RBC Small Cap Core Fund

Lance James heads the team responsible for the Microcap Core, Small Cap Core, and Mid Cap Value strategies. Lance is the lead portfolio manager for the Small Cap Core and Microcap Core strategies, and provides portfolio management support for the Mid Cap Value strategy. He also conducts research for the strategies. Before joining RBC GAM (US) in 2006, Lance was a portfolio manager and research analyst for Babson Capital Management and OFI Institutional Asset Management, affiliates of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. During his tenure with these firms, he served as head of their small/mid cap value team. Lance also worked at Rockwell International Corporation, EBF Associates of Boston, and Hewitt Associates prior to joining Babson Capital in 1986. He began his career in the investment industry in 1980. Lance earned an AB in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.