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BMO SIA Focused Canadian Equity Fund - ETF Series

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Canadian Equity

FundGrade E Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade E

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

Fundata ESG Grade D

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NAVPS
(05-05-2025) 		$45.60
Change
$0.09 (0.19%)

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

Period
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BMO SIA Focused Canadian Equity Fund - ETF Series

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (December 06, 2018): 7.27%

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 -4.49% -4.88% 1.15% -4.88% 2.95% 5.26% 3.75% 5.45% 9.63% 6.81% - - - -
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 743 / 748 741 / 744 662 / 744 741 / 744 701 / 722 697 / 699 653 / 669 576 / 596 536 / 555 499 / 538 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -2.76% 3.90% -1.23% 2.00% -1.57% 1.59% 4.04% 3.92% -1.64% 1.22% -1.61% -4.49%
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

10.62% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.22% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 21.00% 0.91% 16.78% -4.40% 6.51% 15.55%
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 - - - - 2 3 4 2 4 4
Category Rank - - - - 253/ 526 362/ 552 568/ 587 288/ 655 648/ 693 608/ 719

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

21.00% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-4.40% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 78.61
Cash and Equivalents 15.52
Income Trust Units 5.85
Canadian Corporate Bonds 0.03
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 24.58
Basic Materials 18.76
Cash and Cash Equivalent 15.53
Energy 11.40
Industrial Services 6.00
Other 23.73

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.02
Other -0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
BMO Money Market Fund ETF Series (ZMMK) 14.53
Manulife Financial Corp 6.34
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 6.33
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 6.25
Kinross Gold Corp 6.18
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 6.10
Definity Financial Corp 6.09
TMX Group Ltd 6.05
GFL Environmental Inc 6.00
AltaGas Ltd 6.00

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 SIA Focused Canadian Equity Fund - ETF Series

Median

Other - Canadian Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.62% 10.94% -
Beta 0.47% 0.51% -
Alpha 0.00% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.46% 0.39% -
Sharpe 0.03% 0.68% -
Sortino 0.17% 1.09% -
Treynor 0.01% 0.15% -
Tax Efficiency 89.65% 94.80% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 9.97% 9.62% 10.94% -
Beta 0.69% 0.47% 0.51% -
Alpha -0.07% 0.00% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.56% 0.46% 0.39% -
Sharpe -0.05% 0.03% 0.68% -
Sortino 0.05% 0.17% 1.09% -
Treynor -0.01% 0.01% 0.15% -
Tax Efficiency 99.47% 89.65% 94.80% -

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 December 06, 2018
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $64

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
N/A

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in a portfolio of Canadian equities. The fundamental investment objectives may only be changed with the approval of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of unitholders called for that purpose.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objectives: invests in a highly concentrated portfolio of Canadian equity securities; employs a proprietary model that utilizes technical indicators to identify attractive securities that may offer superior rates of return while minimizing risk.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Matthew Montemurro
  • Raymond Chan
  • Mirza Shakir
Sub-Advisor

SIA Wealth Management Inc.

  • Colin Cieszynski

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 No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 0.84%
Management Fee 0.75%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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