The Canadian bank is building out its quantitative investment solutions capabilities while leveraging its partnership with Bloomberg as structured notes, ETFs and annuities increasingly converge around customised indices and outcome-oriented strategies.

RBC has been expanding its quantitative investment solutions (QIS) franchise and structuring capabilities over the past 12 months as demand grows for customised indices and structured investment outcomes across notes, ETFs and insurance products. The different wrappers are increasingly converging around similar investment outcomes - Mike Heraty The Canadian bank has made a series of senior appointments across its equity structured products, derivatives and QIS businesses, including the appoi