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Investment Advisors ranked RBC Dominion Securities the highest overall (9/10) among all Canadian wealth management firms in the 2022 Investment Executive Brokerage Report Card, the industry’s annual survey of advisors’ satisfaction with their firms.

In total, RBC Dominion Securities led in 17/30 categories for which a rating was calculated among bank-owned wealth management firms.

The survey results reflect how an excellent advisor experience leads to an excellent client experience, with RBC Dominion Securities’ top marks in freedom to make objective product choices and quality of product offering. As well, it highlighted support for developing a financial plan for clients and reputation with clients and prospects.

How Investment Advisors rated their firms

Discretionary account management

Private Investment Management (PIM) is our premium level of discretionary portfolio management. Accredited portfolio managers have access to a suite of proprietary web-based tools to seamlessly manage and review their discretionary portfolios. These integrated tools allow portfolio managers to create models, bulk trade across multiple accounts, as well as manage and view clients at the household level.

A+, our unified managed account platform, is an innovative investment platform that gives advisors convenient access to over 50 of the world’s leading internal and external investment managers – typically available only to large individual and institutional accounts – as well as a suite of more than 2,500 mutual funds and ETFs. Fully customizable, A+ is a sophisticated, tax-efficient portfolio that gives your clients direct ownership of individual investments.

Personalized client reporting

Our client reporting system allows advisors to compile and organize customized data quickly and easily across all Dominion Securities programs into a single report.

“At RBC, you have the distinct advantage of holding both discretionary and advisory relationships with the same client.”

Non-Discretionary account management

Designed for clients who wish to remain involved in the day-to-day details of managing their wealth, the Advisor and Commission programs offer a non-discretionary approach to investing, where the client and advisor work in partnership to reach financial goals. The Advisor program is built on a single household fee, while the commission program follows a traditional fee-per-transaction model.

Your clients’ needs are ever-changing and multifaceted. Meeting them is easy when you have the industry-leading RBC Wealth Management Services team committed to servicing your clients to the same standard that you do.

Be it an accounting query or a legal matter, your partners are at the ready. Strategically located right in your office or a nearby town, your specialists will help you exceed client expectations of what an advisory firm can do. No matter where you are, expertise is always a quick call or click away.

 Estate and trust planning

Experts help clients determine which estate and trust solutions may be appropriate for them based on their family situation and objectives. They identify tax-efficient strategies for wealth transfer to chosen beneficiaries and assist clients with wealth transfer needs by educating future inheritors and the next generation.

 Retirement planning

Specialists can help with registered retirement plans, locked-in plans, defined benefit and defined contribution pensions, individual pension plans, and retirement compensation arrangements.

 Business ownership planning

Leverage the knowledge and expertise of our business owner strategists to assist business owner clients with their specialized financial needs, preparing for business succession and transition, risk management, and safeguarding wealth.

 Tax planning

Tax consultants work with advisors to develop tax-efficient investment strategies to help manage risk, deduct interest, and address tax preparation. They also work with advisors and clients to identify potential solutions for non-residents, executives, holding companies, and corporation issues.

 Charitable giving

Experts help clients determine which charitable giving strategies are most for them suitable based on their objectives. They can also assist clients and their families in implementing a charitable foundation to maximize tax benefits and leave a lasting legacy.

 Insurance

Help your clients analyze their insurance needs to ensure they provide for loved ones in the event of disability or death, and deliver creative insurance strategies to increase retirement income and create a lasting legacy.

The RBC Dominion Securities Portfolio Advisory Group (PAG) provides advisors with asset allocation guidance, investment ideas, and recommendations. They can assist you with preparing portfolio reviews and proposals by delivering objective and independent insights, and they provide one-on-one advice on fulfillment selection and client presentations – all to better help you to service your clients.

Leverage multi-faceted support from market information and commentaries, model-guided portfolios, the DS daily Morning Insight and Mid-Day Insight publications, as well as regular client communications, such as Global Insight Weekly and Global Insight Monthly. The RBC DS Asset Allocation Guide also provides guidance on asset allocation from the Canadian Investment Committee.

Every advisor benefits from access to robust and insightful global research and strategy. In our customizable website, RBC Insight, find in-depth coverage of equities, fixed income, investment-grade and high-yield credit, foreign exchange and economics, from RBC Capital Markets’ award-winning analysts, as well as our third-party and independent research providers. Using interactive tools, you can create custom searches, subscribe to specific commentary, explore recent reports, and access an archive of research products.

Each year, we put more than $60 million in our technology platforms, with a focus on improving advisor efficiency, enhancing client experience, and meeting regulatory requirements.

As we continue to transform client accounts to better manage and share data, our systems are becoming more integrated and efficient, resulting in more time for you to serve clients and grow your business.

In a rapidly evolving regulatory environment, we leverage technology to enable us to meet our obligations in an efficient manner. Whether we’re delivering client materials through our secure DS Online platform or enhancing our client reporting, we continue to innovate to ensure clients receive timely account information.

 Award-winning mobile app

Advisor’s Virtual Assistant (AVA) provides advisors with on-the-go access. With AVA, you can quickly find clients/households, instantly connect with clients via email and phone, and easily review a client’s portfolio of accounts details. Client bios, notes, tasks, and client emails are all at your fingertips. You can also dictate notes straight into the client record and review and approve electronic KYCs on the fly.

 Wealth projection

A real-time projection tool that provides a holistic view of a client’s financial picture, myGPS™ is designed to meet the changing wealth management needs of clients by providing an overview of client goals, priorities, and solutions.

 Social media

RBC Social for Business is RBC Dominion Securities’ social media supervision and digital marketing tool. The application includes a content library of pre-approved marketing materials, which advisors can share with their clients using LinkedIn and Facebook.

 One trade platform

RBC has one easy-to-understand trade platform that is mobile enabled.

 Online client access

DS Online is our secure, private website that gives clients convenient 24-hour access to account information, research, tools, and eDocuments from any computer with secure internet access. Clients can keep track of the progress they are making toward achieving their financial goals at their convenience.

As a distinct business within RBC, we’re supported by the high reputation of the RBC and RBC Wealth Management brands, while maintaining an independent focus.

We’re committed to providing our advisors with a boutique firm feel that allows them to grow professionally and find personal balance. As an investment advisor with us, you have access to our experts in investment and portfolio management, wealth planning, trusts, Wills and estate, business owner planning, banking, and insurance.

Our advisor teams are given the support they need to realize their business goals, and offer an unmatched experience to their clients that grows more than wealth.

IA training

The investment industry is constantly evolving with new products, strategies, and regulations to learn. Once you have built a foundation for your business, there are additional training programs that will help you develop new business strategies and plans. Some in-class programs include Executing Wealth Management and Enhancing the High-net-worth Client Experience. Online learning, mobile classroom courses, and conference calls and webcasts are also provided to ensure you can provide an unmatched experience to your clients as their expectations continue to evolve.

Supporting the next generation of advisors

The President’s Club New Investment Advisor Training Program has a more than 70-year history of helping teach and coach new investment advisors in the first five years of starting their business. The program uses a combination of online, in-class, and self-study to help participants develop the skills and knowledge required for a successful and rewarding career as an investment advisor.

Committed to continuing education and training for branch support staff

We want our teams to anticipate our clients’ needs and continually improve to help our investment advisors grow their businesses. Our branch employees receive development opportunities to further their careers, and have access to a comprehensive range of courses and programs. Courses include New Assistant/Associate training, as well as Wealth Management, Investments and Client relationship/Sales training.

That’s why we’ve implemented and continue to support a number of initiatives to attract the industry’s most talented women advisors to our firm, and leave a legacy for more than just their clients.

The Women’s Advisory Board (WAB), established in 2009, is a forum for women advisors across Wealth Management Canada that is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, and helping women empower each other to achieve their professional goals.

Through the IA leave program, a first in the Canadian investment industry, advisors can take time away from their business with the peace of mind that their book of clients will be managed by a colleague in their absence. The freedom to focus on what matters most is ingrained in everything we do at RBC.

We also believe strongly in personal growth and nurturing curiosity. Through the RBC Wealth Management mentorship program, you have the opportunity to learn from senior peers on how to navigate your careers, build your business, and share your experiences with advisors who are new to the industry.

Every other year, the WAB organizes a Women’s Symposium which is a networking opportunity for women advisors and teams and a forum for sharing ideas and best practices to help teams take their businesses to the next level.

We also look for opportunities to help women in our communities grow. Together with the Women’s Brain Initiative (WBHI), RBC Wealth Management Canada created the Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise client event series to raise awareness of the brain aging diseases affecting women and the importance of having a financial plan for the future. Over 500 women have participated since 2016, helping to shed light on this issue, and allowing our advisors to offer an unmatched experience to their female clients.

Through all of these initiatives and more, we believe that fostering a collaborative, value-based culture of inclusivity and integrity means we can meet new challenges together, help create a purposeful and prosperous future for our communities and grow more than wealth for our clients.

And while your role with RBC Dominion Securities will be to preserve the legacies of your clients for generations to come, the opportunity is here to establish your own.

“The best part of the IA leave program is that it gave me the flexibility to look after my family with the peace of mind that my clients were being well taken care of.”

-Macy Fine, Wealth Advisor