Brian Canham Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Structuring role in a business development team within global repo, securities lending and prime brokerage business (Central Funding) dealing with tax, regulatory and liquidity rules -Responsible for collaborating with onshore (Toronto, New York, London, Sydney) and offshore (Barbados, Bahamas, Channel Islands) Central Funding trading desks to generate new trade ideas -Assisted with set up of new equity financing & securities lending businesses in Barbados, Bahamas, Channel Islands, Sydney with exploratory work for Tokyo; new derivative financing businesses in Toronto and London-Identify strategies to optimize collateral efficiencies within Central Funding and RBCCM; assisted prime brokerage business adding non North American collateral -Designed tax efficient funding structures for onshore and offshore trading desks / legal entities-Attended industry conferences and participated in client visits with sales teams to identify new revenue opportunities-Periodic global tax reviews with external counsel for all Central Funding products; keep abreast of changes in tax, regulatory and legal requirements -Managed internal approvals for new products and lines of business-Assisted Canadian mortgage aggregator business within Central Funding to develop new RMBS capabilities, including assessing Canadian and U.S. tax considerations and warehousing funding options

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Responsible for due diligence and execution of bespoke cross border funding transactions for global financial institutions, involving special purpose vehicles, hybrid instruments and derivatives -Collaborate with origination team and external legal counsel to negotiate documentation, including loan agreements, hedging instruments, SPV organizational documents-Responsible for managing various third party advisors (e.g. legal counsel, accountant) and RBC subsidiary governance group-Management of portfolio of Brazilian private / public fixed income securities, including funding, hedging, risk management and tax requirements: govt bonds, trade finance loans and privately placed notes-Execution of synthetic hedging structures for Institutional clients; tax efficient funding structures for Corporate clients-Part of team that set up a new bank in Barbados to operate a new reverse repo financing business for Central Funding. Responsibilities included global jurisdicational tax analyses, designing efficient funding structure, development of corporate governance protocols, risk management criteria, Canadian and Barbados regulatory approvals

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Analyze credit quality of SME and large corporate borrowers in the Automotive and Diversified sectors-Recommend internal credit ratings and adjudicate numerous loan and derivative credit facilities from RBC CM Commercial Markets and Corporate Banking sales teams on a timely basis -Detailed balance sheet, income statement and cash flow analysis, financial modeling to forecast debt service ratios, leverage calculations and profitability; review of public equity/fixed income research report and valuations-Write effective credit request summaries for senior GRM management, deliver persuasive oral and written recommendations-Regular clients visits to interview management and understand client business strategy -Monitor industry economic trends, external credit rating reports (e.g. S&P, Moodys), attend annual industry conferences

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Part of new asset based lending team focused on providing financing of accounts receivable for small and medium clients of RBC's commercial loan business-Responsible for submitting loan requests to risk management, including full credit analysis and recommending internal credit rating-Responsible for ongoing monitoring of clients credit profile