RBC Investor Services Podcast

Latin America spreads its wings

RBCIS — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Ingrid Collazo, Managing Director & Head of Latin America Securities Services Sales & Client Service at Citi, shares her insights on new developments in the Latin American sphere and the impact on Canadian investors.

RBC focuses on AI

RBCIS — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Matthew Clark, Director of Innovation & Acceleration at RBC, continues our discussion on artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on RBC’s commitment to this emerging technology and how clients benefit.

AI goes beyond "The Terminator"

RBCIS — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Nicholas Abe, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Toronto-based Boosted.ai, discusses considerations for asset managers as they seek out opportunities to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) within their firms.

10 steps for T+1

RBCIS — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Mario Brizar, Director of Business Development at RBC Investor Services, offers 10 practical steps that managers can take to help ensure readiness for the shortened T+1 settlement cycle.

The '4Ws' and 'how' of T+1

RBCIS — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0500

A shortened trade settlement timeframe—commonly referred to as T+1—will come to Canada and the United States in May of 2024. In the first episode of our T+1 podcast series, Mario Brizar, Director of Business Development, answers key questions about this important market development.

Empowering youth through the arts

RBCIS — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, two young Canadians discuss how an arts-based community program has helped them emerge as future leaders—despite significant challenges.

Past, present & future: Wealth management in Canada

RBCIS — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Denys Calvin, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Toronto-based Nexus Investment Management, provides his perspective on Canada’s wealth management business—past, present and future.

It's about people

RBC I&TS — Thu, 18 May 2023 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Tim Herron, Chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee at the Presbyterian Church in Canada, discusses how the asset management business is evolving and why relationships are at the core of this business.

One size doesn't fit all

RBC I&TS — Tue, 09 May 2023 16:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Barney Nelson, CEO of Toronto-based consultancy The ValueExchange, provides his insights on the preliminary results of the 2023 Asset & Wealth Management Survey, conducted by RBC Investor & Treasury Services and Ignites Research.

The future of fund administration

RBC I&TS — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Ryan Guichon, Product Head for Fund Administration & Accounting at RBC Investor & Treasury Services, discusses the evolution of fund administration in today’s fast-moving digital space.

The digital asset evolution

RBC I&TS — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Ian Sinclair, Head of Digital & Crypto Assets at RBC Investor & Treasury Services, discusses how digital assets could change the asset servicing business and the impact on institutional investors.

The next generation of family offices

RBC I&TS — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Rebecca Finley-Schidlowsky from Calgary-based Finley & Associates Management Consultants discusses Next Gens and their important role in helping family business pivot into new directions:

How do you define Next Gens?
Why is this segment so important?
What challenges are Next Gens facing?
How do you engage this group?

Decrypting crypto

RBC I&TS — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Karim Hamasni, Director of Crypto Asset Innovation at RBC Global Asset Management, discusses the increasingly talked about but still widely misunderstood topic of cryptocurrencies.

Cybercrime 2.0

RBC I&TS — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0500

In this podcast, Adam Evans, Chief Information Security Officer at RBC, discusses growing cyber threats and how they’re changing.