Providing specialist fixed income, key equity capabilities & alternatives solutions
RBC BlueBay Asset Management (“RBC BlueBay”) represents RBC Global Asset Management, the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) outside North America. RBC is among the world’s largest banks by market capitalisation. This gives us financial stability, security and scale, enabling us to invest in top quality proprietary research, advanced IT platforms and security, and ESG practices, which provides comfort to clients and supports our growth.
About RBC BlueBay
RBC BlueBay is an active investment manager partnering with clients to deliver optimal outcomes across asset classes. Our investment expertise is characterised by our specialist fixed income credentials (BlueBay), our broad-based equity capabilities, our integrated ESG approach and our impact investing strategies. We have a global perspective with local expertise in our core markets.
RBC BlueBay is committed to:
- Partnering with clients to provide investment and service excellence
- Delivering optimal investment outcomes for clients
- Active management through engaging with the entities in which we invest
- Investing in the regions in which we operate, our people and investment platform
- Fostering a culture of collaboration and diversity
Megatrends
Turmoil fails to derail long-term investment trends
It’s been a tumultuous year so far for investors. As they try to navigate a world of low growth, rising inflation and interest rates, and the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, where does that leave investing in long-term trends – or so-called megatrends?
Upcoming event
February 1 | 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST
Emerging Markets Outlook 2023 - A New Regime
Join us for a webinar on the state of emerging markets in 2023. Investment professionals will provide insight into the ideas shaping our 2023 emerging markets outlook and address the distinct forces influencing the emerging markets landscape.
Investing in private infrastructure
As investors seek to improve the risk-adjusted returns of their portfolios, allocations to high-quality global core/core+ private infrastructure strategies can provide a number of important benefits.
Entering a new regime: Emerging markets webinar 2023
What will 2023 bring for emerging markets investors? Watch to learn more about the distinct forces influencing the emerging markets landscape in the year ahead.
Sustained conviction
The results of RBC Global Asset Management’s 2022 Responsible Investment Survey have been released.
Our sixth annual survey polled on responsible investing practices, trends and beliefs among institutional investors globally. We are pleased to share the results and explore how they may impact the future of the industry.
Moving forward by looking back:
A five-year journey through responsible investment
Notes from the desk of Polina Kurdyavko
India - the elephant in the room
Polina Kurdyavko hits the road, reflecting on her observations from around the world while tying in fresh investment perspectives related to emerging markets.
- India has been a major contributor to global GDP growth.
- Factors contributing to this success include: demographics, geographic location, China's decline, focus on infrastructure, progress developing renewable energy and a focus on improving financial markets.
- We view India’s fixed income market is fairly valued, but view any dislocations as an opportunity to add risk, given the constructive fundamental backdrop.
Webinar Series:
Not the time to be idle — Taking action in today’s credit markets
Episode one: A compass for today’s credit markets
March 22, 2023
Mark Dowding, CIO, BlueBay Fixed Income team, will draw from the insights he has developed over his distinguished career as a research analyst and portfolio manager as well as from the many in-depth and detailed conversations had with some of the largest investors in the world. Interact with Mark as he provides insight on these complicated times and his expectations for 2023 and beyond.
RBC BlueBay US High Yield Strategy celebrates its 5-year anniversary
November 2022 marked the 5-year anniversary of the RBC BlueBay US High Yield Strategy.
We are excited to share this milestone achievement as the strategy has delivered consistent results, driven by an experienced, stable team employing a conviction-based investment approach with proprietary research and continuous innovation at its core.
Global Investment Outlook - Fall 2022
Each quarter, RBC Global Asset Management releases a comprehensive survey of financial markets and economics, including the full Outlook, video updates and specialized reports.
The weekly fix with Andrzej Skiba
We are pleased to provide a new weekly video series, The Weekly Fix, featuring Andrzej Skiba and members of the US Fixed Income team sharing insights into the events that are top of mind with fixed income investors.
Live webinar: Searching through the rubble for fixed income opportunities
Episode three in the webinar series: 2022’s Credit Conundrum; Navigating the crosscurrents we face in today’s fixed income markets
On September 21st, Andrzej Skiba and Tim Leary reflected on the carnage that we have seen so far this year and discussed how best to navigate this challenging environment through 2022 and into 2023.
Coming soon:
Quantitative tightening (QT) era begins
Tune in to a new Navigator podcast on June 16th to hear our Head of U.S. Fixed Income, Andrzej Skiba, break down the recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting and its effect on fixed income markets.
China Equity
Exposure to China’s structural growth story
In spite of recent market volatility, we believe China still provides investment opportunities, and China’s equity market gives investors access to an immense opportunity set.
Chinese equities offer diversification, idiosyncratic alpha, and thematic long-term growth potential. RBC’s China Equity strategy aims to capitalise on this by investing in high-quality companies with strong secular growth trends, priced at reasonable valuation levels.
Global Equity Leaders
Invest with conviction in leading companies
Global Equity Leaders is a concentrated equity strategy with exposure to global large-cap companies that we believe have a sustainable, competitive edge. Differentiated by our investment process, we actively engage with companies and take an ownership mindset to ESG integration.
Low volatility equities
While the objective of the low volatility style – achieving equity-like returns with lower levels of volatility – may be well understood, defining success for these strategies can be elusive.
Join us on July 27th for a webinar exploring the recent performance of low volatility equity strategies as well as suggested best practices for allocating to and monitoring these investments.
Read more about low volatility strategies >
Low volatility equities
While the objective of the low volatility style – achieving equity-like returns with lower levels of volatility – may be well understood, defining success for these strategies can be elusive.
At our latest webinar, we explored recent performance of low volatility equity strategies as well as suggested best practices for allocating to and monitoring these investments.
Read more about low volatility strategies >
Our approach to client service is as comprehensive as our approach to portfolio management, and we have been named a Greenwich Leader in Overall Canadian Institutional Investment Management Service Quality each of the past nine years. Greenwich Quality Leaders are distinguished for providing the industry’s highest-quality service as determined by Canadian institutional investor.1
Impact of the current inflationary backdrop on long-term outcomes for institutional investors
Assessing the potential impact of the current inflationary environment on various institutional investment portfolios from the same long-term perspective under which institutional policy decisions are made.
Labelled bond primer
Canadian labelled bond issuance more than doubled between 2019 and 2021, and a growing number of investors are looking to understand the evolving language, structure, and intent behind these instruments.
Multi-asset credit: Flexibility for navigating a low rate environment
Explore the benefits that the inclusion of multi-asset credit strategies can bring to a balanced investment portfolio.
Investing in global bonds series
Examining the potential advantages to adopting a global perspective when it comes to the fixed income opportunity set.
All kinds of companies
The consumer sector is vast and has always been defined by its wide range of businesses, featuring everything from 250-year-old well-known beer and food businesses to 25-year-old e-commerce companies. To our minds, that is what makes it so fascinating.
We look for enterprises with a strong, sustainable competitive advantage, who understand and commit to ESG, and who seek to build a successful company culture. Our Global Equity Team explain why consumer companies are well-placed to illustrate our decision-making process and highlight how our clients’ capital is managed.
Delegated investment services series
The benefits of a delegated investment services model can include more efficient decision making, enhanced monitoring, and quicker response time to developments in capital markets and/or regulatory changes.
Global Investment Outlook
New Year 2023
Global growth faces a variety of challenges including rising interest rates, high inflation and a struggling Chinese economy. Uncertainty is elevated and financial markets have been extremely volatile, but the significant adjustment in asset prices this year has diminished valuation risk and boosted return potential for investors as we enter 2023.
Responsible Investment Survey
Each year, RBC Global Asset Management conducts its annual global Responsible Investment survey focusing on Environmental, Social, Governance, and impact issues. In collaboration with Pensions & Investments (P&I), the survey asks key decision makers in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia for their thoughts on topics trending within the responsible investment universe.
2020 Key Themes Revealed
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Previous Global Survey Results
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016