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BMO Women in Leadership Fund Series A

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North American Equity

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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

Fundata ESG Grade C

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NAVPS
(05-20-2025) 		$20.46
Change
$0.01 (0.04%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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BMO Women in Leadership Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 28, 2016): 9.18%

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 -1.84% -6.32% 2.38% -1.68% 15.27% 14.11% 10.17% 7.39% 10.17% 8.59% 9.06% 7.91% 9.23% -
Benchmark -2.34% -6.97% 0.95% -3.74% 15.36% 15.84% 12.41% 11.30% 15.01% 12.04% 12.33% 11.37% 12.46% 11.15%
Category Average -2.90% -10.19% -4.36% -6.25% 5.43% 10.43% 7.51% 4.90% 11.31% 8.17% 8.33% 7.88% 8.72% 7.41%
Category Rank 103 / 187 40 / 186 13 / 186 32 / 186 19 / 180 74 / 176 92 / 164 71 / 140 87 / 124 56 / 112 47 / 83 50 / 79 45 / 76 -
Quartile Ranking 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 3.32% 1.53% 3.78% 0.37% 2.10% 0.91% 6.12% -1.88% 4.96% -0.53% -4.06% -1.84%
Benchmark 3.45% 1.28% 4.00% 0.64% 2.69% 1.48% 6.48% -1.51% 3.47% -1.01% -3.77% -2.34%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

9.71% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.67% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 5.18% -4.70% 20.70% 12.75% 20.43% -18.05% 17.94% 22.54%
Benchmark 5.50% 14.85% 11.54% -2.58% 24.09% 10.91% 26.72% -9.17% 17.51% 28.77%
Category Average 6.38% 4.55% 10.59% -6.12% 20.45% 16.55% 18.87% -14.77% 16.96% 18.75%
Quartile Ranking - - 4 3 3 2 3 4 2 2
Category Rank - - 67/ 79 43/ 81 48/ 93 53/ 119 80/ 139 110/ 145 64/ 172 85/ 180

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.54% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-18.05% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 50.85
US Equity 46.00
Income Trust Units 1.81
International Equity 0.72
Cash and Equivalents 0.61
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 27.90
Technology 22.11
Industrial Services 10.68
Consumer Services 10.62
Healthcare 7.24
Other 21.45

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 97.46
Latin America 1.81
Europe 0.72
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Microsoft Corp 5.58
Royal Bank of Canada 4.25
Constellation Software Inc 4.21
Waste Connections Inc 4.05
Visa Inc Cl A 4.00
Amazon.com Inc 3.43
WSP Global Inc 3.43
Brookfield Corp Cl A 3.39
Intuitive Surgical Inc 3.28
Intact Financial Corp 3.16

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 Women in Leadership Fund Series A

Median

Other - North American Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.43% 12.64% -
Beta 0.92% 0.98% -
Alpha -0.01% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.91% 0.90% -
Sharpe 0.53% 0.64% -
Sortino 1.00% 0.95% -
Treynor 0.07% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 99.97% 99.98% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 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 10.48% 12.43% 12.64% -
Beta 0.99% 0.92% 0.98% -
Alpha 0.00% -0.01% -0.04% -
Rsquared 0.96% 0.91% 0.90% -
Sharpe 1.06% 0.53% 0.64% -
Sortino 2.23% 1.00% 0.95% -
Treynor 0.11% 0.07% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 99.97% 99.98% -

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) $175

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO70757
BMO757

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to increase the value of your investment over the long term by investing primarily in issuers that promote a gender diverse leadership environment.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objectives: invests in equity securities of issuers based on, but not limited to, the following gender criteria: - representation of women on the board of directors - female Chief Executive Officer (CEO), female Named Executive Officer - other criteria that advance gender equity including addressing barriers to advancement and gender pay gap.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Jennifer So
  • Valentin Padure
Sub-Advisor

-

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 500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 1.44%
Management Fee 1.25%
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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