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RBC Global Asset Management Inc. exercises the voting rights attached to securities held by RBC Funds, PH&N Funds, RBC Private Pools, RBC Alternative Funds, RBC ETFs (“Funds”)1, and segregated client accounts where we have been granted voting discretion.2
We believe that investments in issuers that have transparent disclosure and effective governance are more likely to outperform on a risk-adjusted basis, over the long term. We believe that communicating with an issuer's management or board through the exercise of voting rights is an effective way of addressing issues that are material to our investments and can help protect and enhance the long term value of the portfolios we manage. We make our voting decisions independently and in accordance with our custom Proxy Voting Guidelines.
We have established the RBC GAM Proxy Voting Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) to govern the exercise of our voting rights. We review and update our Guidelines on an ongoing basis our view of corporate governance best practices evolve and with the view to enhance the long-term value of our portfolios.. Our Guidelines are published for the information of our clients and to assist issuers in understanding the message we have sent or intend to send through the exercise of proxy voting rights. The Guidelines are applied for issuers in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.In all other markets, RBC GAM utilizes the local benchmark voting policy of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.(ISS).

Proxy voting resources

1. We refer to all of the RBC Funds, PH&N Funds, RBC Private Pools, RBC Alternative Funds, and RBC ETFs, as the “Funds”. For more information, please review the prospectus.

2. In the case of certain sub advised funds, RBC GAM has delegated the investment management responsibility and the related obligation to exercise a fund’s voting rights to the sub advisor of the fund. RBC GAM’s affiliated sub advisors have adopted the Proxy Voting Guidelines. For information, please review the prospectus.

This webpage and embedded links include information related to RBC GAM’s approach to responsible investment, which does not apply to certain funds, investment strategies, asset classes, exposure or security types that do not integrate ESG factors. Examples of what would not integrate ESG factors include, but are not limited to, money market, buy and maintain, passive, and certain third-party sub-advised funds/strategies or certain currency or derivative instruments. ESG factors are considered by our investment teams to varying degrees and weights, depending on the investment team’s assessment of that ESG factor’s potential impact on the risk-adjusted, long-term performance of the security and/or the fund. For funds where ESG factors do not form a part of their investment objective, ESG factors are generally not likely to drive investment decisions on their own, and in some cases, may not impact an investment decision at all. RBC GAM has a general approach to active stewardship, proxy voting, and engagement that addresses ESG matters among other matters. References to active stewardship do not apply to certain investment strategies where proxy voting and/or engagement are not used. Examples of what would not conduct certain active stewardship activities include, but are not limited to, quantitative investment strategies that do not conduct engagements, passive, and certain third-party sub-advised strategies. RBC GAM does not manage proxy voting for certain third-party sub-advised strategies. For clarity, RBC Indigo Asset Management Inc. and its fund products are not covered by the information presented on this webpage, unless otherwise indicated.

Disclosure

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.


RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) is the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) which includes RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM Inc.), RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc., RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited, and RBC Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited, which are separate, but affiliated subsidiaries of RBC.