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About RBC

With RBC, you get one of the world’s premier diversified financial services companies. One that is distinguished by a long heritage of financial strength, integrity and unwavering dedication to our clients.

Key Facts
  • Founded in 1869
  • 80,000+ employees serving 17 million clients worldwide
  • Stock trades as RY on New York (NYSE), Toronto (TSX) and Swiss (SWX) exchanges

Canada’s Leading Financial Institution

  • Largest financial institution in Canada*, with CDN$724 billion in assets
  • 2007 Bank of the Year in Canada (The Banker)
  • #1 or #2 across all major financial products and services
  • Canada’s Most Valuable Brand (U.K.-based Brand Finance Study, released in Canadian Business)

Among the World’s Best

  • Top 10 of largest banks in North America as measured by market capitalization*
  • Top 15 of largest banks globally*
  • #12 in 2007 Top 20 Global Investment Banks (Bloomberg 2008)
  • Top 100 Most Powerful Brands in the World (BrandZ/Milward Brown Optimor)

Strong…Safe…Sustainable

  • Rated as safest bank in Canada and third in North America (Global Finance)
  • One of the highest credit ratings of any financial institution – Moody’s Aaa, Standard & Poors AA – and Fitch Ratings AA**
  • Named among the world’s top 100 sustainable companies for the fourth consecutive year (World Economic Forum)
  • Named on the 2007/2008 Dow Jones Sustainability Index
  • Ranked #1 in the Global 100 Greenest Companies (Newsweek Magazine, April 2007)
  • Provided $200,000 in Community Action Grants in 2008 to watershed-protection projects in Canada, the U.S. and the Caribbean under the 10-year, $50 million RBC Blue Water Project.


About RBC Wealth Management

RBC Wealth Management comprises businesses that directly serve the evolving wealth management needs of affluent and high net worth clients in Canada, the U.S. and around the world. RBC Wealth Management also encompasses businesses that provide asset management and trust products through RBC and external partners.


About RBC Wealth Management - International Division

The international division of RBC Wealth Management serves over 33,000 high net worth and niche corporate and institutional clients in select markets around the world. Our client solutions include international private banking, credit and financing, trust and fiduciary services, discretionary investment management, international full service brokerage, structured products, investment funds, international tax consultancy, global custody, fund administration and more.

With a network of offices in over 30 key financial centres around the world, we are one of the top 25 global private banks in the world and the #1 provider of trust services in the U.K., according to the Euromoney 2008 Private Banking survey.


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We can offer you the strength, stability and full global resources of RBC.

Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) and its subsidiaries operate under the master brand name of RBC and may be referred to on this site as RBC.

* As measured by assets and market capitalization as at Q4, 2008

** Major credit rankings as at December 4, 2008