RBC iShares ETFs are comprised of RBC ETFs managed by RBC Global Asset Management Inc. and iShares ETFs managed by BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited ("BlackRock Canada").
What are core ETFs?
Core ETFs are index tracking equity and fixed income ETFs that provide broad and comprehensive exposure to traditional asset classes.
RBC iShares has 30+ core ETFs that offer investors a range of choices to help meet their investment needs. With just a few of these funds, investors can easily build a broadly diversified portfolio across major asset classes at a low cost.
Low Cost
iShares Core ETFs charge low management fees ranging from 0.05% to 0.25% per year. This means investors can keep more of what they earn.
Quality
iShares Core ETFs are a high-quality index suite that delivers comprehensive market exposure, deep liquidity, and tight tracking to established benchmarks.
Performance
Managed by BlackRock, a global leader in index investing with a long history of delivering close tracking to market benchmarks.
*As of May 31, 2025.
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The case for core ETFs
Core ETFs may serve as foundational building blocks for investment portfolios. Research has shown that asset allocation decisions themselves whether to domestic equity, foreign equity, or fixed income are responsible for over 90% of a diversified portfolios return variation through time.1 Core ETFs can help access this main driver of investment return with ease, by acting as efficient tools to capture broad market returns (beta) from major asset classes.
Other ways to use core ETFs in your portfolio
Portfolio diversification: Core ETFs provide broad market exposure across major asset classes and can complement focused portfolios of stocks and bonds, offering diversification benefits and mitigating concentration risk.
Tactical allocation: Core ETFs are designed to offer high liquidity and low transaction costs, making them ideal for tactical allocation within a portfolio. For example, investors can quickly reallocate between stocks and bonds, foreign and domestic holdings, and short or long duration as market conditions evolve.
Fee budgeting: Over the long term, even small differences in fund management fees can compound significantly. By incorporating low-cost core ETFs into a portfolio, investors can effectively budget for fees and save more of what they earn.
1Brinson, Gary P., Hood, L. Randolph and Beebower, Gilbert L. 1986. “Determinants of Portfolio Performance. Financial Analysts Journal, vol. 42, no. 4 (July/August): 39–48.
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