Looking to invest overseas with ease? In this deep-dive episode, special guests Johan Ahlberg, and Acushla Vestby, from BMO Global Asset Management’s Structured Solutions team, and your host, Erin Allen, explore the fundamentals of Canadian Depositary Receipts (CDRs) and how they give investors greater access to foreign markets. Erin Allen is Vice President of ETF Online Distribution at BMO Exchange Traded Funds. She is joined on the podcast by Johan Ahlberg, Director of Development and Strategy Advisory, Structured Solutions, at BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM) and Acushla Vestby, Managing Director and Head of Structured Solutions and National Accounts, at BMO GAM. The episode was recorded live on Thursday, January 30, 2025.

Johan Ahlberg
Director of Development and Strategy Advisory, Structured Solutions
Johan has 15 years of international experience in structuring and new business development. He started his career at Barclays Investment Bank in the United Kingdom on the structuring team where he was responsible for developing novel products and providing bespoke derivative solutions to institutional and retail clients. Following his time with Barclays, he worked at Nordea in Sweden where he was responsible for structuring and managing investment products sold across Nordic countries. He holds a Masters in Science from the Stockholm School of Economics.