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Canada's RBC Completes Purchase of Stake In Investor Services Business
Tom Burroughes
27 July 2012
Royal Bank of Canada
has completed its purchase from Banque Internationale à Luxembourg of its
50 per cent share of RBC Dexia Investor Services, having received all necessary
regulatory clearance. As part of the change, the deal, originally announced on 3
April this year, the firm will change its name to RBC Investor Services,
according to a statement from the Canadian bank. When the deal was first announced, RBC said the cost of the
deal amounted to a total of €837.5 million in cash, giving it
100 per cent control of the entity. RBC Dexia Investor Services is a top 10 global custodian
that serves institutional investors, with services such as global custody, fund
and pension administration, shareholder services and treasury activities.