Redefining your ETF journey
Whether you're a boutique investment firm or a large asset manager, embarking on a new initiative to launch a new ETF fund or series presents a unique opportunity for transformative growth. At RBC Investor Services, we strive to create extraordinary client experiences that support you from product inception to expansion with tailored expertise and support.
As a central player in the ETF creation and redemption process, we work hand-in-hand with issuers and authorized participants to provide critical ETF administrative services.
Global Custody
- Settlement
- Safekeeping
- Reconciliations
Fund Accounting & Administration
- NAV calculations
- Financial statements
- Distribution calculation and streaming
- Tax returns
Consulting
- Drive ETF success with in-depth education, expert advice on product development and launches, and comprehensive consultative support
Flexible ETF structures
- ETF Series
- Fund-of-Funds ETFs
- Currency-hedged ETFs
Portfolio Composition File calculation
- Oversee the management of securities held within the ETF:
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- Physical and synthetically-replicated structures
- Separate creation / redemption baskets
- Custom ETF baskets
- Cash create fees
- Publication
Order Management
- Support the seamless execution of trade orders:
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- Order entry and confirmation
- Summary reports
- PCF estimate files
Portfolio optimization services
- Exchange-Traded Funds lending across 34 markets
- Diversified execution strategies inclusive of overnight, term and event driven lending
- Disclosed and undisclosed agency models
- Optional borrower default indemnity
- Customized parameters
- FX servicing in more than 70 currencies
- FX trading desks in Toronto, London and Singapore
- 24/5 execution capabilities
- Independent benchmarking and transaction cost analysis
- Solutions
- FX Standing Instruction
- Unity FX
- Currency Overlay Services
- Direct FX Trading
ETF products supported
- Canadian Equity
- International Equity
- Global Equity
- US Equity
- Fixed Income
- Alternatives
Trusted expertise & exceptional client care
10+ years
servicing Canadian ETFs
CAD 11.2 billion
ETF assets under management
59
ETF funds supported
Rated #1
for excellence in Fund Accounting*
10+ years
servicing Canadian ETFs
CAD 11.2 billion
ETF assets under management
59
ETF funds supported
Rated #1
for excellence in Fund Accounting*
ETF services
Data as of Q3 2025
*2024 Global Custodian Industry Leaders Award
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