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Ten BMO mutual funds and ETFs awarded FundGrade A+ Rating for 2013

- Canadians saved an average of $8,764 last year; set savings target higher at $9,635 for 2014, an increase of 10 per cent

- Report reveals a significant annual drop in the percentage of Canadians who did not save anything

- According to Statistics Canada, the household saving rate rose to 5.4 per cent in Q3 of 2013 from 5.0 per cent in 2012

Leading food experts from Willard Bishop and BMO Capital Markets provide insights on industry prospects

BMO achieves highest ranking among financial institutions from North America

- Seventy-three per cent feel that technology has helped them become more informed investors

- Financial news websites, real-time stock websites and online brokerages ranked as the top technology platforms for receiving information

- Eighty-seven per cent of Canadians feel that personalized advice is a top influencer when looking to make informed investment decisions

- This amount is two and a half times more than the average of what Canadians as a whole feel they need for retirement

- Ninety-five per cent of high-net worth Canadians are optimistic about their ability to save for retirement, versus 69 per cent of all Canadians

- Eighty-six per cent of the country's affluent are upbeat about their investments

BMO now provides corporate retirement services to companies with operations in both the U.S. and Canada

- Low dollar benefits manufacturing, tourism, retailers

- Opens a growing number of emerging markets permitting Canadian companies to make exports part of a comprehensive and diversified business strategy

- BJ Rogi from De Winton, AB and Olivia Whissell from Calgary, AB named winners of the BMO Junior Reporters Contest

- Braden Lunn from Calgary, AB and Brett Moravec from Airdrie, AB named BMO Kids Blue Line Experience winners; will join Team Cherry and Team Orr in pre-game skate

- Four-in-ten employees expect the size of their workforce to increase this year

- Low interest rates and improving U.S. economy creating attractive investment opportunities

- Over one-third of Canadian workers telecommute

- Among those who have already contributed, 64 per cent have contributed at least $2,000 and 40 per cent $5,000

- Canadians contributed an average of $3,544 to their RRSPs last year

- Only one-in-three with an RRSP usually contribute the maximum

- Hear from 29 leading North American oil and gas companies focused on the development of unconventional oil and natural gas resources

- Keynote speaker E. Russell "Rusty" Brazile, President & Principal Energy Markets Consultant, RBN Energy

- Eighty per cent of Canadians will be making at least one resolution for 2014

- More than one-third of all resolutions made will be related to personal finances

- Sixty per cent who have made financial resolutions in the past have kept them

- Eighty per cent of Canadians will be making at least one resolution for 2014

- More than one-third of all resolutions made will be related to personal finances

- Sixty per cent who have made financial resolutions in the past have kept them

- Fifty-two per cent plan on giving money this holiday season; 49 per cent will donate food/other items; 23 per cent will volunteer

- Seventy-seven per cent of Canadians donated in 2013

- Average donation amount in 2013 was $580, up from $557 in 2012

- The majority of Canadians claim to be knowledgeable about the TFSA, however just 11 per cent can identify eligible investments and only 19 per cent know the new annual contribution limit

- TFSA holders plan to contribute an average of $3,625 this year

- Cash is the most common component being held in TFSAs, followed by mutual funds and GICs