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BMO International Equity Fund Series A

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International Equity

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FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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NAVPS
(05-16-2025) 		$13.19
Change
$0.05 (0.41%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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BMO International Equity Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 21, 2017): 4.57%

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 -0.40% 2.41% 9.28% 8.25% 13.94% 14.65% 13.10% 7.20% 9.36% 5.50% 4.00% - - -
Benchmark 0.66% 1.09% 7.07% 6.87% 11.81% 11.28% 11.79% 6.83% 10.51% 7.21% 6.12% 6.46% 8.04% 6.69%
Category Average -0.04% -0.20% 5.18% 5.32% 10.73% 9.28% 10.04% 5.03% 9.11% 6.07% 5.29% 5.45% 6.84% 5.39%
Category Rank 385 / 800 108 / 797 90 / 795 117 / 795 204 / 770 42 / 735 86 / 714 179 / 692 337 / 652 440 / 615 482 / 541 - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 4.07% -1.54% 2.36% 0.62% 0.96% -2.14% 0.83% 0.11% 5.71% 3.08% -0.26% -0.40%
Benchmark 2.60% -0.96% 4.08% 0.37% 1.09% -2.68% 0.03% 0.16% 5.72% 1.20% -0.76% 0.66%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.85% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-11.20% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - -10.05% 11.79% -2.22% 11.87% -13.83% 14.95% 15.58%
Benchmark 19.41% -1.70% 18.37% -6.81% 16.27% 8.01% 8.97% -10.67% 15.74% 11.18%
Category Average 13.82% -2.56% 17.84% -8.91% 17.54% 7.87% 8.64% -12.60% 13.75% 10.76%
Quartile Ranking - - - 3 4 4 1 3 2 1
Category Rank - - - 345/ 530 523/ 597 554/ 647 161/ 677 394/ 699 278/ 729 92/ 764

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

15.58% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-13.83% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 95.63
Cash and Equivalents 3.12
Income Trust Units 1.25

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 20.91
Healthcare 10.54
Technology 10.43
Consumer Goods 9.86
Industrial Goods 9.65
Other 38.61

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Europe 65.56
Asia 30.55
North America 3.02
Africa and Middle East 0.87

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Novartis AG Cl N 2.60
HSBC Holdings PLC 2.31
Relx PLC 2.07
Roche Holding AG - Partcptn 2.05
Deutsche Telekom AG Cl N 2.04
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA TD - 2.65% 01-May-2025 1.98
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 1.91
UniCredit SpA 1.90
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.87
ASML Holding NV 1.84

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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BMO International Equity Fund Series A

Median

Other - International Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.61% 12.46% -
Beta 0.94% 0.94% -
Alpha 0.02% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.91% 0.89% -
Sharpe 0.73% 0.59% -
Sortino 1.36% 0.90% -
Treynor 0.10% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 96.05% 94.96% -
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 7.99% 12.61% 12.46% -
Beta 0.92% 0.94% 0.94% -
Alpha 0.03% 0.02% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.82% 0.91% 0.89% -
Sharpe 1.21% 0.73% 0.59% -
Sortino 3.36% 1.36% 0.90% -
Treynor 0.11% 0.10% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 96.05% 94.96% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A88.5​88.573.6​73.60%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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A87.6​87.672.2​72.20%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A92.6​92.679.1​79.10%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A82.9​82.966.8​66.80%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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 August 21, 2017
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $138

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO239
BMO70239

Investment Objectives

This fund’s objective is to achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of companies located outside Canada and the United States or other companies that benefit from international exposure.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try and achieve the fund’s objective: examines the financial statistics of each potential investment, looking for: - an attractive price - consistent earnings - evidence that the company’s management believes in the future of the company; uses the above information to rank potential investments. The highest ranked securities are included in the portfolio; diversifies the fund’s assets by country, industry and company to help reduce risk.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

BMO Asset Management Inc.

  • Ariel Liang
  • Sachal Mahajan
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 Yes
SWP Min Balance 10,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 2.20%
Management Fee 1.75%
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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