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RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited

London, United KingdomSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 168551

Filed as RBC GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED

RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in London, United Kingdom, registered since 2013, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 18, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2013
$178,013,003,869
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited located?

RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited's principal office is in London, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV.

Is RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited registered with the SEC or a state?

RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 168551.

How much does RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited manage?

RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited reports $178,013,003,869 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 18, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $43,375,913,251 in the October 2021 data and $178,013,003,869 in the October 2026 data, up 310%. Total employees: 79 in October 2021 and 471 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (182); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (23); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (18).

Which custodians does RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited use?

RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and State Street Bank and Trust Custodial Services as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), and 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/168551

What changed in RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated January 29, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$178,013,003,869

$178,013,003,869 as of October 2026, filing dated September 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $176,102,634,965.Non-discretionary: $1,910,368,904.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 2 Assets $235,638,994 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 14 Assets $10,002,226,085 (6%)
Investment companies
Clients 17 Assets $7,647,167,216 (4%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 182 Assets $120,950,375,444 (68%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 23 Assets $8,073,523,105 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 4 Assets $404,059,815 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 18 Assets $19,008,966,422 (11%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 14 Assets $3,830,411,313 (2%)
Insurance companies
Clients 9 Assets $3,965,073,399 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 4 Assets $2,271,199,254 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 8 Assets $1,624,362,822 (1%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
RBC BLUEBAY, RBC BLUEBAY ASSET MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 471. Performing investment advisory functions: 123.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$43.4B 2021 $67B 2022 $130B 2023 $122B 2024 $138B 2025 $178B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$178,013,003,869471September 18, 2026
October 2025$137,803,378,019474January 29, 2025
October 2024$121,857,170,129475June 16, 2024
October 2023$129,823,432,740455July 24, 2023
October 2022$67,031,155,59680August 8, 2022
October 2021$43,375,913,25179January 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $43,375,913,251 in the October 2021 data and $178,013,003,869 in the October 2026 data, up 310%.

Total employees: 79 in October 2021 and 471 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. May 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. March 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 3 yes answers, previously 5 (now no: 11.H(1)(a), 11.H(1)(b)).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. February 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 136 to 123.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $137,803,378,019 to $178,013,003,869 (+29%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
clients.bluebay.cominstitutional.rbcgam.com/en/europeinstitutionalclient.rbcgam.com/loginrbcbluebay.comrbcbluebay.jp

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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