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BMO Growth and Income Fund Advisor Series

Canadian Div & Inc Equity

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FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG Grade C

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NAVPS
(05-01-2024)
$6.29
Change
$0.01 (0.08%)

As at March 31, 2024

As at March 31, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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BMO Growth and Income Fund Advisor Series

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 21, 1996): 7.94%

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 5.28% 8.35% 17.92% 8.35% 16.95% 7.24% 9.98% 17.39% 7.90% 7.92% 6.30% 7.13% 5.19% 4.76%
Benchmark 4.14% 6.62% 15.26% 6.62% 13.96% 3.95% 9.11% 16.99% 9.96% 9.65% 8.48% 9.70% 7.76% 7.67%
Category Average 2.88% 13.24% 13.24% 5.34% 9.89% 1.74% 7.86% 13.92% 7.75% 7.60% 6.53% 7.55% 6.30% 6.18%
Category Rank 7 / 458 5 / 453 6 / 451 5 / 453 6 / 448 7 / 437 68 / 410 56 / 396 227 / 387 201 / 360 215 / 336 230 / 308 225 / 268 228 / 256
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund 1.92% -4.16% 2.50% 4.25% -1.44% -3.59% -2.36% 7.58% 3.61% 0.74% 2.16% 5.28%
Benchmark 2.90% -4.95% 3.36% 2.58% -1.37% -3.33% -3.21% 7.48% 3.91% 0.55% 1.82% 4.14%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.95% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-21.70% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 5.27% -14.87% 18.16% 5.50% -8.91% 16.69% -5.84% 23.64% -3.51% 14.80%
Benchmark 10.55% -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75%
Category Average 8.23% -6.21% 17.48% 7.25% -7.75% 18.42% -1.18% 26.41% -3.72% 7.17%
Quartile Ranking 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 1
Category Rank 206/ 244 256/ 267 146/ 303 242/ 334 258/ 359 285/ 381 347/ 396 335/ 408 246/ 431 7/ 442

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

23.64% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-14.87% (2015)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 91.95
Income Trust Units 5.62
Cash and Equivalents 2.43

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 28.84
Energy 18.58
Basic Materials 10.83
Industrial Goods 6.86
Technology 6.54
Other 28.35

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 98.46
Latin America 1.55
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 6.17
Open Text Corp 5.17
Suncor Energy Inc 5.11
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 4.58
Finning International Inc 3.56
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 3.50
Royal Bank of Canada 3.50
Nuvei Corp 3.37
Element Fleet Management Corp 3.27
Brookfield Corp Cl A 3.07

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

BMO Growth and Income Fund Advisor Series

Median

Other - Canadian Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.59% 16.74% 13.31%
Beta 0.90% 1.03% 1.00%
Alpha 0.02% -0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.91% 0.92% 0.91%
Sharpe 0.61% 0.43% 0.31%
Sortino 0.91% 0.50% 0.27%
Treynor 0.09% 0.07% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 82.04% 67.93% 23.72%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.65% 12.59% 16.74% 13.31%
Beta 0.97% 0.90% 1.03% 1.00%
Alpha 0.03% 0.02% -0.02% -0.03%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.91% 0.92% 0.91%
Sharpe 0.93% 0.61% 0.43% 0.31%
Sortino 2.04% 0.91% 0.50% 0.27%
Treynor 0.12% 0.09% 0.07% 0.04%
Tax Efficiency 88.26% 82.04% 67.93% 23.72%

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 October 21, 1996
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $108

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO22193
BMO22593
BMO22910

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to generate a high level of monthly distributions with moderate volatility by investing primarily in a portfolio of trust units, equity securities and fixed income securities.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invests in common equities and real estate investment trusts, generally with large market capitalizations; may invest in fixed income securities, primarily consisting of Canadian government and corporate issues of any maturity or credit rating; may invest up to 20% of the fund’s assets in foreign securities; may use general ESG integration in the investment process.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Kevin Hall 08-01-2002
Michele Robitaille 06-01-2003
Sam Baldwin 11-21-2017

Management and Organization

Fund Manager BMO Investments Inc.
Advisor Guardian Capital LP
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar State Street Trust Company Canada
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 2.12%
Management Fee 1.85%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max 6.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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