Robeco

Robeco, originally a Dutch asset management company created in 1929 as the Rotterdamsch Beleggings Consortium, has been a part of Orix since 2013. The business managed €246 billion in assets as of 2014. It was purchased by the Rabobank Group in 2001 and sold to the ORIX Corporation in 2013. Robeco provides both institutional and individual investors with asset management services. Private investors can access money through Robeco and other financial organizations.

Nearly 2 million guilders were invested at the company's founding, but by the middle of 1932, fewer than half remained. Through significant investments in the United States, the corporation was able to weather the Great Depression and expand during World War II. Nearly half of the portfolio was invested in the US between 1940 and 1945, the period of World War II. As a result, between 1939 and 1946, Robeco's assets expanded by over 90%. In 1953, Robeco developed a share-saving program that allowed those with fewer means to accumulate funds for Robeco shares.

Founded: 1929
Headquarters: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Website: robeco.com