Our approach

Our Global Repo and Securities Lending & Borrowing desks provide firm and client financing on a secured/collateralized basis through a comprehensive range of financing, liquidity, and balance sheet solutions.

Why choose RBC Capital Markets?

RBC Capital Markets operates a global securities financing business providing short-term funding secured by collateral across multiple asset types and currencies. As one of the strongest, most stable banks globally with a credit rating of (Aa1/AA-), RBC is a preferred financing counterparty. RBC's tenured team of financing specialists provide clients with competitive risk adjusted pricing and financing levels against a full spectrum of collateral.

RBC serves a wide array of clients, including:

  • Money Market Funds
  • Pension Funds
  • Asset Managers
  • Hedge Funds
  • Securities Lenders
  • Municipalities
  • Insurance Companies
  • Banks and Broker Dealers
  • Custodial Banks


Repo and Reverse Repo

  • Provides large scale funding to major financial institutions; taking primarily government, Agency MBS, corporate bonds, equities and structured asset securities as collateral.
  • Offering financing primarily through various Repo and Reverse Repo funding structures.

Securities Lending and Borrowing

  • Servicing client demands for stock borrowing and stock loan through equity securities.
  • Providing counterparties with cash-based securities financing trades or non-cash securities lending transactions.
  • Facilitates collateral upgrade and downgrade transactions across asset classes.

Alternative Asset Financing

  • Provides financing against portfolios of private equity fund and hedge fund interests.