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BMO Global Small Cap Fund Series A

Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

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NAVPS
(05-15-2024)
$15.76
Change
$0.04 (0.27%)

As at April 30, 2024

As at April 30, 2024

As at February 29, 2024

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BMO Global Small Cap Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 16, 2012): 8.39%

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 -1.91% 4.03% 13.74% 4.44% 3.62% 2.61% -1.75% 6.57% 2.53% 2.37% 2.79% 5.17% 4.11% 5.89%
Benchmark -3.18% 5.85% 17.91% 4.23% 13.66% 9.09% 3.29% 11.85% 6.73% 6.36% 6.47% 8.73% 7.45% 8.39%
Category Average -3.00% 16.09% 16.09% 2.97% 9.68% 6.68% 0.43% 9.80% 5.16% 4.16% 4.31% 5.97% 4.65% 5.33%
Category Rank 65 / 273 178 / 270 223 / 270 110 / 270 203 / 263 203 / 242 158 / 222 181 / 203 139 / 181 124 / 153 119 / 142 121 / 137 92 / 112 64 / 90
Quartile Ranking 1 3 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund -4.08% 3.13% 2.10% -0.03% -4.42% -5.59% 4.26% 4.46% 0.39% 2.64% 3.33% -1.91%
Benchmark -2.87% 4.01% 4.07% -0.53% -4.79% -3.18% 7.14% 5.59% -1.54% 5.26% 3.87% -3.18%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

13.37% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-18.26% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund 17.44% 20.97% 0.97% 9.72% -6.30% 19.97% 4.73% 11.86% -17.90% 5.36%
Benchmark 9.59% 16.61% 7.47% 15.40% -7.34% 20.09% 11.07% 15.50% -13.14% 14.59%
Category Average 6.30% 9.56% 3.48% 12.62% -10.42% 13.76% 14.53% 12.37% -15.59% 12.82%
Quartile Ranking 1 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 4
Category Rank 6/ 89 40/ 107 91/ 137 103/ 142 41/ 152 55/ 178 152/ 184 164/ 219 170/ 241 228/ 257

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

20.97% (2015)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-17.90% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 50.36
International Equity 39.29
Canadian Equity 7.22
Canadian Corporate Bonds 2.93
Cash and Equivalents 0.20

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 13.70
Healthcare 11.94
Industrial Services 11.74
Consumer Services 11.07
Real Estate 10.50
Other 41.05

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 60.69
Europe 31.83
Asia 3.31
Latin America 2.73
Africa and Middle East 1.46
Other -0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S 4.07
Kirby Corp 3.90
Boot Barn Holdings Inc 3.01
RABO BANK CAD DEPOSIT CAD 1.00% 30-Apr-2040 2.93
WSP Global Inc 2.90
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 2.77
Graphic Packaging Holding Co 2.57
Eagle Materials Inc 2.42
Molina Healthcare Inc 2.42
Storebrand ASA 2.34

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

BMO Global Small Cap Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Small/Mid Cap Eq

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.88% 17.19% 14.77%
Beta 0.87% 0.99% 0.99%
Alpha -0.05% -0.04% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.87% 0.91% 0.89%
Sharpe -0.26% 0.12% 0.37%
Sortino -0.37% 0.08% 0.37%
Treynor -0.04% 0.02% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency - 84.01% 78.70%
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 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 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 12.36% 13.88% 17.19% 14.77%
Beta 0.79% 0.87% 0.99% 0.99%
Alpha -0.07% -0.05% -0.04% -0.02%
Rsquared 0.87% 0.87% 0.91% 0.89%
Sharpe -0.04% -0.26% 0.12% 0.37%
Sortino 0.14% -0.37% 0.08% 0.37%
Treynor -0.01% -0.04% 0.02% 0.05%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% - 84.01% 78.70%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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Fundata E Score

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Fundata S Score

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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 April 16, 2012
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $127

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO151
BMO70151

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to provide long-term growth through capital appreciation by investing primarily in equities and equity-related securities of companies with small to medium market capitalization located throughout the world.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invests in global smaller capitalization companies; employs a disciplined bottom up investing approach focused on assessing quality value and risk to identify high quality businesses with competitive advantages, strong management and superior earnings growth.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Catherine Stanley 05-30-2023
Patrick Newens 05-30-2023

Management and Organization

Fund Manager BMO Investments Inc.
Advisor Columbia Threadneedle Management Limited
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar BMO Investments Inc.
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 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.57%
Management Fee 2.25%
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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