Community Investing

Access Capital is a pioneer in the creation of secondary markets for Community Development Investments. Founded in 1997 and acquired by RBC GAM-US in 2008, Access Capital actively manages more than $770 million in community investments located in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and 1 territory as of December 31, 2012.

Our core investment approach is to create specialized mortgages and asset-backed securities that support low- and moderate-income homebuyers, affordable housing, education, health care and job creation in underserved communities.

We believe a well-crafted, economically targeted investment strategy can build stronger communities and deliver competitive risk-adjusted returns.

Name	Position	Email	Telephone #
Scott Erie	Financial Intermediary Sales		612.376.7120
Scott Erie is a member of our Strategic Relationships Group responsible for developing relationships with and representing our investment strategies to various financial intermediaries including consultants, sub-advisory programs, RIAs, and other platforms. Before joining RBC GAM-US in 2003, Scott worked as a mutual fund product consultant at Piper Jaffray. He has worked in the financial services industry since 1993. Scott earned a BS in Business Administration from Southwest Minnesota State University. He holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.
Ron Homer	Institutional Portfolio Manager		617.236.7314
Ron Homer is a member of our Client Service Portfolio Management Team. Ron communicates with our Access Capital clients and coordinates our efforts to ensure that each client receives the most appropriate investment solutions and service. He also serves as President of the Access Capital Community Investment Fund. Before joining RBC GAM-US in July 2008, Ron served as the chief executive officer of Access Capital Strategies LLC. Prior to co-founding Access Capital, he was the president and chief executive officer of the Boston Bank of Commerce, New England’s largest minority-owned financial institution. During Ron’s tenure, the bank was a leading lender in affordable housing, home mortgages, small business, and community development in Boston. He also formerly served as a director at Sallie Mae and the Nynex telephone companies. Ron began his career in the financial services industry in 1969. He earned a BA from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Rochester. Ron also holds honorary degrees from the University of Massachusetts-Boston and Cambridge College. He is a past chairman of the National Bankers Association and a former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Consumer Advisory Council. Ron was the founding chair of the American Bankers Association Center for Community Development. He is the Vice Chair and a founding board member of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City.
Anthony Rust	Institutional Portfolio Manager		617.722.4732
Anthony Rust is responsible for strategic relationship and business development for the firm's RBC Funds and separate account investment strategies. Anthony is a subject matter expert on RBC's impact investment strategy, the Access Capital Community Investment Fund. Anthony joined RBC GAM-US in 2010 from Newport Capital, a private and capital markets advisory firm that specialized in serving institutional investors. As President, he was responsible for managing and operating the firm, which successfully structured and placed more than $4.5 billion in capital transactions. Anthony was also a senior managing partner of Newport’s billion dollar private equity fund-of-funds investment management business, which specialized in impact and socially responsible investing (SRI), as well as buyout fund and venture capital investments. As an impact investor and SRI professional, Anthony invested more than $100 million into private equity and venture capital in U.S. domestic emerging markets through economically targeted investments (ETIs) across the country, helping to create quality jobs and businesses, sustain and grow existing businesses, and generate double and triple bottom line returns that positively impacted the communities he invested in and the lives of the people who lived and worked in those communities. Before Newport, he was an investment banker at First Albany Corporation. Anthony earned a BA from Tufts University and an MPS from The George Washington University / SUNY. He is the Founder and Chairman of The Last Shall Be First Foundation. He holds FINRA Series 7, 24 & 63 licenses.
Amy Buser	Client Service Associate		612.376.7165
Amy Buser coordinates client service activities for many of our institutional clients, including our Access Capital Strategies clients. Amy’s responsibilities include ensuring that our clients receive appropriate reporting and organizing meetings with clients and their portfolio managers. Before joining RBC GAM-US in 2009, she worked in corporate finance for a major manufacturer of packaged foods, where she analyzed and interpreted competitors’ data and designed strategies for the company based on her research. Amy’s previous experience also includes investment analysis and client service at Harris Investment Management, Inc. and Mercer Investment Consulting. She earned a BS and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.