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Delivering to our clients exceptional investment outcomes and valued insights inspires everything we do. It drives us to:

  • Put our clients’ interests first
  • Foster a strong culture of collaboration and diversity
  • Offer extensive global capabilities and a diversified breadth of investment solutions
  • Act as an active, engaged and responsible owner by integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors across our investment processes
  • Embrace innovation and harness the combined power of human and machine
Our clients are the foundation of our story. We align the way we compensate our investment teams with the interests of our investors. It's our fiduciary responsibility to always put our clients' interests first.
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Managing people's wealth is a privilege

Our commitment to investors is personal, and we take that duty seriously. We invest our own money in the funds we manage – our success is yours.
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How we do business is as important as what we do.

Diverse viewpoints and backgrounds thrive at RBC. Fostering a learning environment and a culture of innovation has helped us build a strong, resilient business. Our success as a company is defined by the long-term well-being of the people that we serve, the places in which we operate, and the planet that we will leave to future generations.
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Over the last seven decades, we have globalized our investment platform, broadened our reach across different asset classes and deepened our capabilities within each of them.
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Our investment capabilities

We have strengthened our investment capabilities by bringing on talent based around the world, allowing us to build truly global portfolios.

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Canada
Europe
United States
Asia

By the numbers

$548+ Billion*
Global assets under management (AUM)
*as of January 2023

240+ Mutual funds*
200+ ETF tickers*

350+*
investment professionals

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Our global footprint

Our investment teams are committed to the pursuit of deep fundamental knowledge, collaboration, integrating advanced investment and risk management tools and embracing innovation.
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Power of human and machine

We believe that a combination of human and machine is more powerful than either on its own. Integrating advanced investment and risk-management tools allows us to make better investment decisions and efficiently manage portfolios.

Our commitment to innovation

RBC GAM Innovation Lab

In 2017, we committed over C$15 million to establish an in-house technology hub to incubate digital capabilities and drive innovation.

Borealis AI - an RBC Institute for Research

Established in 2016, Borealis AI is a curiosity-driven research centre with a focus on ethical AI that will help communities thrive.
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We believe that being an active, engaged and responsible owner empowers us to enhance the long-term, risk-adjusted performance of our portfolios and is part of our fiduciary duty. We take specific actions under each of these pillars to deliver on our duty of maximizing our clients’ investment returns without undue risk of loss.

Our approach to responsible investment

ESG integration

Our investment teams integrate material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their investment decisions for applicable types of investments.1

Active stewardship

We convey our views through proxy voting, engagement with issuers and regulatory bodies, and collaboration with other like-minded investors.2

Client-driven solutions and reporting

We align our solutions with client demand and provide transparent and meaningful reporting.

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Our approach to climate change

The economic impacts of climate change on specific markets, regions, and investments are complex, varied, and uncertain. We are committed to considering climate-related risks and opportunities as part of our fiduciary duty.

Learn more about our approach Read the RBC Climate Blueprint
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Corporate citizenship

Our programs and policies reflect our values and are embedded in business segments and functions across the company.


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Community & social impact

Creating a positive social impact – not just an economic one – is at the heart of our corporate citizenship approach.


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Diversity & inclusion

RBC was recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers by Mediacorp, and named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fourth year in a row.


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A look at the last 20 years of reinvesting in our business to deliver choice and quality to our clients.

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Disclosure

1Certain fund products do not integrate ESG factors, including but not limited to money market funds, index funds and certain third-party sub-advised funds. Please read a fund's prospectus or offering memorandum for further details.

2In certain instances involving quantitative investment, passive and certain third-party sub-advised strategies, there is no direct engagement with issuers by RBC GAM.

Please consult your advisor and read the prospectus or Fund Facts document before investing. There may be commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses associated with mutual fund investments. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. RBC Funds, BlueBay Funds and PH&N Funds are offered by RBC Global Asset Management Inc. and distributed through authorized dealers.

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