in History from University of Cambridge. Bob Stoutjesdijk is a portfolio manager and strategist on Robeco’s Global Macro team. Bob worked at Shell Asset Management Company as Portfolio Manager Fixed Income Sovereign Credit from 2011 to 2019. Prior to that, he was Portfolio Manager Fixed Income at SNS Asset Management. He started his career as Quantitative Analyst at APG Asset Management in 2008. Bob has a Master’s in Economics & Business from Erasmus University Rotterdam and is a CAIA® charterholder.
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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.
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