Biography
As head of global fixed income and currencies at RBC GAM, Dagmara Fijalkowski, CFA, leads a global team of portfolio managers, analysts, and traders with more than USD150B in assets under management (AUM). She is a lead portfolio manager of several RBC fixed-income funds, including RBC Bond Fund, the largest bond mutual fund in Canada. Her areas of expertise include fixed-income portfolio management, hedging, and active currency overlay programs. Since 2018, Fijalkowski has been a member of the Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee, and is now involved in a working group of global senior industry representatives dedicated to advancing the adoption of the FX Global Code. She is also committed to advancing DEI initiatives in finance. Most recently, Fijalkowski has been instrumental in launching the Women in Asset Management program, a collaboration between Western University’s Ivey School of Business and Canadian asset managers to provide students with training and internships. Fijalkowski, who began her investment career in 1994, holds an MBA degree from Ivey School of Business and has been a CFA charterholder since 1997.
As the FX market grows and evolves, more needs to be done to improve its functioning and integrity.