Robeco launches short-duration global credits strategy

Maximum six year duration

Robeco has launched a short-duration version of its existing global credits strategy, focusing on developed investment grade corporate bonds with a maximum six-year maturity.

Victor Verberk and Reinout Schapers will be lead portfolio managers on the Global Credits - Short Maturity strategy, which will be benchmarked against the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Corporate 1-5 years index. Along with developed investment grade, the fund will have the flexibility to invest in emerging credits, securitised credits and high yield, which will be mainly be BB-rated. The firm said it will have the same value, unconstrained approach to global credits as the existing strategy. Robeco launches Chinese A-shares fund It will be available for both institutional ...