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The information contained on these pages is solely for marketing purposes.

Access to the funds is restricted to (i) Qualified Investors within the meaning of art. 10 para. 3 et sequ. of the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (“CISA”), (ii) Institutional Investors within the meaning of art. 4 para. 3 and 4 of the Financial Services Act (“FinSA”) domiciled Switzerland and (iii) Professional Clients in accordance with Annex II of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (“MiFID II”) domiciled in the European Union und European Economic Area with a license to distribute / promote financial instruments in such capacity or herewith requesting respective information on products and services in their capacity as Professional Clients.

The Funds are domiciled in Luxembourg and The Netherlands. ACOLIN Fund Services AG, postal address: Leutschenbachstrasse 50, CH-8050 Zürich, acts as the Swiss representative of the Fund(s). UBS Switzerland AG, Bahnhofstrasse 45, 8001 Zurich, postal address: Europastrasse 2, P.O. Box, CH-8152 Opfikon, acts as the Swiss paying agent.

The prospectus, the Key Investor Information Documents (KIIDs), the articles of association, the annual and semi-annual reports of the Fund(s) may be obtained, on simple request and free of charge, at the office of the Swiss representative ACOLIN Fund Services AG. The prospectuses are also available via the website https://www.robeco.com/ch.

Some funds about which information is shown on these pages may fall outside the scope of CISA and therefore do not (need to) have a license from or registration with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

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The Federal Financial Services Act («FinSA») has been in force since January 1, 2020 and focuses on improving client protection and transparency within Switzerland. FinSA and its ordinance («FinSO») apply to cases where financial services are provided in Switzerland and/or to clients resident in Switzerland. Among other things, Robeco Schweiz AG and also Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. («We») are subject to certain obligations, such as the segmentation of our clients and certain conduct obligations.

In this context, we hereby provide certain information to our clients (and to those for whom this may be of interest) in order to comply with our regulatory obligations.

You may access and download our Information Guideline by clicking on this link. The guideline will provide you with all important information about Robeco Schweiz AG, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. as well as details about the financial services and instruments offered.

Further below you will find more information about the different client segments as well as the possibilities to switch within these segments (opting-in and opting-out).

What are the client segments?

The following overview shows the different customer segments and also the respective level of customer protection:

Clients who are not professional clients (see art. 4 para. 2 FinSA)

Client protection level
The financial service provider must fully comply with the conduct provisions pursuant to FinSA.
*Please note that neither Robeco Switzerland nor Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. serves Swiss private clients. However, certain Swiss private clients may opt-out to the professional client segment.
a) Public-law entities with professional treasury operations;
b) occupational pension schemes with professional treasury operations and other occupational pension institutions providing professional treasury operations;
c) companies with professional treasury operations;
d) large companies that exceed two of the following sizes:
- balance sheet total of 20 million francs;
- turnover of 40 million francs;
- equity capital of 2 million francs.
e) Private investment structures with professional treasury services set up for wealthy private clients.

Client protection level
The financial service provider has comprehensive duties of transparency and due diligence with regard to client orders, limited duties of verification with regard to the appropriateness and suitability of financial instruments, unless expressly waived by the professional client.
a) financial intermediaries under the Banking Act (BA), the Financial Institutions Act (FINIA) and the Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA);
b) Insurance undertakings under the Insurance Supervision Act (ISA);
c) foreign clients subject to prudential supervision, such as the aforementioned persons under letters a) and b);
d) central banks;
e) national and supranational public-law entities with professional treasury operations.

Client protection level
The financial service provider has neither duties of information, verification, documentation and accountability nor duties of transparency and diligence with regard to client orders.

What opting-in / opting-out options do you have?

The FinSA provides a number of opting-in, respectively opting-out possibilities to clients of financial services and thus offers you different options:

Opting-in- bzw. Opting-out-declaration by the client

Opting out because the retail client:

by virtue of personal education and professional experience or comparable experience in the financial sector, has the knowledge necessary to understand the risks of the investments, and
has assets of at least 500,000 Swiss francs and thus qualifies as a high net worth individual

Opting-out, as the private client has assets of at least 2 million Swiss francs and is therefore considered a high net worth individual

Opting-out Private investment structures with professional treasury services set up for wealthy private clients

New Client segment
Professional Client
Opting-in- bzw. Opting-out-declaration by the client
Opting-in

New Client segment
Private/ retail client

Opting-in- bzw. Opting-out-declaration by the client
Opting-out for occupational pension schemes with professional treasury operations and other occupational pension institutions providing professional treasury operations

Opting-out for companies with professional treasury operations

Opting-out for Swiss or foreign collective investment schemes or their management companies, which are not deemed already as institutional client

New Client segment
Institutional Client
Opting-in- bzw. Opting-out-declaration by the client
Opting-in

New Client segment
Professional Client

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Financial Services Act (FinSA)

What are the client segments?

Private/retail client*

Professional client

Institutional client

What opting-in / opting-out options do you have?

Private/ retail client

Professional Client

Institutional Client

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