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BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF Fund Series A

Financial Services Equity

FundGrade D Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade D

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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
(05-21-2025)
$12.06
Change
-$0.02 (-0.17%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (April 28, 2016): 7.24%

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 2.21% -3.62% 1.71% -1.91% 15.02% 8.98% 4.30% 5.09% 12.33% 5.93% 5.91% 6.04% 7.23% -
Benchmark -2.87% -3.03% 7.87% 2.81% 25.19% 22.25% 15.98% 12.26% 15.74% 9.87% 9.22% 9.14% 11.20% 9.35%
Category Average -0.87% -4.68% 4.19% -0.51% 20.65% 17.77% 10.84% 7.90% 15.27% 9.02% 8.30% 8.57% 10.16% 8.67%
Category Rank 19 / 79 41 / 77 58 / 75 58 / 76 61 / 75 66 / 72 47 / 59 42 / 56 38 / 51 37 / 51 36 / 46 33 / 41 31 / 37 -
Quartile Ranking 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 2.58% -3.33% 5.59% 3.22% 4.27% 0.35% 4.75% -1.01% 1.78% -1.55% -4.23% 2.21%
Benchmark 3.17% -0.07% 6.67% 1.09% 2.08% 2.26% 6.63% -1.59% 6.02% 1.62% -1.76% -2.87%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.13% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-17.89% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - 10.22% -8.83% 13.15% 0.61% 29.44% -11.98% 5.75% 18.36%
Benchmark 14.20% 6.34% 15.24% -4.99% 19.43% -5.24% 22.05% -5.68% 13.41% 31.42%
Category Average 6.19% 11.10% 15.65% -8.72% 20.37% 0.17% 28.60% -10.67% 9.26% 27.44%
Quartile Ranking - - 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4
Category Rank - - 35/ 41 26/ 45 46/ 49 28/ 51 31/ 56 31/ 56 51/ 65 67/ 74

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

29.44% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.98% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 98.99
Cash and Equivalents 1.00
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 98.99
Cash and Cash Equivalent 1.00
Other 0.01

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 99.99
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF (ZWB) 99.86
CAD Currency 0.14

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 Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF Fund Series A

Median

Other - Financial Services Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.44% 14.94% -
Beta 0.92% 0.91% -
Alpha -0.09% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.68% 0.66% -
Sharpe 0.09% 0.69% -
Sortino 0.22% 1.05% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 39.81% 79.42% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 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 11.04% 15.44% 14.94% -
Beta 0.62% 0.92% 0.91% -
Alpha 0.00% -0.09% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.41% 0.68% 0.66% -
Sharpe 0.99% 0.09% 0.69% -
Sortino 1.90% 0.22% 1.05% -
Treynor 0.18% 0.02% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 82.72% 39.81% 79.42% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A64.064.069.769.70%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $649

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO70765
BMO765

Investment Objectives

This fund's objective is to provide a return that is similar to the return of one or more exchange traded funds that invest primarily in Canadian bank equities while mitigating downside risk.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try to achieve the fund’s objectives: invests up to 100% of the fund’s assets in securities of BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF; BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF seeks to provide exposure to the performance of a portfolio of Canadian banks to generate income and to provide long-term capital appreciation while mitigating downside risk through the use of covered call options.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Chris McHaney
  • Chris Heakes
  • Charles-Lucien Myssie
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 50
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 1.61%
Management Fee 1.45%
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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