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BMO Sustainable Opportunities Canadian Equity Fund Series A

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Canadian Equity

FundGrade E Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade E

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

Fundata ESG Grade C

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NAVPS
(05-02-2025) 		$14.97
Change
$0.18 (1.22%)

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

Period
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BMO Sustainable Opportunities Canadian Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 17, 2020): 8.43%

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 -4.59% -1.36% 1.63% -1.36% 10.39% 11.28% 4.07% 5.54% - - - - - -
Benchmark -1.51% 1.51% 5.33% 1.51% 15.81% 14.88% 7.77% 10.75% 16.76% 10.91% 10.51% 9.37% 10.36% 8.54%
Category Average -1.79% 0.66% 3.20% 0.66% 11.77% 11.90% 6.25% 9.22% 14.67% 9.19% 8.59% 7.58% 8.33% 6.89%
Category Rank 748 / 748 671 / 744 637 / 744 671 / 744 559 / 722 514 / 699 645 / 669 574 / 596 - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 - - - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -3.04% 2.36% -0.32% 5.40% 0.26% 3.91% -0.28% 6.91% -3.36% 4.01% -0.61% -4.59%
Benchmark -1.82% 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.32% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.10% (April 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - 19.69% -18.45% 11.14% 18.94%
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 - - - - - - 4 4 2 2
Category Rank - - - - - - 504/ 587 642/ 655 275/ 693 359/ 719

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

19.69% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-18.45% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 87.83
US Equity 7.61
Cash and Equivalents 2.44
Income Trust Units 2.12

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 38.01
Technology 16.86
Industrial Services 16.05
Basic Materials 7.77
Real Estate 6.57
Other 14.74

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.88
Latin America 2.12

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 8.37
Brookfield Corp Cl A 5.79
Waste Connections Inc 5.69
Constellation Software Inc 5.68
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.67
Shopify Inc Cl A 5.21
Intact Financial Corp 4.39
Canadian National Railway Co 3.68
Visa Inc Cl A 3.53
Thomson Reuters Corp 3.49

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)

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BMO Sustainable Opportunities Canadian Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 14.31% - -
Beta 0.95% - -
Alpha -0.03% - -
Rsquared 0.85% - -
Sharpe 0.08% - -
Sortino 0.21% - -
Treynor 0.01% - -
Tax Efficiency 99.88% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 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 12.65% 14.31% - -
Beta 1.12% 0.95% - -
Alpha -0.07% -0.03% - -
Rsquared 0.91% 0.85% - -
Sharpe 0.53% 0.08% - -
Sortino 1.10% 0.21% - -
Treynor 0.06% 0.01% - -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 99.88% - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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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

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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

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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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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 17, 2020
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $54

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO111
BMO70111

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in Canadian equity securities using a responsible investment approach.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objectives: invests primarily in Canadian equities by fundamentally reviewing the financial statistics of each company to determine if the equity securities are attractively priced; reviews company operations and research and development to assess each company’s potential for growth.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Jennifer So
  • Lutz Zeitler
Sub-Advisor

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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 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 1.79%
Management Fee 1.50%
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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