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Emerging markets, concentration risk and the evolution of quantitative investing

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

Emerging markets are often viewed through the lens of geopolitics, growth and valuations. But for quantitative investors, another question matters just as much: how do systematic models need to evolve as markets change? In this episode, we explore why the asset class remains structurally under-owned, and how innovation in signals, data and portfolio construction can help navigate a more concentrated, more complex investment landscape.

EM to the core, Ep. 7/7 – Emerging markets debt dynamics

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

Investors in EM equities may worry they're doubling up by investing in EM debt. That isn't the case though with EM bonds drawing on sovereign credit cycles and local currency dynamics that move independently from equities. The foundation has never been stronger with emerging market economies having recently navigated geopolitical shocks, inflation, and developed-market turbulence.

EM to the core, Ep. 6/7 – Performance dispersion and the alpha opportunity

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

Emerging markets are anything but homogeneous: institutions, policy regimes, commodity exposure, governance standards and political risk vary. This dispersion is the opportunity set for true active managers to compound value.

EM to the core, Ep. 5/7 – Finding balance with EM equities

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

The rotation into emerging markets is embryonic, with global investor portfolios still over-exposed to US assets. Realigning investments to better reflect the engines of global economic growth will take decades, not months and this trend is only just gaining momentum.

Don’t play the market, but focus on fundamentals and valuations

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

Stock markets have been dominated by the energy and AI themes, centered around a tech-dominated US market that some feel is over-priced. In the latest episode of our podcast series with Robeco’s investors, Chris Hart, Portfolio Manager of Robeco Boston Partners Global Premium Equities, explains how he finds pockets of value all over the world.

EM to the core, Ep. 4/7 – Emerging markets in a multi-polar world

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

Framing around emerging markets has typically focused on risk, but long‑term investors see mispriced opportunity. In this ‘EM to the core’ episode, portfolio manager Daniela da Costa shares how she looks through the geopolitical noise to focus on how different emerging markets are repositioning themselves in this new environment.

EM to the core, Ep. 3/7 – The emerging markets consumer

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

In episode 3 we focus on a key structural force: the emerging markets consumer. Karnail Sangha of Robeco’s Emerging Markets Equity team discusses who these consumers are, how rising incomes and digital inclusion are transforming their spending patterns, and what sectors stand to benefit from this powerful, long‑term growth trend.

EM to the core, Ep. 2/7 – Emerging markets’ competitive edge

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

Emerging markets are now leading innovation in strategic sectors. In our new ‘EM to the core’ episode, Robeco’s Jaap van der Hart explains how countries like China, Korea, Taiwan and India have become key to the supply chains in semiconductors, AI hardware, autos and renewable energy – and what that means for investors.

EM to the core, Ep.1/7 – Six tailwinds for emerging markets

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

In the first episode of our new podcast series, portfolio manager Wim-Hein Pals discusses six factors that support the case for emerging markets equities. The relative discount of around 30% compared to developed markets is probably the most significant.

The curious case of Fama-French: where does alpha come from?

Robeco Asset Management Podcast

Factor investing was built on powerful academic foundations, but its real-world results have become harder to ignore. While many traditional factor approaches have disappointed, some quant strategies have continued to outperform across cycles. In this podcast, we unpack the gap between theory and practice, and what it reveals about the evolution of quant investing.

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