TORONTO, July 3, 2008 — RBC Asset Management Inc. (RBC AM) announced June net sales of $1.2 billion. Money market funds had net sales of $1.0 billion and long term funds had net sales of $259 million. Assets under management decreased by $0.6 billion, or 0.7 per cent, in June.

Phillips, Hager & North (PH&N) announced June net redemptions of $126 million. Money market funds had net redemptions of $40 million and long term funds had net redemptions of $85 million. Assets under management decreased by $0.8 billion, or 4 per cent, in June.

RBC AM and PH&N announced combined June net sales of $1.1 billion and assets under management total $109 billion at June 30, 2008.

Net sales of risk-managed portfolio solutions totalled $236 million in June and now exceed $18 billion in assets under management. The top selling individual fund was the recently renamed RBC Managed Payout Solution – Enhanced Plus with $26 million in net sales.

About Global Asset Management and RBC Wealth Management
Global Asset Management comprises RBC Asset Management Inc. (RBC AM), Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. (PH&N) in Canada and Voyageur Asset Management Inc. in the U.S. Combined, RBC AM and PH&N have $109 billion in IFIC-reported mutual fund assets under management and an additional $55 billion in other institutional and private client assets under management. RBC AM and PH&N received the Lipper Awards for “Best Overall Fund Group” and “Best Bond Family” in Canada respectively for the second consecutive year in 2008.

Global Asset Management is part of RBC Wealth Management, which directly serves affluent and high net worth clients in Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. RBC Wealth Management also provides asset management and trust products and services directly and through RBC and third-party distributors to all client segments, and has C$500 billion of assets under administration, more than C$240 billion of assets under management and more than 4,000 financial consultants, advisors, private bankers and trust officers.