Responsible Investing

ESG implications of the COVID-19 pandemic

We are still in the early stages of understanding the impact that COVID-19 will have. However, some important implications are already emerging.

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Responsible Investing

Living wage in the retail sector

The way we shop has changed radically over the past decade. The growth of low-cost online retailers has put unprecedented pressure on the margins of high street stores.

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Macro outlook in times of the coronavirus: This is not a 2008 song

For investors, stomach-churning market drops and increasing recession fear in recent weeks due to COVID-19 are reviving memories of the 2008 financial crisis.

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Multi-Asset

March 2020

Macro outlook in times of the coronavirus: This is not a 2008 song For investors, stomach-churning market drops and increasing recession fear in recent weeks due to COVID-19 are reviving memories of the 2008 financial crisis.

Multi-Asset

March 2020

March MAST Asset Allocation Outlook: Too Much "Corona" Spoils the Party While closely monitoring the evolution of COVID-19, our view that the economic damages from the virus will be largely transitory is intact.

Multi-Asset

March 2020

OPEC+ Disagreement Blows More Bad News for Risk Appetite In a surprising move, Saudi Arabia decided to flood the market by boosting oil production by 25% after failing to reach a deal with Russia to address the sudden drop in oil demand induced by the coronavirus.

Multi-Asset

February 2020

COVID-19 pandemic fear creates speed bumps for stocks Investors were spooked this week with a surge in new cases of COVID-19 outside of China, most notably in South Korea and Italy, causing a sharp selloff in equity markets and a freefall in government bond yields.

Multi-Asset

February 2020

February MAST Asset Allocation Outlook: Pandemic Fear Bruises Stock Rally As we continue to expect the economic damage from the virus to be short-lived and earnings to re-accelerate into 2020, we are maintaining our moderate overweight to stocks versus bonds, hedged with a small overweight to duration.

Multi-Asset

January 2020

FOMC Policy Announcement — On Hold The U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept the fed funds target range unchanged for the second consecutive meeting, with the policy statement showing few modifications.

Multi-Asset

01/23/2020

January MAST Asset Allocation Outlook: 2020 Visions: Re-Acceleration after Resilience We maintain our overweight to stocks versus bonds, hedged with a small overweight to duration as we continue to expect a constructive environment for stocks while seeing little upside to interest rates.

Multi-Asset

12/23/2019

2020 outlook: Less yin (dark), more yang (light) Our outlook for 2020 is relatively positive for risk assets. Uncertainties remain, but some of the clouds have lifted and the economic landscape looks reasonably good.

Multi-Asset

12/13/2019

MAST Asset Allocation Outlook: Lower Uncertainty But Still Plenty of Fear Heightened uncertainty from trade policy has been a core investment theme this year, but the synchronized central-bank response, especially from the Fed, has been unambiguously supportive of risk assets.

Multi-Asset

11/13/2019

MAST Asset Allocation Outlook - Central-Bank Easing and Trade Détente Help Reboot Cycle Seasonal scarecrows played differently this year and global stocks registered another gain in October with new highs made in several markets.

Multi-Asset

11/08/2019

Gold’s Time to Shine? A gold allocation can increase diversification and reduce portfolio drawdowns without sacrificing long-term performance.

Multi-Asset

11/07/2019

Monetary policy is "likely to remain appropriate" In line with market expectations, the Federal Reserve (Fed) cut its policy rate by 25bp in October, the third 25bp rate cut since July.

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ETFs

BMO Asset Management Inc. Launches New Hedged Series for BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF February 2020

ETFs

BMO Asset Management Inc. Launches Innovative Fixed Income and U.S. Market ETFs February 2020

ETFs

BMO Annual ETF Outlook Report: Global ETF Industry Surpasses US $6 Trillion January 2020

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Launches Suite of Indexed ESG ETFs to Support Responsible Investing 01/21/2020

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Index Change for ZTL, Changes to Risk Ratings for Certain BMO ETF Listings and Clarification of Investment Objectives and Strategies for Certain BMO ETFs 01/13/2020

ETFs

BMO Global Asset Management Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series 12/18/2019

ETFs

BMO Global Asset Management Announces Annual Reinvested Distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series 12/18/2019

Mutual Funds

BMO Investments Inc. Announces Changes to the BMO Global Diversified Fund 11/19/2019

ETFs

BMO Global Asset Management Announces Estimated Annual Reinvested Distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series 11/15/2019

ETFs

BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds 09/19/2019

ETFs

BMO Global Asset Management Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series 09/19/2019

ETFs

BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Proposed Termination of Three BMO Exchange Traded Funds 7/31/2019

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