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BMO Japan Fund Series A

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Geographic Equity

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

Fundata ESG Grade A

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NAVPS
(05-16-2025) 		$13.59
Change
$0.09 (0.63%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

Period
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BMO Japan Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 21, 2017): 4.08%

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 0.28% -1.66% 5.61% 1.93% 8.38% 8.87% 10.78% 4.72% 6.04% 4.68% 2.94% - - -
Benchmark -0.10% -2.00% 4.34% 1.41% 17.85% 13.20% 9.57% 10.07% 14.37% 10.31% 10.21% 9.29% 9.91% 8.27%
Category Average 0.24% -1.19% -0.79% -1.83% 4.30% 13.39% 10.87% 8.14% 12.57% 8.23% 6.51% 7.31% 8.90% 6.85%
Category Rank - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 1.06% -0.75% 6.08% 0.26% -0.93% -2.89% 3.31% 0.29% 3.65% -1.12% -0.83% 0.28%
Benchmark 2.77% -1.42% 5.87% 1.22% 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.98% (November 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-7.90% (October 2018)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - -10.14% 7.91% 12.90% -1.60% -15.11% 18.66% 11.81%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average 3.66% 2.24% 28.39% -9.85% 12.16% 14.68% 11.64% -10.77% 19.30% 15.57%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank - - - - - - - - - -

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

18.66% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-15.11% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 99.68
Cash and Equivalents 0.32

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Consumer Goods 21.42
Financial Services 16.90
Industrial Goods 11.14
Industrial Services 10.81
Technology 10.80
Other 28.93

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Asia 99.82
North America 0.18

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 4.13
Sony Group Corp 3.48
Toyota Motor Corp 3.13
Nintendo Co Ltd 2.98
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc 2.75
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 2.44
Itochu Corp 2.38
Keyence Corp 2.26
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 1.98
Hoya Corp 1.90

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

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

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BMO Japan Fund Series A

Median

Other - Geographic Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.76% 12.71% -
Beta 0.71% 0.57% -
Alpha 0.04% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.56% 0.32% -
Sharpe 0.56% 0.33% -
Sortino 1.14% 0.46% -
Treynor 0.10% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 99.52% 97.88% -
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 8.64% 12.76% 12.71% -
Beta 0.58% 0.71% 0.57% -
Alpha -0.02% 0.04% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.49% 0.56% 0.32% -
Sharpe 0.54% 0.56% 0.33% -
Sortino 1.38% 1.14% 0.46% -
Treynor 0.08% 0.10% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 99.31% 99.52% 97.88% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A97.9​97.971.4​71.40%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: A96.8​96.862.6​62.60%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

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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

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A99.1​99.178.8​78.80%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) $21

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
BMO240
BMO70240

Investment Objectives

This fund's objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies located in Japan or other companies that benefit from exposure to Japan.

Investment Strategy

These are the strategies the portfolio manager uses to try and achieve the fund’s objective: the fund invests in a core portfolio of equity securities that are selected by examining the financial statistics of each potential investment, looking for factors such as company size, momentum, sector and the sensitivity of each potential investment to market movements (beta).

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Columbia Threadneedle Management Limited

  • Harry Waight
  • Christopher Childs
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 2.03%
Management Fee 1.60%
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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