Robeco Asset Management Podcast

In our latest podcast, portfolio manager Jack Neele talks about the tricks of the trade in trends investing. Valuation of many of the growth stocks obviously is one of the challenges. “The valuation of our portfolio is much higher than the market, but we think that’s justified.” Neele also talks about new trends he sees developing and what would be the right moment to invest in these trends.

In our latest podcast, Core Quant portfolio manager Machiel Zwanenburg discusses the need for sustainability building blocks to suit different client needs. “If a client is looking for a tailor-made solution, we can provide the building blocks or even develop new ones with them. Everyone is looking to increase their returns, but with sustainability it really depends who you’re talking to. So it’s important to have building blocks to hand.”

Peter Ferket, CIO, discusses the disruptive trends in the asset management industry, the race to zero costs being one of them. “If you buy cheap solutions, you ultimately end up with lower net returns.”

In our latest podcast, Pim van Vliet, head of Global Conservative Equities, talks about the merits of low volatility investing. He also discusses the flipside: the relative risks of low volatility, the long-term approach investors need to take and how he got convinced by the concept the hard way. “You will never be top of the list and will not be able to brag about your investment performance at cocktail parties.

In our third podcast, Fabiana Fedeli, head of Global Fundamental Equities, talks about emerging markets. And she is optimistic about the US-China trade war. “Six months ago the world was convinced there would be no solution. There is going to be a solution – it may not be perfect – but that solution will be enough to make markets a little bit more relaxed.” However, investing in emerging markets does take nerves of steel at many occasions, she adds.

In the second episode of Robeco Podcast, David Blitz (Head of Quant Research) discusses the latest trends and challenges in factor investing with podcast host Sam Shaw. They talk about different factors and about capacity and transparency of quant strategies.

In this first episode of the new Robeco podcast, Sam Shaw is joined by Daniel Wild, co-CEO of RobecoSAM on the current trends in sustainable investing: 'Millennials want their investments to reflect their environmental and social beliefs'.