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BMO Sustainable Opportunities Global Equity Fund Series A

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FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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

Fundata ESG Grade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2021

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NAVPS
(05-02-2025) 		$20.81
Change
$0.37 (1.79%)

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

Period
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BMO Sustainable Opportunities Global Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 28, 2016): 9.81%

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 -5.70% -3.98% -3.87% -3.98% 4.29% 12.88% 8.07% 4.78% 10.85% 8.78% 8.61% 8.91% - -
Benchmark -4.18% -1.44% 3.79% -1.44% 13.36% 18.11% 11.87% 10.29% 15.45% 11.45% 10.65% 10.79% 11.61% 10.18%
Category Average -4.14% -1.11% 1.62% -1.11% 8.50% 13.52% 8.34% 7.18% 12.79% 8.81% 8.13% 8.24% 8.85% 7.55%
Category Rank 1,595 / 2,110 1,708 / 2,100 1,995 / 2,082 1,708 / 2,100 1,747 / 2,027 1,196 / 1,886 1,120 / 1,765 1,407 / 1,607 1,192 / 1,472 821 / 1,412 560 / 1,203 447 / 1,043 - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -3.26% 5.13% 2.40% -0.18% 3.17% 1.16% -0.38% 2.87% -2.31% 4.59% -2.64% -5.70%
Benchmark -1.84% 3.15% 2.29% 2.79% 0.04% 2.54% 0.69% 4.44% 0.14% 3.94% -1.04% -4.18%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.73% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-9.82% (January 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 15.78% -1.55% 25.03% 22.76% 12.42% -19.47% 12.21% 23.45%
Benchmark 16.88% 5.18% 16.29% -1.79% 21.41% 13.15% 17.62% -12.64% 19.37% 26.84%
Category Average 8.98% 3.86% 14.23% -5.38% 19.94% 11.73% 16.21% -13.86% 15.08% 20.13%
Quartile Ranking - - 2 2 1 1 4 4 3 2
Category Rank - - 385/ 1,036 333/ 1,183 212/ 1,382 186/ 1,464 1,318/ 1,583 1,400/ 1,735 1,411/ 1,883 749/ 2,000

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

25.03% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-19.47% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 59.80
International Equity 37.97
Canadian Equity 1.46
Cash and Equivalents 0.77

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 33.96
Healthcare 12.46
Financial Services 12.19
Industrial Goods 10.12
Industrial Services 9.25
Other 22.02

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 62.02
Europe 24.30
Asia 11.41
Latin America 2.27

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 8.81
Mastercard Inc Cl A 5.74
NVIDIA Corp 5.48
Linde PLC 4.18
Relx PLC 3.17
Eli Lilly and Co 2.89
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd - ADR 2.83
Kerry Group PLC 2.66
Schneider Electric SE 2.59
Ecolab Inc 2.54

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 Global Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.31% 15.17% -
Beta 1.14% 1.18% -
Alpha -0.05% -0.06% -
Rsquared 0.89% 0.89% -
Sharpe 0.33% 0.60% -
Sortino 0.63% 0.91% -
Treynor 0.04% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 11.75% 15.31% 15.17% -
Beta 1.12% 1.14% 1.18% -
Alpha -0.10% -0.05% -0.06% -
Rsquared 0.72% 0.89% 0.89% -
Sharpe 0.08% 0.33% 0.60% -
Sortino 0.23% 0.63% 0.91% -
Treynor 0.01% 0.04% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% -

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 April 28, 2016
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Responsible Investment)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $543

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO70764
BMO764

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to provide long-term growth of capital by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of equity securities and excludes issuers that are primarily involved in the development and infrastructure of fossil fuels.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objectives: invests primarily in a globally diversified portfolio of equity securities; exclude the securities of issuers that: - explore for, process, refine and/or distribute coal, oil and/or gas; - produce and/or transmit electricity derived from fossil fuels; - transmit natural gas.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Columbia Threadneedle Management Limited

  • Nick Henderson
  • Jamie Jenkins
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 No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 1.81%
Management Fee 1.60%
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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