News Releases

- High-net-worth Americans will give an average of $12,394 to charities in 2014, with holiday season donations accounting for more than one quarter (29 percent) of annual giving

- Forty-three percent will spend more this holiday season than they did in years prior to the 2008 recession, paying an average of $10,525 for gifts and holiday-related expenses

BMO recognized for: workplace diversity, employee learning and new-parent support programs

Annual event to take place December 9-10 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York

Honour comes as The Globe and Mail recognizes BMO InvestorLine as the top bank-owned online brokerage in Canada

- Married/common law Canadians with children feel they need an average of $321 thousand in life insurance while singles feel they need $187 thousand

- Two thirds of Canadians believe that developing a critical illness or becoming disabled would have a significant financial impact on their or their family's standard of living

- Only 16 per cent of Canadians have purchased insurance policies that cover death, critical illness and disability

- Active traders will now receive exclusive benefits of the 5 Star program, including priority call handling, preferred interest rates and access to expert research

- In addition to their account asset amount, Self-Directed clients can now qualify for the 5 Star program by the number of trades they complete per quarter

- Those with Gold Star and Platinum Star status will have access to the new BMO Market Pro platform, which streams real-time market data, news and analysis

- Portfolios managed based on child's year of birth and gradually become more conservative the closer the child gets to entering post-secondary education

- Designed for education savings and to be held in Canadians' RESPs

- Eighty-six per cent of Canadian parents want easy-to-understand investments that align with the date their child plans to attend a post-secondary institution

- Charitable giving levels rise for third year in a row, with more than 80 per cent saying they have made a donation in the past 12 months

- Canadians have good intentions for 2015, with 90 per cent expecting to make a donation averaging $720

- Health, anti-poverty and animal welfare continue to be causes of choice for Canadians

- BMO partners with ChangeIt to offer Canadians the ability to donate to their favourite charities by setting 'round up' amounts on BMO MasterCard purchases