RBC Quant Canadian Dividend Leaders ETF
Overview
The ETF seeks to provide unitholders with exposure to the performance of a diversified portfolio of high quality Canadian equity securities that are expected to provide regular income from dividends and that have the potential for long term capital growth. Portfolio securities for the RBC Quant Canadian Dividend Leaders ETF will be selected using a rulesĀæbased, multi-factor investment approach that considers a company’s balance sheet strength, the stability and sustainability of its dividend payout and/or its ability to pay or grow dividends in the future. The portfolio manager considers environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors where material to the investment decision. Securities are weighted in accordance with a modified capitalization weighting methodology designed to reduce the dispersion of weights between larger and smaller capitalization companies. The portfolio holdings will be reconstituted and rebalanced initially on a quarterly basis.