Effective June 27, 2025, the risk rating of each the following funds was changed by RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (“RBF”):

As announced in our email sent on Monday, June 30, we would like to remind you that you can now begin taking advantage of our new Automatic Rebalancing Program for model portfolios.

This initiative brings significant advantages to both you and your clients by ensuring portfolios are automatically adjusted to stay aligned with target weightings and the client’s risk tolerance, investment objectives, and time horizon. Note that our Rebalancing Program also ties in perfectly with the recent launch of Elite Pools and Portfolios.

As a follow-up to our recent communication regarding the transition of our MS O365 platform administration to Solulan, this is a friendly reminder to complete the advisor survey before July 11, 2025.  If you have already completed it, thank you! No further action is required at this time.

We would like to inform you that this year’s client administrative fees will be processed and taken from clients’ accounts as follows:

• For nominee accounts: fees will be taken from clients’ accounts over the weekend of July 12 – 13, which means payment will be visible on Monday, July 14.
  
  
• For client-name accounts: files will be sent to our fund company partners on Friday, July 18.  Most will process the files as they are received within a day or two, with the exception of Dynamic Funds. If fees are to be redeemed from a Dynamic fund, it will be processed on or about August 8, 2025.
  

After nearly two decades of unwavering dedication, Odile Zénidé — our esteemed Head of Registration — will be retiring from her role as Senior Manager, Compliance, effective September 1, 2025.

We would like to inform you that the presentation accreditation process for the Best Business Practices Roadshows, held from June 2 through 5, 2025, is now complete. Please find below the details of CE credits granted for each eligible presentation.

As a reminder, the Client Fee Dashboard will be closing on June 30, 2025. Please ensure that you identify and select all clients for whom you wish to pay the 2025 Client Fee before this date.

Please note that no exceptions will be made once the dashboard is closed. We urge you to complete this important task promptly to avoid any issues.

Good news! As part of our digital adoption initiatives, we are thrilled to bring back our client contest designed to promote Client Portal and mobile app registration.

Please note that Tuesday, July 1, 2025, is Canada Day and a statutory holiday in all provinces. As a result, the markets will be closed, and no transactions or settlements will take place on that day. We will resume our regular office hours on Wednesday, July 2.

To help raise awareness of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), issued a warning against scams on the rise that target seniors (e.g., unsolicited, spam emails, texts or calls from strangers, or messages on social media, etc.).