Our Portfolio
Get to know our range of Responsible solutions and funds
At BMO, we launched our first ethically screened fund over 35 years ago. Since then, we have been innovating to create award winning ranges for our clients. Our range covers themes and priorities across asset classes and regions, multi-asset solutions and reo®, our Responsible Engagement Overlay Service.
Solutions
Risk-targeted fund range
BMO Sustainable Universal MAP funds


With OCFs capped at 0.39%, our sustainability-orientated active multi-asset funds are ideal for the growing number of individuals that, alongside meeting their financial goals, want to make a positive impact on the world through their investment decisions.
Engagement service
Responsible Engagement Overlay (reo®) Service
Through reo® clients can access the full suite of stewardship expertise including research, screening, engagement and proxy voting. Enjoy greater influence to effect positive change by pooling assets to create one single, powerful voice.
*New fund launched 16th March 2021
Solutions
Risk-targeted fund range
BMO Sustainable Universal MAP funds


With OCFs capped at 0.39%, our sustainability-orientated active multi-asset funds are ideal for the growing number of individuals that, alongside meeting their financial goals, want to make a positive impact on the world through their investment decisions.
Engagement service
Responsible Engagement Overlay (reo®) Service
Through reo® clients can access the full suite of stewardship expertise including research, screening, engagement and proxy voting. Enjoy greater influence to effect positive change by pooling assets to create one single, powerful voice.
*New fund launched 16th March 2021
Our Responsible funds
Our range consists of global and regional funds across asset classes – each based around our clear Avoid, Invest, Improve philosophy. This philosophy is a framework we developed to demonstrate the ESG credentials of each of our funds – supporting investors by demonstrating how each fund meets our three pillar philosophy.
BMO Responsible Global Equity Fund

A best-ideas portfolio of global equities focused around sustainability-orientated themes. Overlaid with focused active ownership activities, the fund’s ambition is to drive positive impact as well as investment performance.
BMO SDG Engagement Global Equity Fund
With the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) providing a framework for our dialogue with companies, this small & mid-cap focused global portfolio aims to deliver measurable positive impact alongside investment performance.
BMO Sustainable Opportunities Global Equity Fund
A 30-50 stock portfolio of global equities focused on high quality and attractively valued companies operating within defined sustainability-orientated themes. We’re active owners, engaging with businesses held to drive improvement around ESG related practices.
BMO Responsible Global Emerging Markets Fund
Tap into emerging market growth potential through a portfolio of high-quality and attractively valued companies. The fund emphasises domestically orientated businesses operating in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.
BMO Responsible UK Income Fund

Biased towards small and medium sized companies, the fund blends growth and income-orientated opportunities identified through a bottom-up approach, emphasising defined quality characteristics, valuation discipline and long-term thinking.
BMO Responsible UK Equity Fund

Seeking real growth potential, the fund is biased towards small and medium-sized companies. Like its income-focused counterpart, stock picking drives composition through an approach emphasising quality, valuation and a long-term perspective.
BMO Responsible Sterling Corporate Bond Fund
A portfolio of carefully selected fixed income securities. We invest in companies making a positive contribution to society, taking action to protect the environment, encourage sustainable development and avoid those adopting unsustainable practices.
BMO Sustainable Opportunities European Equity Fund
A 30-50 stock portfolio of European equities emphasising high quality and attractively valued companies operating within defined sustainability-orientated themes. We’re active owners, engaging with businesses held to drive improvement around ESG related practices.
BMO LGM Responsible Asian Equity Fund
Access Asia’s dynamic, fast-growing and diverse economies through a portfolio of carefully selected companies well placed to benefit from a range of sustainability-orientated themes.
BMO LGM Responsible China A-Shares Equity Fund
Through select opportunities, the fund targets potential beneficiaries of China’s structural development. Stock selection is focused within a range of sustainability-orientated themes.
Let's talk about risk
All of our funds involve a level of risk and the value of your investments can go down as well as up. The level of risk will depend upon the underlying investments in those funds. You need to be comfortable that you may not get back the original amount invested. Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance.
Strategy in focus
How to invest responsibly in the emerging market dairy industry
Finding the best of emerging markets – COVID or not
Key investment opportunities: BMO Sustainable Opportunities Global Equity Fund
Over a decade of responsible investing in emerging markets
Key investment opportunities: BMO Responsible Global Equity Fund
BMO Responsible Global Equity Fund
Our responsible investing team
Our team consists of over 20 members with a collective experience of over 275 years. Here is our senior leadership team.
Vicki Bakhshi
Vicki Bakhshi is a Director in the Responsible Investment team. She joined the firm in November 2006, prior to which she spent five years in the UK government, including as the Prime Minister’s policy adviser on climate change, and as a senior member of the team responsible for the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. She also spent three years as a leader writer at the Financial Times, and two years as an economist at the Bank of England. Vicki chairs the UKSIF Leadership Committee, has served on the Board of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, and was also named by Financial News in 2013 as one of the top 100 influential women in finance in Europe. Vicki holds an MSc in Economics from Warwick University and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.
Claudia Wearmouth
Claudia is a Director and Co-Head of the Governance and Sustainable Investment team. She joined the firm in 2007 and leads the GSI team’s ESG research for BMO Global Asset Management’s screened funds, including our Responsible fund range that includes both equity and fixed income investments. In addition, Claudia plays a leading role in managing key reo® client relationships. Claudia previously spent five years at a start-up charity called New Philanthropy Capital where she focused on analysing the impact of charitable giving and advising high net-worths and corporates on their charitable giving strategies. Claudia graduated in 2001 from Durham University with a BA in Economics.
Alice Evans
Alice is Managing Director and Co-Head of the Responsible Investment Team. She returned to BMO Global Asset Management in 2018 having previously worked here as a fund manager from 2010 to 2016, most recently as Co-Lead Manager of the Responsible Global Equity Fund. Prior to BMO, Alice gained ten years of investment experience initially at JP Morgan Asset Management then at Henderson Global Investors, as a fund manager on the Sustainable & Responsible Investment funds, and as a healthcare sector specialist. Alice has a successful track record as a portfolio manager in responsible investment and brings the Responsible Investment team first-hand experience of integrating ESG issues into investment research and decision making. Outside BMO, Alice holds a pro bono role as a panel member for the funding programme of the National Institute of Health Research. Alice holds an MSci in Physics from the University of Bristol and is a CFA Charterholder.
Fredrik Axsater, CFA
Fredrik Axsater is Chief Executive officer of LGM and Chief Commercial Officer of ESG for BMO Global Asset Management. Fredrik is responsible for setting the strategic direction and achieving the commercial success of LGM. In addition, he is responsible for setting BMO GAM’s commercial ESG strategy and ensuring that BMO effectively delivers for clients on both their investment and ESG objectives.
Fredrik was previously the Head of Institutional Client Business at Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM), where he was responsible for long-term North American institutional distribution, as well as growing key global WFAM businesses, including Retirement and ESG. Prior to WFAM, Fredrik spent six years at State Street, most recently as Global Head of Defined Contribution and ESG, and 15 years at BlackRock. Earlier in his career he spent over ten years in multiple portfolio management roles, across both global macro and defined contribution strategies.
Fredrik, a native Swede, has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of San Diego, a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Illinois, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation.
Meet the Responsible Investment team
Our Responsible Investment Advisory Council (RIAC)
Meet the managers
Fund Literature
- BMO Responsible Global Equity Fund Brochure
- BMO SDG Engagement Global Equity Fund Brochure
- BMO Responsible Global Emerging Markets Fund Brochure
- BMO Responsible UK Funds Brochure
- BMO LGM Responsible Asian Equity Fund Brochure
- BMO LGM Responsible China A-Shares Equity Fund Brochure
- Sustainable Universal MAP Consumer Brochure
- Sustainable Universal MAP Suitability Report
Key Literature
- Responsible Investment Capability Brochure
- Consumer Guide to Responsible Investing
- Responsible Investment 2020 Review
- Stewardship Report
- Responsible Investment Approach - Policy Document
- Responsible Investment Strategies - Summary Criteria
- Meet the Responsible Investment Advisory Council
- Responsible Investment Advice Integration - BMO Support Proposition
Fund Literature
- BMO Responsible Global Equity Fund Brochure
- BMO SDG Engagement Global Equity Fund Brochure
- BMO Responsible Global Emerging Markets Fund Brochure
- BMO Responsible UK Funds Brochure
- BMO LGM Responsible Asian Equity Fund Brochure
- BMO LGM Responsible China A-Shares Equity Fund Brochure
- Sustainable Universal MAP Consumer Brochure
- Sustainable Universal MAP Suitability Report
Key Literature
- Responsible Investment Capability Brochure
- Consumer Guide to Responsible Investing
- Responsible Investment 2020 Review
- Stewardship Report - Q2 2021
- Responsible Investment Approach - Policy Document
- Responsible Investment Strategies - Summary Criteria
- Meet the Responsible Investment Advisory Council
- Responsible Investment Advice Integration - BMO Support Proposition
Our Thinking
Living wage in the retail sector
Principles for carbon offsetting
The digitalisation of everything
Why BMO for Responsible Investing
Learn how BMO has been a driving force in responsible investing and how this has helped drive long-term results for clients.
Responsible Engagement Overlay reo® Service
Access our full suite of stewardship expertise and gain greater influence to effect positive change by joining one single, powerful voice.
Impact Reports
As responsible investors, we know that actions speak louder than words. That’s why we measure and disclose the impact our investments have on the world around us.