RBC corporate profile
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 in this text as RBC. We are Canada’s largest bank as measured by assets and market capitalization and one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies. We provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, corporate and investment banking and transaction processing services on a global basis. Our Global Technology and Operations and Global Functions teams enable business growth with expert professional advice and state-of-the-art processes and technology. We employ approximately 70,000 full- and part-time employees who serve more than 14 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in North America and 34 countries around the world.

In Canada, we have strong market positions in all of our businesses. In personal and business banking, we rank first or second in most retail products. In wealth management, we have the leading (1) full-service brokerage operation, the top mutual fund provider among Canadian banks and the second-largest (1) self-directed broker. We are the largest Canadian bank-owned insurer, one of the top 10 Canadian life insurance producers, and a leader in creditor products, travel insurance and individual disability insurance. In corporate and investment banking, we continue to be the top-ranked securities underwriter and the leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisor. Our domestic delivery network is one of the most extensive of all Canadian financial services companies.

In the United States, we provide personal and commercial banking, insurance, full-service brokerage and corporate and investment banking services to approximately two million clients.

Outside North America, we have a banking network in the Caribbean and a significant presence in select markets. We offer investment banking, trading, correspondent banking and reinsurance to corporate, institutional, public sector and business clients. We also offer private banking and wealth management services for high net worth individuals and corporate and institutional clients.

(1) Based on assets under administration.

This annual report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of certain securities laws, including the “safe harbour” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and any applicable Canadian securities legislation. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements as a number of important factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements. Additional information about these factors can be found under “Caution regarding forward-looking statements” on page 25.