an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message robeco groep n.v. the investment engineers . type subsidiary industry financial services founded 1929 headquarters rotterdam netherlands key people leni boeren chairman of the management board of robeco groep n.v. products asset management operating income 751 million 2012 net income 197 million 2012 number of employees 1399 fte average 2012 parent orix corporation 90 % rabobank groep 10 % website www.robeco.com robeco is an originally dutch asset management firm since 2013 part of orix founded in 1929 as the rotterdamsch beleggings consortium rotterdam investment consortium . by year end 2014 the company had 246 billion of assets under management . it was acquired in 2001 by the rabobank groep and sold in 2013 to orix corporation . 1 robeco offers assets management services to both institutional and private investors . the funds for private investors are available through robeco itself and other financial institutions a number of these funds are also listed on major european stock exchanges . since 1981 the company also offers savings accounts through its own savings bank roparco . contents 1 history 2 performance 3 global presence 4 headquarters 5 references history edit 1929 a group of prominent businessmen from rotterdam founded the rotterdamsch beleggings consortium rotterdam investment consortium and the robeco fund . the portfolio is diversified globally over the netherlands other european countries north and south america and the dutch east indies . 2 the company had a startup capital of almost 2 million guilders but by mid 1932 less than half was left . 3 but the company managed to survive the 1930s and managed to grow during world war ii by heavily investing in united states . 1940 1945 on the eve of wwii almost half of the portfolio is invested in the us . 4 as a result robeco s assets increase by almost 90 % between 1939 and 1946 . 5 1953 robeco introduces a share saving system allowing people of more modest means to save up for robeco shares . 6 1959 new listings in paris 1959 brussels 1960 london 1962 and numerous other european financial centers . listings are also obtained in hong kong 1971 and tokyo 1976 . 7 1963 robeco is one of the first foreign investors to enter the japanese stock market . 8 1965 foundation of rolinco a second mutual fund for investors more interested in capital growth than taxable dividend . 9 1969 robeco has become the largest mutual fund in europe . 10 1974 foundation of rorento robeco s first bond fund as an answer to the oil crisis in 1973 . 11 1980s robeco opens offices in various european countries including france luxembourg and switzerland . 12 1981 the company opens its own savings bank roparco . 13 1990s the company continued its international strategy in the 1990s by acquiring a number of us based firms . 1990 the company starts a close cooperation with the rabobank which would eventually lead to the takeover of robeco by the rabobank in 2001 . 14 1999 introduction of robeco duurzaamaandelen sustainable equities the first sustainable equity fund launched by a dutch mainstream asset manager . 15 2000 robeco north america acquires urban shopping centers 2002 robeco north america sells all of its urban shopping center investments 2002 robeco acquires a 60 % interest in boston partners asset management a value equity manager based in boston . 16 the remaining shares are acquired in 2003 . 12 2002 robeco acquires a 49 % interest in transtrend a rotterdam based managed futures trader with a track record going back to 1990 . 17 the remaining shares are acquired in 2007 . 18 2004 introduction of robeco sustainable private equity the first sustainable private equity fund of funds in the world developed in cooperation with rabobank . 15 2006 introduction of robeco clean tech private equity ii an investment program aimed at clean tech private equity funds and co investments developed in cooperation with rabobank . 15 2006 robeco signs the united nations principles for responsible investment . 19 2006 robeco joins the enhanced analytics initiative a group of international asset owners and asset managers who work together to encourage investment research that considers the impact of extra financial issues on long term company performance . 20 2006 acquisition of a 64 % stake in swiss based sustainable asset management . sam group and robeco join forces to launch the global number 1 platform for sustainability investments . 21 2007 for the belgian market robeco decides to focus on third party distribution ; robeco bank belgium is sold to kaupthing bank luxembourg . 22 2012 rabobank group is looking into the strategic options for its subsidiary robeco as part of a strategic reorientation . 23 2013 in february rabobank announced the sale of robeco to orix corporation of japan . orix will acquire about 90.01 % of the equity in robeco from rabobank for 1 935 million jpy 240.2 billion . closing of the transaction is subject to legal and regulatory approvals which are expected to be completed within six months . 24 the development of the amount of asset under management aum was as follows 25 year aum in m 24 march 1934 0.5 1939 6.8 1949 20.9 1959 248.2 1969 2 030 1978 4 629 1 july 1987 15 880 1999 85 400 2008 110 700 2009 134 900 2012 189 000 2013 205 000 2014 246 000 performance edit the stocks managed by robeco performed better than the benchmark over the period 2004 2006 beating the benchmark on average with 0.89 % . however performance was weaker over 2006 than it was over 2004 and 2005 . the bonds managed by robeco performed below the benchmark . global presence edit robeco currently has activities in the following countries ; 26 netherlands international headquarters ; robeco institutional asset management ; robeco direct ; transtrend all in rotterdam australia robeco hong kong ltd sydney china robeco greater china and south east asia hong kong ; representative office in shanghai france robeco france paris germany robeco germany frankfurt india canara robeco asset management mumbai japan robeco japan clients tokyo spain robeco spain madrid uae robeco middle east dubai switzerland robecosam switzerland zurich ; corestone investment managers zug united states robeco investment management new york boston los angeles san francisco ; harbor capital advisors chicago and boston ; robecosam new york headquarters edit robeco is headquartered in the 95 meter tall robeco toren in rotterdam on the corner of the coolsingel and blaak . 27 references edit rabobank press release orix completes acquisition of robeco 1 july 2013 slot b.m.j. iedereen kapitalist amsterdam 2004 p 130 duijn j.j. van met gemak betrouwbaar beleggen zutphen 2004 p 9 20 slot b.m.j. iedereen kapitalist amsterdam 2004 p 129 130 duijn j.j. van met gemak betrouwbaar beleggen zutphen 2004 p 59 slot b.m.j. iedereen kapitalist amsterdam 2004 p 198 ; duijn j.j. van met gemak betrouwbaar beleggen zutphen 2004 p 66 68 duijn j.j. van met gemak betrouwbaar beleggen zutphen 2004 p 71 slot b.m.j. iedereen kapitalist amsterdam 2004 p 257 slot b.m.j. iedereen kapitalist amsterdam 2004 p 248 duijn j.j. van met gemak betrouwbaar beleggen zutphen 2004 p 102 duijn j.j. van met gemak betrouwbaar beleggen zutphen 2004 p 109 110 a b 1 duijn j.j. van met gemak betrouwbaar beleggen zutphen 2004 p 110 duijn j.j. van met gemak betrouwbaar beleggen zutphen 2004 p 151 152 a b c ipe august 2007 p 23 boston business journal 19 july 2002 fem business 1 december 2007 p 38 het financieele dagblad 2 march 2007 2 3 4 5 investments & pensions europe rabobank exploring options for robeco including sale 27 april 2012 rabobank press release orix acquires robeco 19 february 2013 zestig jaar robeco 1929 1969 . robeco groep rotterdam 1990 and annual reports robeco groep https www.robeco.nl nl dut iw tools worldmap.jsp robeco groeit aan coolsingel in doodsquist uit zijn jasje dinsdag 12 februari 2008 depers.nl v t e financial services companies of the netherlands bancassurance ing group rabobank sns reaal banks abn amro alex asn bank amsterdam trade bank bank nederlandse gemeenten binck de lage landen direktbank elq hypotheken friesland bank nederlandse waterschapsbank nibc bank postbank sns bank sparck triodos bank van lanschot bankiers private banks & asset management insinger de beaufort kempen & co meespierson oyens & van eeghen robeco schretlen & co staalbankiers theodoor gilissen bankiers insurance aegon achmea ageas allianz atradius asr nederland axa nederland cardif centraal beheer conservatrix delta lloyd eureko de goudse verzekeringen fbto interpolis klaverblad verzekeringen monuta nationale nederlanden ohra tvm univ uvit vvaa zwitserleven health insurance azivo azvz cz groep de friesland menzis onvz zorgverzekeringen pno ziektenkosten salland verzekeringen dsw zorgverzekeringen zorg en zekerheid retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title robeco & oldid 735829477 categories investment management companies of the netherlandscompanies of the netherlandscompanies based in rotterdamcompanies established in 1929alternative investment management companies1929 establishments in the netherlandshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from january 2011all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 10 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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