News Releases

- Travel Remains Top Spend: Spending expected to be flat year over year; travel accounts for the largest spend, followed by gifts and entertainment

- Change of Shopping Scenery: Malls continue to be the most popular place to shop, but nearly half of Canadians plan to shop online this season

- A Rewarding Spend: More Canadians plan to use rewards for gift buying and travel

- We're Here to Help: BMO offers tips for Canadians to help maximize their holiday spend, including choosing a credit card that rewards you

- The average holiday donation expected to be $167

- We're here to help: BMO's partnership with ChangeIt provides a secure and easy way to make charitable donations

- Ten percent care for both their children and older relatives while 17 percent expect to care for the two generations in the future

- Those in the "Sandwich Generation" have only reached a third of their retirement savings goal

- Nearly all view retirement as a top priority; however, 30 percent have not thought about what their retirement will look like and 43 percent do not know when they will retire

While confident in their knowledge, one-quarter are uncomfortable discussing personal finance with their kids, while another quarter lack the resources to have 'the talk'

Nine new ETFs include three innovative global corporate bond ETFs with maturity bands to help investors with precise positioning in an uncertain interest rate environment

Recognitions Include Group Award for Equity ETFs in Canada