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Can RBC get back on track?

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Gordon Nixon, the CEO of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), that has had its major management shakeups, states that the management changes were in relation to boosting productivity, reducing expenses and serving customers better. RBC spent $8.4 billion on US acquisitions since 2000 but earned just $352-million on the investment.

Author: Willis, Andrew, Reguly, Eric, Stewart, Sinclair
Publisher: Bell Globemedia Interactive
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2004
Commercial Banks, Sales, profits & dividends, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Banking industry, Management, Officials and employees, Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit, Company business management, Nixon, Gordon

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Telesat takeover part of industry makeover

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The BCE Inc. of Canada has agreed to sell Telesat Canada to a joint venture formed by Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) and Loral Space and Communications Inc. based in New York. The buyers will also assume $172-million of debt.

Author: Willis, Andrew, McLean, Catherine
Publisher: Bell Globemedia Interactive
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2006
Telephone communications, exc. radio, Communication services, not elsewhere classified, Public Empl Pension Funds, United States, Loral Space and Communications Ltd., Satellite communications services industry, Telesat Canada, Public employee pension funds

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RT Capital put on the block

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RT Capital Management Inc, the largest privately owned pension fund manager in Canada, will be divested by the Royal Bank of Canada. The exorbitant cost of foreign equity expertise is the reason for the sale.

Author: Willis, Andrew
Publisher: Bell Globemedia Interactive
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2001
Asset sales & divestitures, Private Pension Funds, Statistical Data Included, RY, RT Capital Management Inc.

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Subjects list: Canada, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Royal Bank of Canada, Pension funds
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