Robeco reaches €1 billion in active ETF assets one year after launch
11 NOV, 2025
By Joanna Piwko from RankiaPro Europe
Robeco has surpassed €1 billion in assets under management in its active ETF range, marking a key milestone just one year after entering the ETF market.
This success reflects Robeco’s strategic ambition to broaden its investment offering and provide innovative, listed solutions to clients. The ETF platform was launched after the 2023 appointment of Nick King to the newly created role of Head of ETFs, underlining the firm’s intention to become a serious competitor in active ETFs. Starting from scratch, King has built Robeco’s ETF capabilities, and today the firm offers six active ETFs: five equity strategies and one fixed income strategy.
In just one year we have reached a fundamental milestone, with €1 billion of AuM across our ETF range, four of which already exceed €100 million – a critical threshold for many investors. This is an outstanding result that shows the strength and relevance of our offering.
Nick King, Head of ETFs at Robeco
Robeco continues to expand its lineup, particularly in fixed income, where it is developing active ETFs focused on investment grade credit and high yield, while also broadening its range of fundamental and thematic strategies.
Reaching €1 billion in AuM one year after the launch of our first ETFs clearly demonstrates that our offering answers a real market need. It’s an excellent start, and only the beginning. Active ETFs are a powerful complement to traditional funds and mandates, especially thanks to their liquidity and intraday tradability.
Ivo Frielink, member of the Executive Committee and Global Head of Sales and Marketing
Robeco’s ETF platform is designed to make the firm’s expertise accessible to a wide range of investors and distribution channels. The ETFs attract both new and existing clients, including end investors who might not typically choose traditional mutual funds.
In September, Robeco extended its ETF range in fixed income with an actively managed Eurozone government bond ETF with a climate focus. The strategy uses a proprietary methodology developed with FTSE and ING to assess countries’ climate performance across three pillars – ambition, policies and evidence. The ETF tilts allocations towards countries showing stronger progress toward net zero, while aiming to maintain a risk/return profile in line with the broader Eurozone government bond market.
Robeco’s journey into ETFs started with the launch of its 3D ETFs, designed for core allocations by balancing risk, return and sustainability, drawing on Robeco’s 20-year track record in active quantitative strategies and enhanced indexing. Alongside this, the Dynamic Theme Machine ETF uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to identify and rotate between the most relevant investment themes, offering a dynamic alternative to traditional single-theme products.
