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RBC Global Asset Management Inc. announces February sales
results for RBC Funds and PH&N Funds
TORONTO, MARCH 3, 2011— RBC Global Asset Management
Inc. (RBC GAM) announced February net sales of $1.1 billion.
Long-term funds had net sales of $1.4 billion and money market funds had net redemptions of
$376 million. Assets under management increased by $3.0 billion
or 2.7 per cent.
"It was a tremendous RRSP season for our family of funds,
as advisors and investors continued to redeploy cash into
longer term investments," said Doug Coulter, president
of RBC Global Asset Management Inc. "With strong inflows
across our diverse line-up of investment solutions throughout
February, we continued to be an industry leader in long-term
mutual fund net sales. Among our top performing funds, RBC
Canadian Dividend Fund proved to be a favourite choice. The
fund recently won the Lipper award for the Best Fund in the
Canadian Dividend & Equity Income category for its outstanding
10-year track record."
The top selling RBC Funds and PH&N Funds for February
included RBC Select Portfolios, PH&N Monthly Income Fund,
RBC Canadian Dividend Fund, and RBC Managed Payout Solutions.
Performance information is based on preliminary data from
the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC). Please read
the prospectus 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.
The 2011 Lipper Fund Award is based on the best risk-adjusted
performance over ten-year periods ended October 31, 2010.
Lipper Inc. is a Thomson Reuters company.
Returns for RBC Canadian Dividend Fund: 1 year, 18.6 %; 3
year, 4.6 %; 5 year, 4.8 %; 10 year, 8.7%, as of February
28, 2011.
About RBC Global Asset Management and
RBC Wealth Management
RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) is the asset management
division of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) which includes institutional
money managers Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management
(PH&N), RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) and BlueBay
Asset Management. RBC GAM is a provider of global investment
management services and solutions to individual, high net
worth and institutional investors through mutual funds, pooled
funds, hedge funds, segregated accounts and specialty investment
strategies. RBC GAM group of companies manage approximately
$250 billion in assets and have almost 1,000 employees located
across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. Website:
www.rbcgam.com.
RBC Global Asset Management is part of
RBC Wealth Management which directly serves affluent and high
net worth clients in Canada, the United States, Latin America,
Europe and Asia. RBC Wealth Management provides integrated
and diversified international wealth management expertise
and solutions, asset management and trust services to high
net worth individuals and to corporate and institutional clients.
Services provided by RBC Wealth Management consultants, advisors,
private bankers and trust officers include trust and estate
planning, tax advice, discretionary investment management
and investment advisory services, structured solutions, banking,
lending and global custody. RBC Wealth Management has approximately
$500 billion of assets under administration, $250 billion
of assets under management and more than 4,500 financial consultants,
advisors, private bankers and trust officers.
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For more information, please contact:
Yen To, RBC GAM Communications, 416 955 5916
Leah Commisso, RBC GAM Media Relations, 416 955 6498
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