Responsible Engagement Overlay (reo®) Service
Looking to create positive impact through your pool of assets?
As investors, our responsibility does not end when an investment is made. At BMO Global Asset Management, we are active owners, using considered engagement and thoughtful voting to drive positive change, reduce risk and enhance long term performance.
Our Responsible Engagement Overlay (reo®) service is widely sought by a global client base of investors including pension funds, insurers, asset managers, fiduciary managers, charities, family offices and discretionary managers.
These clients trust our award winning reo® service to engage investee companies on ESG issues and sustainability risks and opportunities related to investments. Like all our activity, reo® is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, enabling clients to measure the impact of their investments and ultimately drive towards a better future for us all.
Like all our activity, reo® is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, enabling clients to measure the impact of their investments and ultimately drive towards a better future for us all.
Through reo®, clients can access the full suite of stewardship expertise including research, screening, engagement and proxy voting. reo® provides global cross-sector coverage across the market cap spectrum and systematic analysis of ESG risks in client portfolios to inform engagement priorities.
£474.13bn
total assets under engagement1
20+ years’ experience
of influencing positive change
4,106
recorded instances of positive change since 20002
£474.13bn
20+
years’ experience of influencing positive change
4,106
recorded instances of positive change since 20002
2 Milestones recorded in ESG practices as at 31 December 2020
BMO Global Asset Management’s voting, engagement and public policy work is conducted independently of the wider BMO Financial Group. Positions taken by BMO Global Asset Management may not be representative of the views of the BMO Financial Group as a whole or of the other lines of business within it.
Responsible Engagement Overlay (reo®) Service
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