Banat said that investors can also invest in microfinance bonds, which help people sell their goods and services to earn a living.
When she can impress on clients that doing good is not only personally but financially rewarding, Banat said she knows she has done her job, and done it well.
“My responsibility is to be the ambassador for responsible investing, interfacing with clients,” she said. “It doesn’t matter if they invest one dollar or one million dollars because every dollar invested counts.”
RBC Global Asset Management, headquartered in Toronto, is the asset management division of Royal Bank of Canada. The bank serves over 16 million clients and has 80,000 employees worldwide.