Robeco, established in Rotterdam in 1929, offers investment products and services to institutional and private investors worldwide. It has around EUR 135 billion in assets under management (at 31 December 2009).
Robeco advocates responsible investing. Environmental, social and governance factors are integrated into the investment processes, and there is an exclusion policy in place. Robeco makes active use of its voting right and enters into dialogue with the companies in which it invests. The product range encompasses equity and fixed-income investments, money-market funds and alternative investments, including private equity, hedge funds and structured products. The various strategies are managed from Rotterdam (head office), Boston, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Zurich.
To service institutional and business clients, Robeco has offices in Bahrain, Belgium, Greater China (Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan), France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. Robeco has a banking license in France and the Netherlands, where it can sell its products straight to private clients.
Robeco holds a 100% interest in Corestone (Zug, Switzerland), Harbor Capital Advisors (Chicago, USA) and Transtrend (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). Robeco also holds a majority interest in SAM Group (Zurich, Switzerland), a 49% interest in Canara Robeco Investment Management (Mumbai, India) and a 40% interest in AIM (Rijmenam, Belgium).
Robeco is part of Rabobank Group, one of the few privately owned banks in the world with the highest credit ratings from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. Furthermore, within the banking sector, Rabobank is one of the global leaders in terms of corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
As at 4 August 2010