Emerging Markets Bonds I USD - LU2862983975

Key points

Highly experienced and stable team with average of 15+ years experience
Sovereign credit analysis at the core of the investment process
Aiming to outperform through superior market positioning, and issuer and bond selection

About this fund

Robeco Emerging Market Bonds is an actively managed fund investing in assets such as government bonds, asset backed securities and other fixed income securities of emerging countries mainly denominated in Hard currency (where Hard currency refers to globally traded major currency, such as but not limited to USD, EUR, GBP, JPY and CHF). The selection of these assets is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to achieve a better return than the index and provide long-term capital growth.

Key facts

Per 31-08-2025

Total size of fund	USD 11’785’916.18
Size of share class	USD 11’039’516.18
Inception date share class	2024-09-24
Dividend paying	No

Fund manager

Diliana Deltcheva
Nicholas Sauer
Richard Briggs

Diliana Deltcheva is Head of Emerging Market Debt and member of the Global Macro team. She joined Robeco in 2024. Previously, she was Head of Emerging Market Debt at Candriam. She has also worked at ING Investment Management in various roles, including portfolio manager Emerging Market Debt. She joined the industry in 2002 at ING Investment Management and worked in various roles, including portfolio manager Emerging Market Debt. She holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration/ Political Science & International Relations at the American University in Bulgaria and a Master's in International Finance from the University of Amsterdam. She is a CFA® Charterholder. Nicholas Sauer is Portfolio Manager Emerging Market Debt and member of the Global Macro team. He joined Robeco in 2024. Previously, he was portfolio manager Emerging Market Debt at Candriam. Prior to joining Candriam in 2019, he worked in various roles at BMO Global Asset Management, including as portfolio manager EMD and analyst EMD. Nicholas Sauer joined the industry in 2011. He holds a Master's in Finance and Investments from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam and is a CFA® Charterholder. Richard Briggs is a Portfolio Manager covering Emerging Market Debt and a member of the Global Macro team. He joined Robeco in 2024. Previously, he was a portfolio manager focused on Emerging Market Debt at Candriam. Prior to joining Candriam in 2022, he worked at GAM Investments as a portfolio manager covering EMD and prior to that he led emerging market credit strategy at CreditSights. He joined the industry in 2011. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics from the University of Strathclyde and a Master’s in Financial Economics from the University of Glasgow. He is a CFA® Charterholder and holds the CFA ESG certificate.

The performance data for this fund is either unavailable or restricted by the MIFID legislation, which prevents us from reporting performance data for funds with less than a 12-month track record.

Cost of this fund	Percentage
Ongoing charges Indication of annual charges that are deducted for this fund. This indication is based on the costs over the last calendar year and may vary from year to year. Transaction costs incurred by the fund, any performance fees and other one-off costs are not included in the ongoing charges.	0.73%
Included management fee A fee paid by the fund to the asset management company for the professional management of the fund.	0.60%
Included service fee This fee is intended to cover official fees, such as the cost of annual reports, annual shareholders' meetings and price publications.	0.12%
Transaction costs The transaction costs shown are the average annual transaction costs over the last three years calculated in accordance with European regulations.	0.37%

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.

Fund

Index

Bulgaria remained the largest overweight in cash terms at the end of the month, followed by Kyrgyzstan, and Namibia. We see the investment cases for these largest country positions continuing to be positive. A notable overweight position is the Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex. Pemex has started to receive significant support from the Mexican government which could be a game changer for its prospects. The largest underweights are in Saudi Arabia, China, and Indonesia, where valuations are very tight.

Policies

Per 31-08-2025

Profile

Per 31-08-2025

ESG Integration

Sustainability

Per 31-08-2025

The fund incorporates sustainability in the investment process via exclusions, negative screening, ESG integration and a minimum average country sustainability ranking score as well as a minimum allocation to ESG-labeled bonds. The fund complies with Robeco's exclusion policy for countries and does not invest in countries where serious violations of human rights or a collapse of the governance structure take place, or if countries are subject to UN, EU or US sanctions. In addition, the fund excludes the 15% worst ranked countries following the World Governance Indicator 'Control of Corruption'. ESG factors of countries are integrated in the bottom-up country analysis. In the portfolio construction the fund ensures a minimum weighted average score that is better than that of the index, following Robeco's proprietary Country Sustainability Ranking. The Country Sustainability Ranking scores countries on a scale from 1 (worst) to 10 (best) based on 40 environmental, social, and governance indicators. Lastly, the fund invests in a minimum of 5% in green, social, sustainable and/or sustainability-linked bonds. For more information please visit the sustainability-related disclosures. The index used for all sustainability visuals is based on J.P. Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified.

Market development

Per 31-08-2025

Emerging markets have continued to deliver strong returns for investors over the summer. The EM Hard Currency Index returned 1.63% in August, bringing year-to-date returns to 8.72%. High yield bonds outperformed with +1.93% versus +1.34% for investment grade. The index spread was nearly unchanged at the end of the month, closing at 298 bps. With a strong market for EM hard currency, it is usually implied that the riskiest issuers will have performed the best. So too in August. Venezuela, Lebanon, and Ukraine formed the top three, closely followed by Bolivia and Colombia. The bottom was formed by Zambia, Argentina, and Ethiopia.

Expectation of fund manager

Diliana Deltcheva
Nicholas Sauer
Richard Briggs

With an asset class yield of 7.3% at the end of August, expected EM bond returns are still attractive. Spreads continue to look somewhat expensive in absolute terms, but look attractive compared to other credit asset classes. Not only is there still a positive differential between EM and US bonds of equivalent credit rating, is it also historically elevated within the high yield part of the market. Expectations around US monetary policy should support EM markets in the coming period, as the Fed is likely to cut interest rates in its September meeting, and might continue on the same trajectory into 2026. This lowers EM funding cost and improves debt dynamics. EM fundamentals have continued to improve this year. Reserves coverage is generally strong, as terms of trade have improved which has also boosted growth. This provides a backdrop in which EM can continue to offer attractive returns.

Robeco Emerging Markets Bonds I USD

Sourcing alpha opportunities with high conviction across emerging bond markets

Key points

About this fund

Key facts

Fund manager

The performance data for this fund is either unavailable or restricted by the MIFID legislation, which prevents us from reporting performance data for funds with less than a 12-month track record.

Costs

Fiscal product treatment

Fiscal treatment of investor

Fund allocation

Policies

Profile

Sustainability

Market development

Expectation of fund manager

Fund documents

Annual and Semi-Annual Reports

Announcements

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