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High conviction stock-picking utilizing the full opportunity set

Diversification, incorporation of material ESG factors¹, and growth from Asia with tightly controlled style exposure

A diverse & experienced team – Bottom-up stock picking based on holistic, long-term understanding of industries across Asia, not just a single country.

Repeatable process - consistent culture and common philosophy that emphasizes teamwork, ESG integration and risk management.

    Investment philosophy

    • Businesses that are best in class or show strong improvement trajectory as evidenced by its return on capital levels against history and peers
    • Companies that have strong balance sheets and consistent cash flow generation that can outpace market expectations over the long run

    Investment style

    • Long-term perspective based on industry focus across the region
    • Short-term market shocks can create opportunities to buy at significant discount to what we assess is the fair value of the underlying business

    Investment process

    • High conviction stock selection based on fundamental research
    • Disciplined and unconstrained view of the benchmark to build differentiated returns over time

    Integration of ESG

    • We see direct engagement² and in-house research as core to what we do as long-term focused, fundamental, active investment managers
    • We believe our ESG assessments help us identify companies with good governance practices and appropriate management and oversight of material environmental and social characteristics
    • We build conviction as a team – each member contributes to our collective understanding of material ESG risks with different views and industry focus
    • Our ESG assessments are primarily driven by our proprietary due diligence checklist which allows us to be holistic, thorough, and consistent

    Portfolio construction

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    Company meeting notes

    • All investment ideas will have meetings notes, an investment checklist and research note shared in the team library

    Investment check list

    • Ideas are regularly reviewed and discussed at the team level from various perspectives

    Research note

    • Investment ideas are regularly presented to the team and team members are encouraged to speak up and ask questions about ideas in other sectors

    Material ESG factors can be incorporated at multiple points in our investment process. We access and analyze information from a broad array of sources, including external data providers and, more importantly, on-the-ground channel checks. The data gathered from these sources can be both quantitative and qualitative. We believe that incorporating material ESG factors will allow for more robust risk assessments on a stock and portfolio level.

    ESG integration is an important part of our fundamental, active investment management

    Quantitative

    Activities
    • Proprietary quant process/tools
    • Accounting quality screens
    • In-house audit/quant specialists
    • 3rd party research (GMT, MSCI ESG, HOLT Risk, Sustainalytics)
    Outcomes
    • Aggressive accounting
    • Sustainability of cash flows

    Qualitative

    Activities
    • In-house research notes and robust checklist with explicit commentary on ESG
    • 3rd party data specializing in ESG (e.g. past several years of company’s litigations or media coverage)
    Outcomes
    • Holistic, thorough, consistent process
    • Long-term view

    Beyond

    Activities
    • Company meetings/calls
    • On-the-ground channel checks
    • Sector specialist team structure/discussions
    • Interviews (e.g. industry experts, regulators, competitors, local investors)
    Outcomes
    • Industry/company specific ESG perspective

    Entire investment process. Each and every investment team member

    Source RBC GAM

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    Funds we manage (6)

    Fund name
    RBC China Equity Fund
    RBC Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity Fund
    RBC India Equity Fund
    RBC International Dividend Growth Fund
    RBC International Equity Currency Neutral Fund
    RBC International Equity Fund

    ¹ESG integration does not apply to certain funds, investment strategies, asset classes, exposures or security types, including, but not limited to, money market, buy and maintain, passive, and certain third-party sub-advised funds/strategies or certain currency or derivative instruments. Where our investment teams do integrate ESG factors, the weight given to ESG factors in an investment decision depends on the investment team’s assessment of that ESG factor’s potential impact on the performance of the security and/or the fund. For funds where ESG factors are not part of the investment objective, ESG factors are generally unlikely to drive investment decisions on their own, and, in some cases, may not impact an investment decision at all. Material refers to ESG factors that are most likely to have an impact on the financial performance of an issuer/security, and may depend on different factors such as the sector and industry of the issuer.

    ²RBC GAM’s approach to active stewardship, proxy voting and engagement may encompass a range of subjects, which may or may not include ESG-related matters.

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