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Robeco Smart Energy Z USD
Pole position in the clean energy race
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.
Z-USD
D-CHF
D-EUR
D-USD
DH-EUR
E-EUR
F-CHF
F-EUR
F-USD
G-GBP
I-CHF
I-EUR
I-GBP
I-USD
IE-EUR
X-CHF
X-EUR
X-GBP
X-USD
Z-EUR
Z-GBP
Class and codes
Asset class:
Equities
ISIN:
LU2501123439
Bloomberg:
RBVGCLZ LX
Reference index
MSCI World Index TRN
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 9
- Overview
- Performance & costs
- Portfolio
- Sustainability
- Commentary
- Documents
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Key points
- Investing in companies that enable the electrification and decarbonization of the energy value chain including renewable technologies, smart grids, energy storage and energy-efficiency solutions for e.g. buildings and transportation
- Multi-decade structural growth theme. Strong acceleration due to new tailwinds from high energy prices and energy security concerns leading to unprecedented government investment programs
- High purity on clean energy technologies and diversification to efficient use of energy
About this fund
Robeco Smart Energy is an actively managed fund that invests globally in companies providing technologies for clean energy production, distribution, power management infrastructure and energy efficiency. The selection of these stocks is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to achieve a better return than the index. The fund has sustainable investment as its objective, within the meaning of Article 9 of the Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of 27 November 2019 on Sustainability-related disclosures in the financial sector. The fund's objective is also to achieve a better return than the index. The strategy integrates sustainability criteria as part of the stock selection process and through a theme-specific sustainability assessment. The portfolio is built on the basis of an eligible investment universe that includes companies whose business models contribute to the thematic investment objectives. The assessment regarding relevant SDGs uses an internally developed framework, more information on which can be obtained at www.robeco.com/si.
Key facts
Total size of fund
$ 3,315,384,804
Size of share class
$ 34,851,558
Inception date share class
26-07-2022
1-year performance
0.30%
Dividend paying
No
Fund manager
![Roman Boner](https://images.ctfassets.net/tl4x668xzide/1Dd0N7L1ibIapp5u381XJE/8dbabd47801a2797e3740f6a26ceba77/roman-boner-500px.jpg?fit=fill&w=162&h=162&f=center&fm=webp)
Roman Boner
![Michael Studer PhD](https://images.ctfassets.net/tl4x668xzide/2jHzeRk3WeBXQn38qjTric/a60c2d92118f49f52581ff3df3fe72c6/michael-studer-500px.jpg?fit=fill&w=162&h=162&f=center&fm=webp)
Michael Studer PhD
![Sanaa Hakim](https://images.ctfassets.net/tl4x668xzide/2i5IoucuJdCaUDZEY3CeaK/c862ea294fe266e14233c58e3dc97c4f/sanaa-hakim-500px.jpg?fit=fill&w=162&h=162&f=center&fm=webp)
Sanaa Hakim
Roman Boner is Portfolio Manager of the Robeco Smart Energy strategy and member of the Thematic Investing team. Before joining Robeco in 2021, Roman was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Woodman Asset Management. Prior to that, he spent six years at Swisscanto (later part of Zurich Kantonalbank) as a Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for a sustainable global equity fund and co-manager of the thematic Global Water and Climate Fund. Roman started his career in 1996 at UBS working in different divisions including Private Banking, Asset Management and Trading. In 2003, he became Portfolio Manager at UBS Global Asset Management and, from 2005 onwards, focused on sustainable thematic equities strategies including Energy Efficiency and Climate change accounts. Roman graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Zurich in Economic and Business Administration and is a CFA® charterholder. Michael Studer is Co-Portfolio Manager of the Robeco Smart Energy strategy and member of the Thematic Investing team. Before joining Robeco in 2021, he spent three years at Acoro Asset Management, where he was an investment manager focused on the IT sector (semiconductors, software and internet). Prior to that, he worked as a Senior Equity Analyst covering IT at Julius Bär, Bank J. Safra Sarasin and as a sellside analyst at Bank am Bellevue with a total 10-year tenure. Michael started his career in 2007 as a consultant for Strategy & Operations in the Financial Services Industry at Deloitte. Michael holds a PhD in Accounting and Controlling and a Master’s in Information and Technology Management from the University of St Gallen (HSG), as well as a Master in International Management from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS). He also studied at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York (USA). Sanaa Hakim is Co-Portfolio Manager of the Robeco Smart Energy strategy and member of the Thematic Investing team. She joined Robeco in 2021 and has 12 years of experience. Prior to joining the firm, Sanaa was a global equity investment professional at Independent Franchise Partners and a generalist analyst at Capital Group for 5 years in London. Sanaa started her career in 2011 with Ernst and Young in Assurance and Advisory in Paris.
Performance
Per period
Per annum
- Per period
- Per annum
1 month
1.41%
1.76%
3 months
7.17%
8.47%
YTD
7.22%
13.72%
1 year
0.30%
18.34%
2 years
7.62%
15.88%
Since inception 07/2022
12.71%
18.39%
2023
14.75%
23.79%
Costs
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.
0.02%
Included management fee
A fee paid by the fund to the asset management company for the professional management of the fund.
0.00%
Included service fee
This fee is intended to cover official fees, such as the cost of annual reports, annual shareholders' meetings and price publications.
0.00%
Transaction costs
The transaction costs shown are the average annual transaction costs over the last three years calculated in accordance with European regulations.
0.21%
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 allocation
Asset
Currency
Sector
Top 10
- Asset
- Currency
- Sector
- Top 10
Policies
The fund can engage in currency hedging transactions. Typically currency hedging is not applied.
In principle the fund does not intend to distribute dividend and so both the income earned by the fund and its overall performance are reflected in its share price.
Robeco Smart Energy is an actively managed fund that invests globally in companies providing technologies for clean energy production, distribution, power management infrastructure and energy efficiency. The selection of these stocks is based on fundamental analysis. The fund's objective is to achieve a better return than the index. The fund has sustainable investment as its objective, within the meaning of Article 9 of the Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of 27 November 2019 on Sustainability-related disclosures in the financial sector. The fund's objective is also to achieve a better return than the index. The strategy integrates sustainability criteria as part of the stock selection process and through a theme-specific sustainability assessment. The portfolio is built on the basis of an eligible investment universe that includes companies whose business models contribute to the thematic investment objectives. The assessment regarding relevant SDGs uses an internally developed framework, more information on which can be obtained at www.robeco.com/si. The fund has sustainable investment as its objective within the meaning of Article 9 of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The fund furthers the decarbonization of the global energy sector through investments in clean energy sources, energy efficient products and infrastructure and by the electrification of the industrial, transportation and heating sectors. This is done by investing in companies that advance the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs): Affordable and Clean Energy goal, Decent work and economic growth, Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Sustainable cities and communities, and Climate action. The fund integrates ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) factors in the investment process and applies Robeco’s Good Governance policy. The fund applies sustainability indicators, including but not limited to normative, activity-based and region-based exclusions,carbon reduction target and proxy voting. The benchmark is a broad market weighted index that is not consistent with the sustainable objective of the Sub-fund. The Sub-fund will use the Custom Bloomberg Climate Transition Benchmark to monitor the carbon profile of the Sub-fund. The Custom Bloomberg Climate Transition Benchmark is consistent with the low carbon sustainable investment objective of the Sub-fund. It differs from a broad market index in that the latter does not take into account in its methodology any criteria for alignment with the Paris Agreement on greenhouse gas emission reduction and related exclusions.
Risk management is fully integrated into the investment process to ensure that positions always meet predefined guidelines.
Sustainability profile
ESG Important Information
The sustainability information below can help investors integrate sustainability considerations in their process. This information is for informational purposes only. The reported sustainability information may not at all be used in relation to binding elements for this fund. A decision to invest should take into account all characteristics or objectives of the fund as described in the prospectus.
Sustainability
The fund's sustainable investment objective is to further the transformation and decarbonization of the global energy sector. The transformation and decabonization of the energy sector and sustainability considerations are incorporated in the investment process by the means of a target universe definition, exclusions, ESG integration, a carbon footprint target and voting. The fund only invests in companies that have a significant thematic fit as per Robeco's thematic universe methodology. Through screening on both Robeco's internally developed SDG Framework and Robeco’s exclusion policy, the fund does not invest in issuers that have a negative impact on the SDGs, are in breach of international norms or where products have been deemed controversial. Financially material ESG factors are integrated in the bottom-up fundamental investment analysis to assess existing and potential ESG risks and opportunities. The fund's weighted carbon footprint will be equal to or better than that of its Climate Transition Benchmark. In addition, where a stock issuer is flagged for breaching international standards in the ongoing monitoring, the issuer will become subject to exclusion. Lastly, the fund makes use of shareholder rights and applies proxy voting in accordance with Robeco's proxy voting policy.The following sections display the ESG-metrics for this fund along with short descriptions. For more information please visit the sustainability-related disclosures.The index used for all sustainability visuals is based on MSCI World Index TRN.
Market development
July was a big rollercoaster month for global equity markets with a positive finish. What looks at a first glance like a continuation of this year's uptrend, unveiled many surprises below the surface. The biggest change came from the rotation out of tech and mega caps into small caps; the Russell 2000 Index outperformed the Nasdaq Index by close to 11% this month. The rotation was primarily driven by long-term US rates coming down further as markets became more confident that the Fed will start cutting rates in September. The latest economic data gives the Fed more confidence that inflation is under control, the labor market is cooling and the manufacturing PMI is already signaling contraction. The market is now already pricing in three interest rate cuts until the end of the year.
Performance explanation
Based on transaction prices, the fund's return was 1.41%. The renewable energy sector delivered the best performance this month, with the wind subsector in the lead as Nordex made the biggest contribution. The renewable power producers had a strong month as well, as interest cut expectations are driving the subsector. The Electric Networks subcluster in Energy Distribution showed a strong performance, especially SSE, buoyed by the recovery of power prices in Europe. The other subcluster, Equipment Suppliers, experienced a slowdown as concerns regarding AI weighted on the share prices. The Energy Efficiency cluster had a wide dispersion between subclusters. Transportation performed very well, thanks to Alstom making progress on deleveraging. Industrial Processes and Buildings were also positive contributors while the Big Data subcluster was negative as ARM Holdings suffered from AI-spending concerns. Energy Management was the weakest cluster as continued poor data from the auto industry, and especially EVs, weighted on Semiconductor Power Management, despite better-than-feared results by Onsemi, and the Energy Storage subcluster.
Expectation of fund manager
![Roman Boner](https://images.ctfassets.net/tl4x668xzide/1Dd0N7L1ibIapp5u381XJE/8dbabd47801a2797e3740f6a26ceba77/roman-boner-500px.jpg?fit=fill&w=162&h=162&f=center&fm=webp)
Roman Boner
![Michael Studer PhD](https://images.ctfassets.net/tl4x668xzide/2jHzeRk3WeBXQn38qjTric/a60c2d92118f49f52581ff3df3fe72c6/michael-studer-500px.jpg?fit=fill&w=162&h=162&f=center&fm=webp)
Michael Studer PhD
![Sanaa Hakim](https://images.ctfassets.net/tl4x668xzide/2i5IoucuJdCaUDZEY3CeaK/c862ea294fe266e14233c58e3dc97c4f/sanaa-hakim-500px.jpg?fit=fill&w=162&h=162&f=center&fm=webp)
Sanaa Hakim
Inflation in North America and Europe is gradually decreasing and approaching more acceptable levels. However, it might remain slightly above central bank targets for a while. The Federal Reserve's tightening cycle has likely shifted due to the negative impact of high rates on consumer behavior and growth prospects. Economic data, including labor markets, show some signs of weakening. We believe inflation is increasingly under control, and the Fed is likely cutting rates later this year. However, an escalating situation in the Middle East and the political uncertainty in Europe and the US remain key risks for the markets in the 2nd half of the year. The semiconductor sector is nearing a cyclical bottom, with the electric car trend driving semiconductor content. Industrial companies are normalizing supply chains post-pandemic, with high backlogs driving revenue growth. The renewable energy sector, which is sensitive to interest rates, still has strong growth prospects over this decade. Power demand growth is likely to accelerate with the need for additional power for AI datacenters.
Important information
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