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TORONTO, May 10, 2019 /CNW/ - BMO Investments Inc. ("BMOII"), the manager of the BMO Mutual Funds, today announced new fund and series launches, fee reductions, a name change and risk rating reductions to certain funds.
New Fund Launches
BMOII has launched the following new funds with Series A, Series F, Series D, Series I and Advisor Series securities (subject to receipt of securities regulatory approval):
- BMO Concentrated U.S. Equity Fund – This fund provides investors with a portfolio of U.S. high quality equity securities, investing with high concentration to deliver long-term capital appreciation.
- BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF Fund – This fund invests in a diversified portfolio of Canadian equities that have lower sensitivity to market movement with the potential for long-term capital appreciation.
New Cash Flow Option Series
BMOII has expanded its cash flow solutions with Series T6 and Series F6 securities being added to BMO Concentrated Global Equity Fund (subject to receipt of securities regulatory approval).
Fee Reductions
Effective immediately, BMOII has reduced the management fee on Series L securities of three BMO Mutual Funds as indicated in the table below:
Fund | Current Management Fee | New Management Fee |
BMO Tactical Balanced ETF Fund | Series L: 0.25% | Series L: 0.05% |
BMO Tactical Dividend ETF Fund | Series L: 0.30% | Series L: 0.05% |
BMO Tactical Global Growth ETF Fund | Series L: 0.30% | Series L: 0.05% |
Fund Name Change
Effective immediately, BMO Fossil Fuel Free Fund has changed its name to BMO Sustainable Opportunities Global Equity Fund.
Risk Rating Reductions
Effective immediately, the risk ratings of the funds listed in the table below have been reduced. There are no changes to the investment objectives, strategies or management of these funds associated with the new risk ratings.
These risk rating reductions are based on the standardized risk classification methodology mandated by the Canadian Securities Administrators and an annual review by BMOII to determine the risk level of its publicly offered mutual funds.
Fund | Previous Risk Rating | New Risk Rating |
BMO Asian Growth and Income Class | medium | low to medium |
BMO Asian Growth and Income Fund | medium | low to medium |
BMO Canadian Small Cap Equity Fund | medium to high | medium |
BMO Emerging Markets Fund | medium to high | medium |
BMO Global Energy Class | high | medium to high |
BMO Global Monthly Income Fund | medium | low to medium |
BMO International Value Class | medium | low to medium |
BMO International Value Fund | medium | low to medium |
BMO LifeStage Plus 2022 Fund | low to medium | low |
BMO LifeStage Plus 2025 Fund | low to medium | low |
BMO Monthly High Income Fund II | medium | low to medium |
BMO Resource Fund | high | medium to high |
BMO Target Education 2025 Portfolio | low to medium | low |
For more information about BMO Mutual Funds please visit www.bmo.com/mutualfunds.
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About BMO Financial Group
Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $807 billion as of January 31, 2019, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.
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