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Client Solutions case

Targeting a younger audience with multi-thematic offering

An Asian client wanted to create a multi-thematic fund that focused on sustainability trends without compromising on returns. Their objective included maintaining a beta of 1 and maximize its Sharpe ratio – the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset such as cash.


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How to attract younger investors to our ILP platform without compromising performance?


Objectives

Objectives

  • Return: maximize on Sharpe ratio – with sustainable themes while not underperforming market

  • Beta: targeting a beta of 1 against the benchmark

  • Fund limit: maximum exposure 19% to be UCITS compliant


Solution

Solution

The solution was to combine six of Robeco's specialist sustainable strategies that achieved all these objectives. The multi-thematic offering included all three strategies in the renewable energy-related 'Smart' range – Smart Energy, Smart Mobility and Smart Materials – along with the Circular Economy, Sustainable Water and Sustainable Healthy Living strategies.

Our flagship thematic coverage


Outcomes

Outcomes

The portfolio has outperformed the benchmark in terms of annualized returns and it also has a favorable risk-adjusted returns with a higher Sharpe ratio against benchmark.