News Releases

Media Advisory BMO Senior Economist Available to Speak on Planned Resumption of Canadian Beef Exports to United States

Kenrick Jordan, Senior Economist, BMO Financial Group is available for comment regarding the decision by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturning the ban on the importation of live Canadian cattle into the United States.

Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified North American financial services organization. With total assets of $292 billion as at April 30, 2005, and more than 33,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions. BMO Financial Group serves clients across Canada through its Canadian retail arm, BMO Bank of Montreal, and through BMO Nesbitt Burns, one of Canada's leading full-service investment firms. In the United States, BMO serves clients through Chicago-based Harris, an integrated financial services organization that provides more than 1.5 million personal, business, corporate and institutional clients with banking, lending, investing, financial planning, trust administration, portfolio management, family office and wealth transfer services.

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