Fund rater Citywire awards Arnout van Rijn for his consistent outperformance with the strategy Robeco Asia-Pacific Equities.
Citywire awarded Arnout van Rijn as “the most consistent fund manager” based on the five year track record of Robeco Asia-Pacific Equities. There are currently 50 Asia Pacific funds, but only two funds have consistently outperformed their average peer each year.
Robeco Asia-Pacific Equities has a concentrated portfolio and its investment strategy is based on bottom up stock selection.
Van Rijn has financials as his top sector exposure, this is while also being overweight consumer staples and real estate.
Elsewhere in the fund, he is underweight commodities and, in his latest investor note, he said it is difficult to find attractive industrials.
Van Rijn, who is CIO for Robeco in Hong Kong, has Japan as his biggest geographic exposure. This currently makes up 41% of his fund, with exposure to China making up 13.3%, South Korea 10.2% and Australia 9.2%.