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BMO International Equity Fund Series A

International Equity

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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NAVPS
(11-11-2024)
$11.64
Change
$0.02 (0.20%)

As at October 31, 2024

As at October 31, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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BMO International Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 21, 2017): 3.61%

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 -2.14% -0.59% 4.27% 14.50% 23.22% 19.44% 5.12% 9.67% 4.79% 4.96% 2.92% - - -
Benchmark -2.68% -1.26% 4.43% 10.97% 22.70% 19.06% 5.43% 9.83% 7.00% 7.62% 5.61% 7.24% 6.45% 7.46%
Category Average -2.66% -0.28% 5.27% 10.90% 21.58% 17.51% 3.74% 8.18% 6.14% 6.78% 4.73% 6.30% 5.50% 6.12%
Category Rank 325 / 803 478 / 794 506 / 780 118 / 770 286 / 768 161 / 726 301 / 700 294 / 674 572 / 649 540 / 596 488 / 526 - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 5.62% 1.89% 1.43% 4.49% 4.47% -0.81% 4.07% -1.54% 2.36% 0.62% 0.96% -2.14%
Benchmark 7.38% 2.98% 0.90% 3.40% 3.12% -1.23% 2.60% -0.96% 4.08% 0.37% 1.09% -2.68%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.85% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-11.20% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - - - -10.05% 11.79% -2.22% 11.87% -13.83% 14.95%
Benchmark 4.12% 19.41% -1.70% 18.37% -6.81% 16.27% 8.01% 8.97% -10.67% 15.74%
Category Average 1.55% 13.82% -2.56% 17.84% -8.91% 17.54% 7.87% 8.64% -12.60% 13.75%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 3 4 4 1 3 2
Category Rank - - - - 346/ 530 522/ 598 555/ 649 163/ 679 396/ 702 280/ 733

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

14.95% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-13.83% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 95.59
Cash and Equivalents 3.03
Income Trust Units 1.39
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 19.69
Healthcare 11.04
Technology 11.01
Industrial Goods 10.37
Consumer Goods 9.36
Other 38.53

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Europe 66.08
Asia 30.02
North America 2.93
Africa and Middle East 0.98
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Novo Nordisk A/S Cl B 3.17
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA TD - 4.80% 01-Nov-2024 2.78
Novartis AG Cl N 2.68
HSBC Holdings PLC 2.54
Deutsche Telekom AG Cl N 2.16
ASML Holding NV 2.07
Relx PLC 1.95
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 1.92
UniCredit SpA 1.91
Shell PLC 1.83

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

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

BMO International Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - International Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.50% 14.02% -
Beta 0.94% 0.98% -
Alpha 0.00% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.89% 0.91% -
Sharpe 0.18% 0.24% -
Sortino 0.32% 0.27% -
Treynor 0.03% 0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 87.18% 87.38% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.75% 13.50% 14.02% -
Beta 0.84% 0.94% 0.98% -
Alpha 0.04% 0.00% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.84% 0.89% 0.91% -
Sharpe 1.92% 0.18% 0.24% -
Sortino 5.81% 0.32% 0.27% -
Treynor 0.20% 0.03% 0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 87.18% 87.38% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date August 21, 2017
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $132

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO239
BMO70239

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of companies located outside Canada and the United States or other companies that benefit from international exposure.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try and achieve the fund’s objective: examines the financial statistics of each potential investment, looking for: - an attractive price - consistent earnings - evidence that the company’s management believes in the future of the company; uses the above information to rank potential investments. The highest ranked securities are included in the portfolio; diversifies the fund’s assets by country, industry and company to help reduce risk.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Ariel Liang 01-09-2024
Sachal Mahajan 01-09-2024

Management and Organization

Fund Manager BMO Investments Inc.
Advisor BMO Asset Management Inc.
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar BMO Investments Inc.
Distributor BMO Investments Inc.
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.20%
Management Fee 1.75%
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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