Mark B. Evans

Royal Bank of Canada Investment Management (UK) Ltd. (RBC IM-UK) is the investment management subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada Holdings UK Ltd., ultimately owned by the Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY). The firm was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in London. RBC IM-UK provides investment management services and offers a range of mutual funds and portfolio solutions to pension funds, corporations, institutions, foundations, endowment funds, charitable organizations and high net-worth private clients.

Abacus Ten Ltd. (Abacus) is part of the Global Private Banking arm and a subsidiary of RBC-Royal Bank of Canada (TO: RY; NYSE: RY). Abacus originated in 1967 within Coopers & Lybrand and was established in 1994 through a management buy-out. The firm became independent in 1998 following the merger between Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse, and was acquired by RBC in 2005. They have offices in London, Cheltenham and Edinburgh as well as in Jersey and Guernsey. Abacus specializes in global wealth management for an international clientele of high-net worth private individuals, family offices, institutions and corporations of all sizes. The firm offers services including financial advisory and investment management, private banking, trust and estate planning, custody, treasury and administration of corporate employee share plans. The firm manages multi-strategy discretionary accounts, delegating portfolios to third-party asset managers.