Proxy voting policies and records
Policies
In accordance with the regulations in effect, NBI Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds have proxy voting policies for the securities held in their portfolios. These policies set out guidelines for voting on shareholder resolutions (election of directors, appointment of auditors, executive and director compensation, changes concerning the rights of shareholders, etc.).
NBI Policies (PDF format)
Policies of the portfolio managers and portfolio sub-managers (PDF format):
| Portfolio managers and sub-managers |
PDFs |
| AllianceBernstein, Canada Inc. |
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| AlphaFixe Capital Inc. (English version on page 2) |
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| BNY Mellon Asset Management Canada Ltd. |
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| Mellon Investments Corporation |
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| Fiera Capital Corporation |
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| Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. | |
Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP |
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| Intact Investment Management Inc. |
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| J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. |
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| Jarislowksy Fraser Ltd. |
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| Mackenzie Financial Corporation |
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| Manulife Investment Management |
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| Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. |
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| National Bank Trust Inc. |
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| Newton Investment Management (North America) Ltd. |
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| Nuveen | |
| PineStone | |
| RBC Global Asset Management Inc. |
Proxy voting records
You will find below the proxy voting record for each NBI Fund and NBI Exchange-Traded Fund that has exercised its voting of proxies for the July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 period, indicating, among other things, the matters voted on and how the portfolio managers of NBI Funds and NBI Exchange-Traded Funds voted on such matters. A copy of this record may be obtained by contacting National Bank Investments Advisory Service at 514-871-2082 or, toll-free, at 1-888-270-3941 or by emailing us at investments@nbc.ca. In accordance with regulations, subsequent proxy voting records will be made available annually on August 31.
| Fund name |
Proxy voting records (PDF format) |
| Short-Term and Income Funds | |
| NBI Corporate Bond Fund |
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| NBI Floating Rate Income Fund | |
| NBI Preferred Equity Fund |
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| NBI Jarislowsky Fraser Select Income Fund |
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| Diversified Funds | |
| NBI Jarislowsky Fraser Select Balanced Fund |
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| Canadian Equity Funds | |
| NBI SmartBeta Canadian Equity Fund | |
| NBI Canadian Equity Fund (Jarislowsky Fraser) | |
| NBI Canadian All Cap Equity Fund | |
| NBI Canadian Equity Growth Fund | |
| NBI Small Cap Fund | |
| NBI Quebec Growth Fund | |
| Global Equity Funds | |
| NBI SmartBeta Global Equity Fund | |
| NBI Global Equity Fund | |
| NBI Global Real Assets Income Fund - Newton |
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| NBI Global Real Assets Income Fund - Nuveen |
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| NBI Global Active Equity Fund |
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| NBI SmartData U.S. Equity Fund |
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| NBI U.S. Equity Fund | |
| NBI SmartData International Equity Fund | |
| NBI Diversified Emerging Markets Equity Fund - GSAM |
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| NBI Diversified Emerging Markets Equity Fund - Newton |
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| Specialized Funds | |
| NBI Precious Metals Fund | |
| NBI Resource Fund | |
| NBI Innovators Fund | |
| Index Funds | |
| NBI Canadian Equity Index Fund | |
| NBI U.S. Equity Index Fund | |
| NBI International Equity Index Fund |
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| NBI Private Portfolios | |
NBI Canadian Equity Private Portfolio |
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| NBI Canadian High Conviction Equity Private Portfolio | |
| NBI North American Dividend Private Portfolio | |
| NBI U.S. Equity Private Portfolio | |
| NBI Equity Income Private Portfolio | |
| NBI International High Conviction Equity Private Portfolio |
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| Actively managed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) |
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| NBI Global Real Assets Income ETF - Nuveen | |
| NBI Global Real Assets Income ETF - Newton | |
| NBI Unconstrained Fixed Income ETF | |
| NBI Active Canadian Preferred ETF | |
| NBI Sustainable Canadian Bond ETF | |
| NBI Sustainable Canadian Corporate Bond ETF |
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| NBI Sustainable Canadian Short Term Bond ETF |
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| NBI Sustainable Canadian Equity ETF |
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| NBI Sustainable Global Equity ETF |
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| NBI Canadian Dividend Income ETF |
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| NBI Active International Equity ETF |
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| NBI Active U.S. Equity ETF |
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| Index-tracking Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) |
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| NBI Canadian Family Business ETF | |
| NBI Global Private Equity ETF |
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| NBI High Yield Bond ETF |
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