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BMO Global Small Cap Fund Series A

Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

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NAVPS
(10-07-2025)
$13.92
Change
-$0.17 (-1.19%)

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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BMO Global Small Cap Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 16, 2012): 7.25%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 0.26% 2.65% -6.15% -8.35% -7.71% -0.39% 3.57% -3.42% 2.46% 1.80% 0.93% 2.79% 3.53% 3.03%
Benchmark 2.65% 9.37% 7.46% 8.22% 16.17% 15.73% 14.78% 6.16% 11.27% 10.19% 7.86% 8.97% 9.25% 8.97%
Category Average 2.84% 8.13% 9.05% 9.93% 11.65% 13.17% 12.40% 3.58% 8.75% 8.63% 6.03% 6.42% 6.67% 6.20%
Category Rank 250 / 285 271 / 284 278 / 278 276 / 276 275 / 275 257 / 263 230 / 238 213 / 223 184 / 191 163 / 168 138 / 143 133 / 138 122 / 128 109 / 114
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund 1.45% -2.51% 6.37% -4.29% 3.59% -5.72% -7.79% -5.11% 4.49% 2.02% 0.36% 0.26%
Benchmark 3.07% 0.86% 6.51% -3.05% 4.42% -3.55% -4.14% -3.02% 5.68% 3.76% 2.68% 2.65%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

13.37% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.26% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 20.97% 0.97% 9.72% -6.30% 19.97% 4.73% 11.86% -17.90% 5.36% 10.15%
Benchmark 16.61% 7.47% 15.40% -7.34% 20.09% 11.07% 15.50% -13.14% 14.59% 18.68%
Category Average 9.56% 3.48% 12.62% -10.42% 13.76% 14.53% 12.37% -15.59% 12.82% 12.04%
Quartile Ranking 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 4 3
Category Rank 40/ 97 80/ 123 93/ 129 41/ 139 52/ 165 142/ 171 150/ 206 157/ 228 215/ 245 163/ 263

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

20.97% (2015)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-17.90% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 57.17
International Equity 38.29
Canadian Equity 3.53
Cash and Equivalents 1.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Industrial Goods 27.40
Financial Services 12.45
Technology 12.02
Consumer Goods 11.04
Healthcare 9.60
Other 27.49

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 61.71
Europe 26.12
Asia 12.16
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Vontier Corp 1.98
Levi Strauss & Co Cl A 1.97
SPX Technologies Inc 1.95
Rotork PLC 1.91
Chefs' Warehouse Inc 1.88
VSE Corp 1.85
GATX Corp 1.83
Federal Signal Corp 1.72
WD-40 Co 1.72
Konecranes Abp 1.72

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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BMO Global Small Cap Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.56% 14.94% 14.98%
Beta 0.98% 0.98% 1.00%
Alpha -0.10% -0.08% -0.05%
Rsquared 0.87% 0.87% 0.89%
Sharpe 0.04% 0.06% 0.16%
Sortino 0.15% 0.05% 0.10%
Treynor 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%
Tax Efficiency 79.34% 70.98% 62.99%
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 15.51% 14.56% 14.94% 14.98%
Beta 1.15% 0.98% 0.98% 1.00%
Alpha -0.25% -0.10% -0.08% -0.05%
Rsquared 0.97% 0.87% 0.87% 0.89%
Sharpe -0.64% 0.04% 0.06% 0.16%
Sortino -0.79% 0.15% 0.05% 0.10%
Treynor -0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%
Tax Efficiency - 79.34% 70.98% 62.99%

Fund Details

Start Date April 16, 2012
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $101

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO151
BMO70151

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to provide long-term growth through capital appreciation by investing primarily in equities and equity-related securities of companies with small to medium market capitalization located throughout the world.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invests in global smaller capitalization companies; employs a disciplined bottom up investing approach focused on assessing quality value and risk to identify high quality businesses with competitive advantages, strong management and superior earnings growth.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Columbia Threadneedle Management Limited

  • Scott Woods
  • Charlotte Friedrichs
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BMO Investments Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

BMO Investments Inc.

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

BMO Investments Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.18%
Management Fee 2.25%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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