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)

NBI policies PDFs

Proxy voting policy for our external managers

See policy

 

Policies of the portfolio managers and portfolio sub-managers (PDF format):

Portfolio managers and sub-managers
PDFs
AllianceBernstein, Canada Inc.

See policy

AlphaFixe Capital Inc. (English version on page 2)

See policy

BNY Mellon Asset Management Canada Ltd.

See policy

Mellon Investments Corporation

See policy

Fiera Capital Corporation

See policy

Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc.

See policy


Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP

See policy

Intact Investment Management Inc.

See policy

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

See policy

Jarislowksy Fraser Ltd.

See policy

Mackenzie Financial Corporation

See policy

Manulife Investment Management

See policy

Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc.

See policy

National Bank Trust Inc.

See policy

Newton Investment Management (North America) Ltd.

See policy

Nuveen

See policy

PineStone

See policy

RBC Global Asset Management Inc.

See policy

 

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

See record

NBI Floating Rate Income Fund

See record

NBI Preferred Equity Fund

See record

NBI Jarislowsky Fraser Select Income Fund

See record

Diversified Funds
NBI Jarislowsky Fraser Select Balanced Fund

See record

Canadian Equity Funds
NBI SmartBeta Canadian Equity Fund

See record

NBI Canadian Equity Fund (Jarislowsky Fraser)

See record

NBI Canadian All Cap Equity Fund

See record

NBI Canadian Equity Growth Fund

See record

NBI Small Cap Fund

See record

NBI Quebec Growth Fund

See record

Global Equity Funds
NBI SmartBeta Global Equity Fund

See record

NBI Global Equity Fund

See record

NBI Global Real Assets Income Fund - Newton

See record

NBI Global Real Assets Income Fund - Nuveen

See record

NBI Global Active Equity Fund

See record

NBI SmartData U.S. Equity Fund

See record

NBI U.S. Equity Fund

See record

NBI SmartData International Equity Fund

See record

NBI Diversified Emerging Markets Equity Fund - GSAM

See record

NBI Diversified Emerging Markets Equity Fund - Newton

See record

Specialized Funds
NBI Precious Metals Fund

See record

NBI Resource Fund

See record

NBI Innovators Fund

See record

Index Funds
NBI Canadian Equity Index Fund

See record

NBI U.S. Equity Index Fund

See record

NBI International Equity Index Fund

See record

NBI Private Portfolios

NBI Canadian Equity Private Portfolio
 

See record

NBI Canadian High Conviction Equity Private Portfolio

See record

NBI North American Dividend Private Portfolio

See record

NBI U.S. Equity Private Portfolio

See record

NBI Equity Income Private Portfolio

See record

NBI International High Conviction Equity Private Portfolio

See record

Actively managed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
NBI Global Real Assets Income ETF - Nuveen

See record

NBI Global Real Assets Income ETF - Newton

See record

NBI Unconstrained Fixed Income ETF

See record

NBI Active Canadian Preferred ETF

See record

NBI Sustainable Canadian Bond ETF

See record

NBI Sustainable Canadian Corporate Bond ETF

See record

NBI Sustainable Canadian Short Term Bond ETF

See record

NBI Sustainable Canadian Equity ETF

See record

NBI Sustainable Global Equity ETF

See record

NBI Canadian Dividend Income ETF

See record

NBI Active International Equity ETF

See record

NBI Active U.S. Equity ETF

See record

Index-tracking Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
NBI Canadian Family Business ETF

See record

NBI Global Private Equity ETF

See record

NBI High Yield Bond ETF

See record