Robeco BP Global Premium Equities I USD

Global value approach with focus on 'characteristics that work': Valuation, Fundamentals and Momentum

Share classes Share classes Every share class of a product invests in the same portfolio of securities and has the same investment objectives and policies. However, their parameters might deviate. For instance and amongst others, their distribution type, currency exposure or fees and expenses might differ. The most common share classes at Robeco are: a) D/DH shares, which are regular shares and available for all Investors; b) I/IH shares, for institutional investors as defined from time to time by the Luxembourg supervisory authority. For more information on share classes please go to the prospectus.

Class and codes

Asset class
Equities
ISIN
LU1048590118
Bloomberg
ROGPEIU LX

Asset class

Equities

ISIN

LU1048590118

Bloomberg

ROGPEIU LX

Index

MSCI World Index (Net Return, USD)

Sustainability-related information
Sustainability-related information
Under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, products can be labelled as either Article 6, 8 or 9 fund.
Article 6 - The fund is not in scope of enhanced sustainability disclosures compared to Article 8 and 9.
Article 8 - The fund does not have a sustainable investment objective but promotes environmental or social characteristics and is subject to enhanced sustainability disclosures.
Article 9 - The fund has a sustainable investment objective and is subject to enhanced sustainability disclosures.
Regardless of Article 8 or 9, the companies in which investments are made must follow good governance practices, and sustainable investments must not do any significant harm.

Article 8

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Rating

( 31-08 )

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Key points

Award winning unconstrained Global equity strategy
Managed by a highly experienced team of bottom-up value investment professionals
Focus on 'characteristics that work': Valuation, Fundamentals and Momentum

About this fund

Robeco BP Global Premium Equities is an actively managed, unconstrained global all cap value fund. The selection of these value stocks is based on fundamental analysis. The fund focuses on attractively valued companies with compelling fundamentals and improving business momentum, regardless of market capitalization, region or sector.

Key facts

Per 31-08-2025

Total size of fund	USD 6,101,268,145.05
Size of share class	USD 330,235,301.90
Inception date share class	2014-03-27
1-year performance	18.26%
Dividend paying	No

Fund manager

Christopher Hart CFA
Joshua Jones CFA
Soyoun Song

Mr. Jones is a Portfolio Manager of the Boston Partners Global Equity, Boston Partners Global Long/Short Equity, and Boston Partners International Equity strategies, with primary responsibility for managing the firm’s International Equity and Global Long/Short Equity offerings. Prior to this role, he was a research analyst specializing in the energy and metals and mining sectors of the equity market and was a global generalist. Mr. Jones joined the firm in January 2006 from Cambridge Associates where he was a consulting associate focused on hedge fund clients. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Bowdoin College and the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Mr. Jones began his career in the investment industry in 2004. Mr. Hart is a Portfolio Manager of the Boston Partners Global Equity and Boston Partners International Equity strategies, with primary responsibility for managing the firm's Global Equity long portfolios. Prior to this, he was the portfolio manager of the Boston Partners International Small Cap Value product and, before that, an assistant portfolio manager of the Boston Partners Small Cap Value products for three years. Previously, he was a research analyst specializing in the conglomerates, engineering and construction, building, machinery, aerospace & defense, and REITs sectors of the equity market. He joined the firm in July 2002 from Fidelity Investments where he was a research analyst. Mr. Hart holds a B.S. in Finance with a concentration in Corporate Finance from Clemson University and the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Mr. Hart began his career in the investment industry in 1991. Mr. Song is an Assistant Portfolio Manager of the Boston Partners Global Equity and Boston Partners International Equity strategies as well as the lead Portfolio Manager of the Boston Partners Global Sustainability strategy. He also serves as an equity analyst, specializing in developed non-U.S. industrials, materials, and transportation sectors of the equity market. Before joining Boston Partners in April 2019, he was a managing director at ThornTree Capital with responsibility for its global industrials long/short portfolio. Prior to that, Mr. Song was a managing director at Bain Capital’s Brookside Fund where he co-managed its global industrials long/short portfolio. He began his investing career at Bain Capital in its North American private equity practice. Before transitioning to a career in investments, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Song earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.Sc. in Clinical Medicine from Oxford University, and an A.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard College, where he graduated summa cum laude. Mr. Song began his career in the investment industry in 2005.

Per period	Fund	Reference index
1 month	2.68%	2.61%
3 months	6.26%	8.41%
YTD	25.20%	13.78%
1 year	18.26%	15.68%
2 years	20.47%	19.98%
3 years	19.02%	18.50%
5 years	16.24%	12.89%
10 years	9.89%	11.65%
Since inception 03/2014	8.98%	10.35%

Statistics	3 years	5 Years
Tracking error ex-post (%) The ex-post tracking error is defined as the volatility of the fund's achieved excess return over the index return. In fund management, most managers are subject to an ex-ante (pre-determined) tracking error, which defines the extent of the additional risk they may take when aspiring to outperform the fund's benchmark. The ex-post tracking error explains the distribution of past fund performances compared to those of its underlying benchmark. With a higher tracking error, the fund's returns deviate more from its index's returns, hence there is a greater chance that the fund may outperform. The wider the spread of returns relative to the benchmark, the more "actively" a fund has been managed. In contrast, a low tracking error indicates more "passive" management.	8.03	8.64
Information ratio This ratio serves to evaluate the quality of the excess return a fund manager has achieved because it takes the active risk involved into account. The information ratio is defined as the excess return over the benchmark return divided by the fund's tracking error. The higher the information ratio, the better. For example, a fund with a tracking error of 4% and an excess return of 2% over benchmark has an information ratio of 0.5, which is quite good.	0.18	0.49
Sharpe ratio This ratio measures the risk-adjusted performance and allows the performance quality of different investments to be compared. It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free rate from the fund's returns and dividing the result by the fund's standard deviation (risk). So the Sharpe ratio tells us whether a fund's returns are the result of smart investment decisions or stem from taking extra risk. The higher the ratio, the better, meaning that a greater return is achieved per unit of risk. This ratio is named after its inventor, Nobel Laureate, William Sharpe.	0.99	0.84
Alpha (%) Alpha measures the difference between a portfolio's actual return and its expected performance, given the level of risk, compared to the benchmark. A positive alpha figure indicates that the fund has performed better than expected, given the level of risk. Beta is used to calculate the level of risk compared to the benchmark..	2.50	4.75
Beta Beta is a measure of a portfolio's volatility, or systematic risk, in comparison to the benchmark. A beta of 1 indicates that the portfolio will move with the benchmark. A beta of less than 1 means that the portfolio will be less volatile than the benchmark. A beta of more than 1 indicates that the portfolio will be more volatile than the benchmark. For example, if a portfolio's beta is 1.2 it is theoretically 20% more volatile than the benchmark.	0.92	0.93
Standard deviation Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. The more spread out the data is, the higher the deviation. In finance, standard deviation is applied to the annual rate of return of an investment to measure the investment's volatility (risk).	15.29	16.76
Max. monthly gain (%) The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute positive monthly performance in the underlying period.	12.18	18.04
Max. monthly loss (%) The maximum (i.e. highest) absolute negative monthly performance in the underlying period.	-8.30	-10.03

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.	0.81%
Included management fee A fee paid by the fund to the asset management company for the professional management of the fund.	0.68%
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.	0.48%

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.

Profile

Per 31-08-2025

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Sustainability

Per 31-08-2025

The fund incorporates sustainability in the investment process via exclusions, ESG integration, engagement and voting. Through exclusions the fund avoids investments in issuers that are in breach of international norms or where activities have been deemed detrimental to society following Robeco's exclusion policy. Financially material ESG factors are integrated in the bottom-up investment analysis to assess the sustainability risk profile of companies. In the stock selection the fund limits exposure to elevated sustainability risks. In addition, where a stock issuer is flagged for breaching international standards in the ongoing monitoring, the issuer will become subject to engagement. Lastly, the fund makes use of shareholder rights and applies proxy voting in accordance with Robeco's proxy voting policy. For more information please visit the sustainability-related disclosures.

Market development

Per 31-08-2025

Global equity markets continued to climb higher in the holiday month of August, with value equities outperforming core and growth equities as measured by the MSCI indices. Focusing on the core MSCI World Index, the best-performing sectors were materials, healthcare, communication services and consumer discretionary. From a regional standpoint, Japan was the strongest performer.

Performance explanation

Per 31-08-2025

Based on transaction prices, the fund's return was 2.68%. Robeco BP Global Premium Equities outperformed the MSCI World Index, with sector allocation adding to relative returns while stock selection detracted slightly. From a sector allocation perspective, a large underweight exposure to information technology added most value, followed by overweight exposure to materials and financials. Positive stock selection in industrials was offset by stock picks in consumer staples and financials. In industrials, Fuji Electric was a strong performer, rising close to 28%. On the negative side, in consumer staples, food & beverage holdings Nomad Foods, US Foods, Kerry Group and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners all had a lackluster month, while in financials, Fidelity National Information Services and UK insurer Beazley lagged. Regionally, the fund added most value in North America, while Europe and the United Kingdom detracted from relative results.

Expectation of fund manager

Christopher Hart CFA
Joshua Jones CFA
Soyoun Song

Despite all the policy shifts coming out of Washington this year, with uncertainty surrounding tariffs and trade, the markets have held up relatively well. As it stands, tariffs will probably have an inflationary impact on interest rates going forward. So far, we haven't seen any expectations for earnings to come down, so if earnings growth is stable and interest rates don't get away from us, then the markets should perform reasonably well through the rest of the year. As always, we remain focused on selecting companies from the bottom-up that reflect Boston Partners' three-circle characteristics – attractive valuations, solid business fundamentals, and identifiable catalysts.

Robeco BP Global Premium Equities I USD

Global value approach with focus on 'characteristics that work': Valuation, Fundamentals and Momentum

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