The fund Robeco realized a return of 13.6% over the first six months of 2005. This puts the fund Robeco back up among Europe's top performers again.

In recent years, Robeco's fixed-income funds repeatedly reached number 1 in the European lists. Thanks to a new investment approach and a bigger and stronger team of fund managers, Robeco's large equity funds are now back at the top of European equity-fund lists.

Robeco Group's CEO George Möller: "We waited a while before making this public, as we wanted to be certain that the results were sustainable. July once again showed good results. I assume that our new approach is beginning to pay off for our long-term investors."

Rolinco and Robeco Global Value Equities also showed good results with returns of 15.9% and 13.1%, respectively. Relative performances were also good. Robeco beat its benchmark by 1.61%, Rolinco by 3.76%, and Robeco Global Value by 0.80%.

The recovery began back in the second half of last year. On a twelve-months' basis, Robeco's result comes out at 18.1% and Rolinco's at 20.2%. The figure for Robeco Global Value Equities is not available because this fund was launched at the end of 2004.

This press release will be updated in December.