Matthew Smith Wealth Management Group of RBC Dominion Securities
Your life goals are our life's work.
You have dreams. We have the expertise to help you make them a reality.
Our team of experts is poised to help you take advantage of opportunities, handle challenges, and – ultimately – reach your goals. Taking an all-encompassing, personalized approach, we lean on the sophisticated tools, best-in-class resources, and esteemed specialists of RBC to manage, grow, and preserve your wealth.
Professionals at your service
Leaning on experience and industry accreditations, our team of experts helps bring financial peace of mind to clients like you.
It all starts with you
Our personal approach and personalized service centres on you, and it begins with getting to know you, your needs, and your goals.
What we do
We design investment portfolios to meet your needs, both now and in the future, with a disciplined process to help keep you on track. Whether your goal is growing wealth, generating income, minimizing taxes or planning for retirement, we tailor solutions to your circumstances. Before recommending anything, we review your situation in depth, define your risk tolerance, and set realistic long-term objectives aligned with your comfort level. Depending on your needs, we may also connect you with our network of RBC specialists—in areas like insurance, estate planning and business planning—to ensure that every financial need and life stage is well planned for.
How we do it
Our four-step portfolio process is designed to keep your investments working toward your goals at every stage. We start with a discovery meeting, where we take the time to understand your needs, goals, time horizon and risk tolerance. Then we develop an Investment Policy Statement—the guiding principles for how your portfolio will be managed. With that foundation, we build your personalized portfolio with the right balance of stocks, bonds and cash, in collaboration with the firm’s investment strategists and research analysts. Finally, through ongoing monitoring and reviewing, we keep a close eye on your portfolio, making adjustments as needed so it continues to align with your objectives in changing market conditions.
Serving specialized needs
While we are able to advise on any Canadian’s wealth, our accomplished team has expertise and experience serving the particular requirements of several key groups.
Business owners
With a complete understanding of the unique circumstances facing business owners, we offer fully integrated personal and business wealth planning that always keeps taxes top of mind.
Medical professionals
Offering support and advice from residency to retirement, we’ve served doctors, dentists, and various other medical professionals through all stages of their careers.
Business families
With a family-first approach and a savvy understanding of the impacts of business ownership, we focus on intergenerational wealth strategies that reflect your values, history, and unique needs.
Taking a responsible approach to your investments
There are many ways to grow wealth. Our focus is on doing so in a way that benefits our clients, our society, and our planet. Your investments are made for the long term – to help serve your individual goals as well as to sustainably support the generations to come. We offer a flexible responsible investing approach that is integrated, and can be targeted, thematic, and impactful.
Integrated
As a baseline, one of the filters through which we vet any investment is ESG. Short for environmental, social, and governance, this auto-integrated screen focuses on environmental sustainability, social issues, as well as equality and equity in corporate governance.
Targeted
To align with your values, as we build and manage your personalized portfolio, we can screen in investments that drive positive impact – such as social housing, renewable energy, and human rights – and we can screen out those that may be considered negative – be it tobacco, alcohol, or weapons.
Thematic
For clients who are passionate about one specific issue or cause – for instance, climate change or gender equity – we have the capability to align all investment decisions with one or more responsible investing themes of your choice.
Impactful
Traditionally, investments are measured against risk tolerance and return objectives. For interested clients, we can add a third dimension: impact. This added parameter gives weight to the measurable social or environmental impact of a given portfolio holding.
Community involvement
At RBC Dominion Securities, we see it as our duty to make a positive difference in the communities where we live and work. Here are some of our areas of focus.
The Humane Society of KW and Stratford Perth
RBC Dominion Securities – Stratford recently made a donation of $4,000 to help animals in need. The additional $4,000 was allocated to our branch as the 2nd place winner of RBC Wealth Management’s Community Commitment Award.
Guides
Get a better vantage point on your financial picture with these informative guides penned by the RBC Family Office Services team.
Estate planning guide
How planning for tomorrow – today – can help your estate aspirations
Financial planning facts
Comprehensive list of key information, such as deadlines, contribution limits, and tax facts
Tax reporting guide
Summary of the important dates and tax information required for your annual tax return
Insights
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