RBC Dexia Investor Services, established in January 2006, is equally owned by Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada

The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...

 and Dexia

Dexia

Dexia N.V./S.A., also referred to as the Dexia Group, is a Belgian-French financial institution active in public finance, providing retail and commercial banking services to individuals and SMEs, asset management, and insurance...

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RBC Dexia Investor Services offers institutional investors worldwide an integrated suite of products, including global custody

Custodian bank

A Custodian bank, or simply custodian, is a specialized financial institution responsible for safeguarding a firm's or individual's financial assets and is not likely to engage in "traditional" commercial or consumer/retail banking such as mortgage or personal lending, branch banking, personal...

, fund and pension administration, securities lending

Securities lending

In finance, securities lending or stock lending refers to the lending of securities by one party to another. The terms of the loan will be governed by a "Securities Lending Agreement", which requires that the borrower provides the lender with collateral, in the form of cash, government securities,...

, shareholder services, analytics and other related services. With USD 2.4 trillion in client assets under administration, RBC Dexia Investor Services ranks among the world’s top 10 global custodians.

Headquartered in London, UK, RBC Dexia Investor Services has 5,400 employees who serve clients from offices in 16 countries on four continents. Operations are conducted mainly by RBC Dexia Investor Services Bank in Luxembourg and RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust in Canada, and their affiliates and branches around the world. José Placido is the company's Chief Executive Officer.