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

Proxy Voting Policy
Proxy Voting Policy - TBN

See policy

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. 

See policy

Amundi

See policy

Artisan

See Policy

Beutel Goodman & Company Ltd See policy
BNY Mellon Asset Management Canada Ltd.

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

Nuveen

See policy

PineStone

See policy

RBC Global Asset Management Inc.

See policy

RP Investment Advisors LP

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, 2023 to June 30, 2024 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

-

NBI Floating Rate Income Fund

-

NBI Preferred Equity Income Fund

See record

NBI Jarislowsky Fraser Select Income Fund

See record

NBI Preferred Equity Income Fund

See record

NBI Canadian Core Plus Bond Fund

 

See record

NBI Canadian Bond Private Portfolio

 

See record

NBI Target 2028 Investment Grade Bond Fund

 

See record

NBI Target 2029 Investment Grade Bond Fund

See record

NBI Target 2030 Investment Grade Bond Fund

See record

 Diversified Funds
NBI Jarislowsky Fraser Select Balanced Fund

See record

Canadian Equity Funds
NBI SmartBeta Canadian Equity Fund
NBI SmartBeta Canadian Equity Fund - TBN

See record

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 - Fiera
NBI Small Cap Fund - Montrusco

See record

See record

NBI Quebec Growth Fund - Fiera
NBI Quebec Growth Fund - Montrusco

See record

See record

Global Equity Funds
NBI SmartBeta Global Equity Fund
NBI SmartBeta Global Equity Fund - TBN

See record

See record

NBI Global Equity Fund 

 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
NBI Diversified Emerging Markets Equity Fund - Artisan

See record

See record

NBI International Equity Fund

See record

NBI Global Small Cap Fund
NBI Global Climate Ambition Fund

See record

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
NBI Canadian Equity Index Fund - TBN

See record

See record

NBI U.S. Equity Index Fund
NBI U.S. Equity Index Fund - TBN

See record

See record

NBI International Equity Index Fund
NBI International Equity Index Fund - TBN

See record

See record

NBI Canadian Bond 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

NBI U.S. High Conviction Equity Private Portfolio 

See record

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

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

NBI High Yield Bond ETF

See record 

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

See record

NBI Global Private Equity ETF
NBI Global Private Equity ETF - TBN

See record

See record