John Pinto
Executive Director
j.pinto@robeco.com
+1 646 690 9385
www.robeco.com/us/insurers
230 Park Avenue, Ste 3330, New York, NY 10169 USA
About Robeco
Robeco is a pure-play international asset manager founded in 1929 with headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and 16 offices worldwide. A global leader in sustainable investing since 1995, its unique integration of sustainable as well as fundamental and quantitative research enables the company to offer institutional and private investors an extensive selection of active investment strategies, for a broad range of asset classes.
As of September 2023, Robeco had USD 186 billion in assets under management, of which USD 183 billion is committed to ESG integration.
Guide to sustainable quant equities investing
China: Restarting engine three
Quality: the underappreciation of well-managed businesses
Persistent human errors when forming future earnings expectations for companies give rise to the Quality premium. As the newer kid on the factor block, Quality has become established on the back of robust evidence and its resilience post publication.
Beyond Fama-French: alpha from short-term signals
Conservative investing stands the test of time
Six things you need to know about SDG investing
Spotlight on mining and palm oil in Q1 Active Ownership report
Robeco’s approach to tackling contentious corporate behavior is the main theme in the Active Ownership team’s first-quarter report.
REITs: playing in extra time?
They’ve long been seen as defensive, since traditional bricks and mortar can usually survive any downturn. But investors should be cautious about relying on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) if the current macro headwinds lead to a recession, says strategist Peter van der Welle.
Guide to climate fixed income investing
We've developed a practical solution for investors who are serious about meeting their climate-related goals. This publication explains how to stimulate decarbonization of the broader economy and society by investing in select companies.
Climate change tops insurers’ agenda
"We've seen a real acceleration in the last two years of insurance companies looking to embrace sustainability."
Sustainability Report 2021: Integrating sustainability into our investments and operations
Survey shows biodiversity rises in importance for investors
More than half of investors plan to make biodiversity a significant part of their investment policy, Robeco’s Global Climate Survey has revealed.
SI Dilemmas: The unexpected debate about weapons
Sustainable investing has never been static. It has evolved over the decades to include a wider range of asset classes and approaches. A certain set of beliefs has tended to underpin all approaches though, tied to the concept of environmental protection and inter-generational equity, and aligned with identification of the most important topics. The arrival of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 further helped to provide a common, albeit imperfect, reference framework for sustainable investors.
Engagement considered important by four in five investors
The road to climate investing - a journey for insurers
Climate change is becoming a more prevalent topic in everyday business life. Every week, new companies sign up to net zero. Setting and reaching decarbonization targets is particularly important for insurers as they are being hit twice when it comes to climate change. On the one hand, the amount of claims they have to pay is going up due to the increased number of major weather events that cause significant damage to property. On the other hand, insurers also have to face the fact that asset-wise, the value of their portfolios could fall significantly if they are highly exposed to the potential losers of climate change.
Investors ramp up investments in the SDGs
A majority of investors plan to increase their focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Robeco Global Climate Survey 2022 has found.
To divest or not to divest – that’s not the question
Investors’ engagement and Enel: a success story
Documentary: Engage to change
Investors to be stricter on ESG during AGM season
The climate transition and social condition will be key issues during the AGM season – and companies cannot expect an easy ride. That’s the outlook from Robeco’s corporate governance team, which expects to vote at over 5,000 meetings from now until the early summer.
SI Dilemmas: Collaborating is key to making progress, but isn’t always easy
Solving the world’s greatest sustainability challenges, from halting climate change and biodiversity loss to promoting well-being and inclusion, requires collaboration. These issues are so complex that nobody – not governments, NGOs or big business – can solve them by themselves. That is why we do not act in isolation. So, why do we find partnerships so important, who do we collaborate with, and what do we work on?
Engagement and biodiversity lead 2022 Global Climate Survey
Climate change remains central to investor strategies over the coming years, as active ownership and biodiversity increase in importance. These are the main takeaways from the 2022 Robeco Global Climate Survey on investment approaches to tackling global warming.
Credit outlook: ‘If I have to make a tackle, I’ve already made a mistake’
Indices insights: Can passive investors integrate sustainability without sacrificing returns or diversification?
Understanding sustainability beyond the data
Fixed income outlook: Czech mate
Using engagement to advance sustainability matters in the palm oil industry
SI Dilemmas: What is our real world impact as investors in secondary markets?
Voting to promote the S in ESG
The implications of divesting from fossil fuel stocks
Taking on the challenge of measuring investment impact
Value could outperform for five years or more
Human instincts drive the Value premium
Robeco launches biodiversity paper and teams up with WWF-NL
Acceleration to Paris leads Q4 Active Ownership report
US Inflation: the underlying reasons, the Fed’s reaction and the market impact
Further ‘gamification’, or back to fundamental investing?
Protecting the planet heads 2022 engagement themes
Earnings engine in lower gear but still humming
China flexes its policy muscles – but can they still do the heavy lifting?
Factoring carbon taxes into a Value strategy
Research on pre-1926 database reveals equity factors are ‘eternal’
Our outlook for SI and engagement themes for 2022
Join the webinar with Masja Zandbergen and Peter van der Werf on 13 January
The big shift: turning truly and sustainably green
The trends shaping our future in 118 charts
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So imagine what dozens of pictures depicting the long-term trends shaping our socioeconomic environment may be worth, when put together. This booklet gathers the most intriguing graphs that our trends investing experts have presented on a daily basis, over the past year. They show a world in which transforming technologies, changing sociodemographics, and the need to preserve the earth are constantly reshaping our future.
Talk ’22: ‘We look for unexpected beauties rather than the usual suspects’
Emerging market equities can catch up with their developed world counterparts as tapering starts in 2022, says Wim-Hein Pals. In our 2022 outlook interview series, Robeco’s experts answer five key questions about their investing arenas.
Quant modeling can use non-numerical data, too
Inflation fears and a more hawkish Fed spook markets
Rising inflation that prompted the Fed to suggest faster tapering which may accelerate rate hikes has rattled markets.
Shielding factor portfolios from credit downgrades and defaults
Higher Sharpe ratio and reduced downside risk via enhanced factors. Improved downside risk management in portfolio construction. Multi-factor strategies well fitted to mitigate downgrades and defaults.
Green is the new color, also for emerging markets
Emerging markets have been significantly increasing their investments in green energy generation. A green recovery that attracts investment in clean energy, and promotes energy efficiency, offers opportunity potential for emerging markets to stimulate growth, innovation and jobs, while tackling the looming challenge of climate change.