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About RBC Investor services bank France SA

RBC Investor Services Bank France SA is the French asset-servicing operation historically associated with Royal Bank of Canada’s institutional services business, focused on custody, depositary, fund administration, transfer agency, and related middle-office functions for asset managers, insurers, and pension funds managing French-domiciled UCITS and AIF vehicles. The unit’s role centers on safekeeping and recordkeeping, cash and FX services, securities lending (where permitted), oversight of fund assets under UCITS V and AIFMD, and coordination with sub-custodians, central securities depositories, and market infrastructures. It acts as a wholesale service provider rather than a retail bank, with revenues primarily derived from fees on assets under administration and transaction volumes, and operates within a cross-border operating model that has historically linked Paris with hubs in Luxembourg, Ireland, and the UK. In July 2023, CACEIS (a Crédit Agricole and Santander group) completed the acquisition of RBC’s European asset-servicing entities, including the French business; subsequent rebranding and platform consolidation have been staged across jurisdictions, and clients should reference current legal entity names and contracts for the latest status. The French activities are subject to oversight by the ACPR and AMF for local regulatory requirements, while any branch structure linked to a Luxembourg credit institution also involves supervision by the CSSF at the home level. Key considerations for institutional clients include operational resilience during post-acquisition system migrations, service-level continuity, sub-custodian network governance, compliance with evolving European rules (e.g., UCITS/AIFMD oversight, CSDR settlement discipline), and fee compression pressures in a competitive market that includes CACEIS, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Société Générale Securities Services, and global custodians.