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1 CMYCMMYCYCMYKRBC Finco 2015 Full 1 3/10/16 5:43 PMTABLEOFCONTENTSRBC Finco | 2015 Annual Report | 1pg02 Corporate Profile & Collective Ambition03 Majority Shareholder s Profile05 Financial Highlights07 Chairman s Report08 Managing Director s Report10 Board of Directors12 Independent Auditor s Report13 Statement of Management Responsibilities14 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position15 Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income16 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity17 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows18 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements44 Shareholders Information and Annual Report Credits2| RBC Finco |

2 2015 Annual ReportCORPORATEPROFILE &COLLECTIVE AMBITIONMAJORITYSHAREHOLDER SPROFILERBC Finco | 2015 Annual Report | 3 Finance corporation of Bahamas Limited wasincorporated on July 24, 1953. As of April 1, 1982,the company became a wholly owned subsidiary Holdings (Bahamas Limited), a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada. On March 1,1984, Holdings (Bahamas Limited) sold 25% ofits ownership to the Bahamian general public, retain-ing 75%. On May 10, 2011, Holdings (Bahamas)Limited sold its ownership in the Company to Bank Holdings (Bahamas) Limited, a Barbadianholding company. The Company employs 63 peoplewho serve more than 50,000 clients through officesin Nassau and Freeport, and has more than 4,000shareholders.

3 The corporation s brand is RBC Finco . It trades asFINCO on BISX and is licensed to engage in bankingand trust businesses. Its primary business is providingBahamian dollar mortgage financing on residentialproperties, mortgage origination insurance, a fullrange of Bahamian dollar deposit services, foreignexchange and automated banking machines (ABMs).RBC Finco is a market leader in providing homesfor Bahamians. Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) isCanada s largest bank, and one of the largestbanks in the world, based on market are one of North America s leading diversified fi-nancial services companies, and provide personaland commercial banking, wealth management, in-surance, investor services and capital markets productsand services on a global basis.

4 We have over 80,000full- and part-time employees who serve more than16 million personal, business, public sector and in-stitutional clients through offices in Canada, the 37 other countries. Our business segments aredescribed & Commercial Banking is comprised of ourpersonal and business banking operations, and ourauto financing and retail investment businesses, in-cluding our online discount brokerage channel, andoperates through two businesses: Canadian Banking,and Caribbean & Banking. We provide servicesto more than million individual, business andinstitutional clients across Canada, the Caribbeanand the In Canada, we provide a broad suite offinancial products and services through our extensivebranch, automated teller machine (ATM), online, mo-bile and telephone banking networks, as well asthrough a large number of proprietary sales profes-sionals.

5 We maintain top (#1 or #2) rankings inmarket share in this competitive environment for allkey retail and business financial product categories,and have the largest branch network, the most ATMsand the largest sales force across Canada. In theCaribbean, we offer a broad range of financialproducts and services to individuals and businessclients, and public institutions in various continue to be the second largest bank as meas-ured by assets in the English Caribbean, with 79branches in 17 countries and territories. In the ,we serve the cross-border banking needs of Canadianclients within the through online channels. In2015, we received a number of accolades includingBest Global Retail Bank (Retail Banker International)for the second consecutive year, Best Trade FinanceBank in Canada (Global Finance Magazine) for thethird consecutive year, Best Private Banking ServicesOverall in Canada (Euromoney Magazine) for theeighth consecutive year, and Bank of the Year inCanada (The Banker).

6 Wealth Management comprises Canadian WealthManagement, International Wealth Manage-ment, and Global Asset Management. WealthManagement serves individual and institutionalclients in target markets around the world. From ouroffices in key financial centres mainly in Canada, , the , Channel Islands, and Asia, Wealth Man-agement offers a comprehensive suite ofinvestment, trust, banking, credit and other wealthmanagement solutions to affluent, high net worth,and ultra-high net worth clients. Our asset manage-ment group, Global Asset Management, whichincludes BlueBay Asset Management, is an estab-lished global leader in investment managementservices, providing investment strategies and fundsolutions directly to institutional investors and alsoto individual clients through our distribution chan-nels and third-party distributors.

7 On November 2,2015, we completed the acquisition of City NationalCorporation, which will enhance and complementour existing businesses and product offerings. In2015, we were ranked the 5th largest global wealthmanager by client assets (Scorpio Partnership s 2015 Global Private Banking KPI Benchmark). We werealso named Best Private Banking services overall inCanada and Jersey (Euromoney Magazine), a top 50 Global Asset Manager (Pensions & Investments/ Tow-ers Watson), Best Bank-owned Brokerage Firm inCanada (International Executive Brokerage ReportCard), and Trust Company of the Year (Society ofTrust and Estate Practitioners).

8 The RBC Wealth Man-agement and RBC Asset Management brand wasFINANCIALHIGHLIGHTSRBC Finco | 2015 Annual Report | 54| RBC Finco | 2015 Annual ReportMAJORITYSHAREHOLDER SPROFILE continuedrecognised as the eighth best banking brand globally(Brand and Finance Banking 500).Insurance comprises of our operations in Canadaand globally and operates under two business lines:Canadian Insurance and International Insurance,providing a wide range of life, health, home, auto,travel, wealth, group and reinsurance products andsolutions. In Canada, we offer our products and serv-ices through our proprietary distribution channels,comprised of the field sales force which includesretail insurance stores, our field sales representa-tives, advice centres and online, as well as throughindependent insurance advisors and affinity relation-ships.

9 Outside Canada, we operate in reinsurancemarkets globally offering life, accident and annuityreinsurance products. In 2015, we were ranked asthe #1 Banking-based Insurance brand globally (2015 Brand Finance Banking 500).Investor & Treasury Services is a specialist providerof asset and treasury services, custody, payments,and transaction banking for financial institutions andother institutional investors worldwide. We delivercustodial, fund accounting, financing and other serv-ices to safeguard client assets, maximise liquidity,and manage risk across multiple jurisdictions. Wealso provide short-term funding and liquidity man-agement for RBC.

10 We are a global custodian with anetwork of offices across North America, Europe,and Asia-Pacific. In 2015, we were rated by our clientsthe #1 global custodian (Global Custody Survey,Global Investor ISF) and rated UCITS Fund Adminis-trator of the Year (Custody Risk, European Awards,2015). We were also recognised as Canada s leadingasset management provider with number one ratingsacross client service, custody, fund administrationand Canadian dollar transactions (Global CustodySurvey, Global Investor ISF, 2015).Capital Markets provides public and private compa-nies, institutional investors, governments and centralbanks globally with a wide range of capital marketsproducts and services across our two main businesslines, Corporate and Investment Banking and GlobalMarkets.