Podcast: A Record-Breaking Year for Canadian ETFs - January 8, 2025
The Canadian ETF industry ended 2024 with a bang — shattering several records. In this episode, Portfolio Manager Matt Montemurro, ETF Strategist Bipan Rai, and your host, Skye Collyer, delve into the trends driving growth and which ETFs dominated flows.
Skye Collyer is a Director of ETF Distribution at BMO Global Asset Management. She is joined on the podcast by Bipan Rai, Head of ETF Strategy, Exchange Traded Funds, at BMO GAM, and Matt Montemurro, Head of Fixed Income and Equity Index ETFs at BMO GAM. The episode was recorded live on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
ETFs mentioned:
- BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (Ticker: ZAG)
- BMO Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Ticker: ZST)
- BMO Money Market Fund ETF Series (Ticker: ZMMK)
- BMO Gold Bullion ETF (Ticker: ZGLD)
- BMO US High Dividend Covered Call ETF (Ticker: ZWH)
- BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF (Ticker: ZWU)
- BMO Covered Call US Banks ETF (Ticker: ZWK)
- BMO US Equity Buffer Hedged to CAD ETF – January (Ticker: ZJAN)
AUM: Assets Under Management.
LRCNs: Limited Recourse Capital Notes.
Fund Flows resources: National Bank Report, January 3, 2024, and TD Bank Report, January 7, 2024.
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