Arnout van Rijn will take over as fund manager of Rolinco as of 1 September. He succeeds Mark Glazener, who will assume responsibility for the fund Robeco as of that date.
Arnout van Rijn: "I am highly motivated to realize good results for our shareholders. My 12 years' experience of investing in emerging markets, the Far East, America and Europe have been an excellent preparation for accepting this challenge. Moreover, the outlook at present for the growth stocks in which Rolinco invests is very promising right now."
Currently Van Rijn is fund manager of Robeco America. Prior to this he worked for Robeco for several years in Hong Kong and was also the fund manager of Robeco Emerging Markets.
Both Rolinco and Van Rijn were born in 1965. Rolinco currently has assets under management of EUR 1.3 billion. The fund invests internationally in companies with prospects for accelerated growth.
It is also intended that Van Rijn be appointed director of Rolinco. This appointment will be proposed to an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to be held on 25 August, and is subject to the approval of Dutch financial markets regulator AFM.
About Robeco
Robeco provides discretionary asset management products and services, as well as a complete range of mutual funds to a large number of institutional and retail clients worldwide. Robeco's product range encompasses fixed-income and equity investments, as well as balanced accounts, money-market funds and alternative investments.
Robeco distributes its funds for the retail market directly, and through other financial institutions. Several of its mutual funds, including the flagship Robeco N.V., are listed on major European stock exchanges such as Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt and London.
As well as from its head office in Rotterdam, Robeco services its clients from its European offices in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany and Spain. In the United States, Robeco has offices in New York, Chicago and San Francisco (Weiss, Peck & Greer), Boston (Boston Partners), White Plains (Sage Capital Management) and Toledo (Harbor Capital Advisors).