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BMO Global Strategic Bond Fund - ETF Series (ZGSB : TSX)

Multi-Sector Fixed Income

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(12-04-2025)
$27.97
Change
$0.00 (0.00%)
Open $27.93
Day Range $27.93 - $27.98
Volume 700

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 23, 2018): 3.28%

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 1.06% 3.18% 6.58% 6.43% 6.62% 11.28% 9.13% 1.62% 2.55% 2.43% 3.54% - - -
Benchmark 0.61% 3.71% 5.08% 6.02% 7.75% 10.11% 8.64% 2.75% 0.90% 1.89% 3.07% 2.62% 2.32% 2.96%
Category Average 0.46% 4.40% 4.40% 5.50% 5.67% 8.28% - - - - - - - -
Category Rank 41 / 316 46 / 316 15 / 306 47 / 302 88 / 301 24 / 287 31 / 278 162 / 260 115 / 250 118 / 234 91 / 213 - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 1.36% -1.16% 0.59% 1.08% -1.06% -0.73% 1.18% 1.44% 0.64% 0.77% 1.31% 1.06%
Benchmark 0.96% 0.67% 1.41% 1.02% 0.37% -1.88% -0.45% 1.36% 0.41% 0.79% 2.27% 0.61%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

4.63% (January 2023)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.46% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 12.35% 5.52% 1.64% -15.52% 10.28% 6.74%
Benchmark 16.14% 1.29% 1.23% 6.50% 4.01% 7.35% -4.31% -10.27% 5.25% 9.76%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - 3.89%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 1 2 2 4 1 2
Category Rank - - - - 14/ 218 100/ 239 95/ 252 257/ 260 16/ 278 99/ 287

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

12.35% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-15.52% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Foreign Corporate Bonds 61.24
US Equity 23.70
Foreign Government Bonds 11.56
Cash and Equivalents 3.50
International Equity 0.00

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 72.81
Cash and Cash Equivalent 3.50
Real Estate 0.00
Other 23.69

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 88.42
Latin America 11.56
Europe 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
WINDSTREAM UNITS EQUITY 25.80
AMSURG EQUITY EQTYAS910 23.70
WESCO AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS SR SECURED 144A 10.50% 15-Nov-2026 23.16
Petroleos de Venezuela SA 5.50% 12-Apr-2037 10.24
INCORA INTERMEDIATE II SR SECURED 144A 1.00% 31-Jan-2030 7.89
NEIMAN MARCUS USD 2.67
REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA SR UNSECURED REGS 7.75% 13-Oct-2019 2.09
CS AT1 CLAIMS US225401AJ72 CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG 1.00% 31-Dec-2060 1.47
REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA SR UNSECURED REGS 8.25% 13-Oct-2024 0.96
Petroleos de Venezuela SA 5.38% 12-Apr-2027 0.91

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

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

BMO Global Strategic Bond Fund - ETF Series

Median

Other - Multi-Sector Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 6.01% 7.30% -
Beta 0.78% 0.76% -
Alpha 0.02% 0.02% -
Rsquared 0.44% 0.41% -
Sharpe 0.83% 0.02% -
Sortino 2.00% -0.04% -
Treynor 0.06% 0.00% -
Tax Efficiency 79.53% 28.91% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 3 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 3.33% 6.01% 7.30% -
Beta 0.45% 0.78% 0.76% -
Alpha 0.03% 0.02% 0.02% -
Rsquared 0.23% 0.44% 0.41% -
Sharpe 1.10% 0.83% 0.02% -
Sortino 1.61% 2.00% -0.04% -
Treynor 0.08% 0.06% 0.00% -
Tax Efficiency 73.13% 79.53% 28.91% -

Fund Details

Start Date May 23, 2018
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $169
52 Week High $28.01
52 Week Low $25.84
Annual Dividend $1.20
Annual Yield -
Index -
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to provide a fixed monthly distribution and capital appreciation potential by investing primarily in debt instruments issued by governments and corporations from around the world.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objective: invests primarily in a diversified pool of fixed-income securities, such as bonds and debentures issued by governments and corporations or obtains exposure to such securities; seeks the best potential investments for the portfolio by analyzing the credit ratings of various issuers and using quantitative and other research.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Earl Davis
  • Gordon Rumble
  • Vishang Chawla
  • Andrew Osterback
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

BMO Investments Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

BMO Investments Inc.

Distributor

BMO Investments Inc.

Fees

MER 0.80%
Management Fee 0.73%

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