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BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF Fund Series A

Canadian Equity

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FundGrade B

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Fundata ESG GradeD Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade D

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2019

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NAVPS
(04-04-2025)
$14.27
Change
-$0.46 (-3.09%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 16, 2019): 8.70%

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 2.83% 1.42% 5.30% 4.30% 16.22% 11.16% 8.87% 11.72% 9.73% - - - - -
Benchmark -0.40% -0.31% 10.31% 3.06% 22.45% 15.63% 9.72% 12.23% 12.73% 11.38% 10.72% 9.76% 11.18% 8.50%
Category Average -0.29% -0.58% 7.87% 2.49% 17.19% 12.64% 8.17% 10.97% 11.01% 9.68% 8.80% 7.99% 9.18% 6.94%
Category Rank 34 / 753 53 / 751 672 / 736 58 / 751 532 / 726 587 / 705 306 / 672 292 / 599 481 / 559 - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 1 4 1 3 4 2 2 4 - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 1.28% -1.84% 2.18% 0.26% 6.35% 1.90% 3.05% -1.38% 2.15% -2.76% 1.43% 2.83%
Benchmark 4.14% -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.22% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-14.22% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - 0.70% 21.51% -1.37% 8.21% 14.11%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average -6.15% 16.46% 6.89% -9.47% 19.21% 3.42% 23.26% -4.82% 9.85% 17.87%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - 3 4 1 4 4
Category Rank - - - - - 368/ 557 446/ 592 114/ 660 572/ 699 675/ 725

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

21.51% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-1.37% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 92.24
Income Trust Units 6.71
Cash and Equivalents 1.05

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Consumer Services 23.32
Financial Services 23.11
Utilities 13.15
Telecommunications 8.82
Real Estate 7.76
Other 23.84

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 98.89
Latin America 1.12
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF (ZLB) 99.56
CAD Currency 0.44

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.99% 12.40% -
Beta 0.63% 0.70% -
Alpha 0.03% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.78% 0.79% -
Sharpe 0.52% 0.62% -
Sortino 1.00% 0.85% -
Treynor 0.08% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 90.38% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.57% 9.99% 12.40% -
Beta 0.60% 0.63% 0.70% -
Alpha 0.03% 0.03% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.55% 0.78% 0.79% -
Sharpe 1.33% 0.52% 0.62% -
Sortino 3.11% 1.00% 0.85% -
Treynor 0.19% 0.08% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 96.00% 90.38% - -

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

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Fund Details

Start Date May 16, 2019
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $571

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO70772
BMO772

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to provide a return that is similar to the return of one or more exchange traded funds that invest primarily in Canadian equities. The fund may invest all or a portion of its assets in one or more exchange traded funds, invest directly in the underlying securities held by the exchange traded funds and/or use derivatives to provide the fund with a return determined by reference to the exchange traded funds.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: currently invests up to 100% of the fund’s assets in securities of BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF; BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF seeks to provide exposure to the performance of a portfolio of Canadian equities that have lower sensitivity to market movements with the potential for long-term capital appreciation.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Chris Heakes
  • Chris McHaney
  • Charles-Lucien Myssie
  • Jimmy Xu
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 No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 1.42%
Management Fee 1.25%
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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