Dutch asset manager Robeco has expanded its retail line-up in Hong Kong and Singapore with the successful registration of three actively-managed fixed income funds – Robeco Credit Income and Robeco High Yield Bonds ( fundamental strategies ) and Robeco QI Dynamic High Yield ( a quantitatively managed strategy ).

These funds are already available on multiple private banking platforms. With these registrations, distribution partners can also activate the funds for their retail segments in both markets. 

The two fundamental credit funds share the company’s contrarian, value-focused credit investing approach – generating performance through bottom-up credit selection complemented by a top-down view on credit markets. Both funds, the company states, emphasize quality and maintain a shorter duration profile, aiming to limit drawdowns during volatile rate cycles.

The quantitative high-yield fund is managed by the company’s quantitative team, which has more than 25 years of experience in quantitative investing and manages over US$100 billion in assets as of December 2025. The strong quant platform allows for continuous innovation of the investment strategy.

Robeco Credit Income, launched in 2018 to meet Asian clients’ demand for income, is a flexible fixed income fund that adopts an unconstrained and truly global approach – sourcing attractive yield and income across global investment grade credit, higher quality segments of the global high-yield and emerging markets.

The fund aims to deliver an attractive yield and income with controlled credit and duration risk, making it an appealing solution for investors seeking to enhance the yield and income of their portfolios while managing volatility.

In addition to traditional credit analysis, the fund incorporates sustainability analysis as an additional lens for assessing issuers’ outlook. The fund is managed with a team approach, led by experienced portfolio managers, Evert Giesen and Jan Willem Knoll. As of December 2025, assets under management for Robeco Credit Income stood at US$2.25 billion, with more than half sourced from Asian clients. 

For investors seeking high-yield exposure, Robeco offers two funds that can provide a diversified exposure to the high-yield bond markets.

Robeco High Yield Bonds offers a quality-tilted approach that adds value by avoiding losers – resulting in lower drawdowns in bear markets. Managed by ‘high-yield veterans’ Sander Bus and Roeland Moraal, who have been working together since 2003, this fund, the company shares, reflects its long-standing expertise in global high-yield investing.  Robeco is among the few European asset managers with a successful global high-yield track record dating back to 1998.

Robeco QI Dynamic High Yield seeks high-yield-like returns through investing in credit default swap indices and government bonds since April 2014.

By investing in these liquid instruments, it has the flexibility to significantly increase or decrease its high-yield exposure in a quick and efficient way, offering liquidity in an otherwise illiquid asset class, even during periods of market stress.

Active positioning is determined by a dynamic timing model, based on macro-economic, momentum, value and seasonal indicators. The model determines how much risk is allocated to market, region and duration risk. This unique investment process provides diversification to traditional high-yield bond selection strategies.

“Fixed income strategies play an important role in investors’ portfolios in Hong Kong and Singapore, and we are excited to extend our institutional quality fixed income strategies to retail investors,” says Dawn Foo, the asset manager’s regional head of wholesale distribution, Asia-ex Japan. “Backed by decades of experience and a strong track record, these strategies bring compelling opportunities for those seeking quality and resilience.”