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Active Global ETF Series Overview

Jul. 4, 2023

BMO ETFs is proud to launch five new Active Global ETF Series tickers, professionally managed by BMO Global Asset Management’s Global Equity investment team. The team is comprised of 20 global sector experts that have built out active strategies across multiple sectors and investment themes such as innovation. Investors can now allocate capital to actively managed individual Sector ETFs or choose the all-encompassing Global Equity active ETF or Global Innovators active ETF that includes exposure to multiple sectors of the economy.

Global Active Innovation Investing

BGIN

BGIN – BMO Global Innovators Fund Active ETF Series

  • Why buy: Concentrated portfolio of 50-60 stocks of global companies involved in the development of innovative products, processes or services
  • Global Equity Team uses a robust screening process to identify top companies involved with innovation across many sectors of the economy
  • Portfolio is managed by two award-winning Portfolio Managers that have over two decades of experience with innovation investing1
  • ETF series wrapper allows investors and portfolio managers to simply purchase over the exchange to allocate the strategy across accounts
  • Risk rating: Medium

Global Active Sector ETF Series 

BGRT

BGRT – BMO Global REIT Fund Active ETF Series

  • Why buy: Concentrated portfolio of 30-60 global REITs, Portfolio uses a comprehensive selection process that considers company’s assets, location of properties, management team’s track record, balance sheet strength, growth prospects and valuation metrics before allocating
  • Portfolio is managed by a global REIT specialist with over 15 years of experience and four years of consecutive awards2
  • ETF series wrapper allows investors and portfolio managers to simply purchase over the exchange to allocate the strategy across accounts
  • Risk rating: Medium
BGHC

BGHC – BMO Global Health Care Fund Active ETF Series

  • Why buy: Concentrated portfolio of 35-45 healthcare companies from around the world that have significant growth potential
  • Portfolio uses a robust investment process that screens a large global universe of ~ 1500 healthcare companies to identify specific themes in innovation in the healthcare sector
  • ETF series wrapper allows investors and portfolio managers to simply purchase over the exchange to allocate the strategy across accounts
  • Risk rating: Medium
BGIF

BGIF – BMO Global Infrastructure Fund Active ETF Series

  • Why buy: Concentrated portfolio of 30-40 stocks, objective is to achieve a high level of total return from dividends and capital gains, by investing in companies that operate in, or are expected to benefit from infrastructure related businesses globally
  • Fund diversifies infrastructure investments across different sectors, uses BMO GAM’s sector PMs to identify stocks with specific sector valuation metrics
  • ETF series wrapper allows investors and portfolio managers to simply purchase over the exchange to allocate the strategy across accounts
  • Risk rating: Low to Medium
BGEQ

BGEQ – BMO Global Equity Fund Active ETF Series

  • Why buy: Focused 60 stock portfolio diversified across sectors globally, utilizes an optimized weighting structure by growth opportunities
  • Professionally managed by entire sector equity Portfolio Manager team, combines manager expertise across Healthcare, Technology, Financials, REITS, Infrastructure, Resources and Consumer goods
  • Portfolio is actively managed to allocate to top ideas from each sector to create a core solution that can tilt towards value or growth companies depending on market conditions
  • ETF series wrapper allows investors and portfolio managers to simply purchase over the exchange to allocate the strategy across accounts
  • Risk rating: Medium



FOR ADVISOR USE ONLY

1Source: TopGun Investment Minds Platinum Class winners 2021/2022 – Platinum Class Winners, Malcolm White, Jeremy Yeung. Platinum Class awarded to individuals who have been Designated TopGun in four consecutive years.

2Source: TopGun Investment Mind by Brendan Wood International in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, achieving Platinum Class in 2023.

Disclosures:

Distributions may be comprised of net income, net realized capital gains and/​or a return of capital.

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