Robeco Asset Management Podcast

Equity investing has always been about understanding businesses from the ground up. But we're now in an era when geopolitics matters more, where power is shifting, and in which a handful of technologies are reshaping entire industries. So the key question for investors today is how shareholder value is created and defended in a world that feels noisier, faster, and more fragmented than before. And that's what we're exploring in this episode.

Credit markets usually do not make the headlines, as the big themes of the day, such as AI, are perhaps less relevant to fixed income investors. However, they quietly shape how investors generate income and manage risk. Credit investors Evert Giesen and Jan Willem Knoll discuss the state of the markets and their favorite segments in this podcast episode.

Listed real estate continues to trade at a discount to the broader equity market, while dividend yields have been steady at attractive levels. Does the sector offer sufficient investor appeal over the coming years?

Emerging market equities have comfortably outperformed developed markets over the year to date – for the first time in years. Is this the start of something bigger, or just a temporary catch-up? And what lessons are there in the tremendous performance dispersion within the emerging-market universe?

There is talk of ESG fatigue – at least in some parts of the world – and concerns about how shareholder rights are evolving. There's also fresh thinking about the role of defense spending in sustainable portfolios. Tune in to our latest podcast episode where Carola van Lamoen and Rachel Whittaker discuss the state of sustainable investing.