Our vision at BMO Financial Group is to be the bank that defines great customer experience. Many of BMO's businesses have been awarded recognition for being the best by numerous client surveys, media rankings, ratings agencies and industry associations. The achievements and performance delivered by our colleagues in these areas are inspirational. The recognition they received for their effort, commitment and passion to "get it right" with our clients adds new honours to our company, which as Canada's first bank, has been achieving firsts and bests since 1817.
Here is the list of top rankings, award winners and honorees.
BMO selected
for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
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September 2009 – BMO
Financial Group (BMO) has been selected for the fifth consecutive year
for inclusion
in the Dow Jones Sustainability (DJSI) North America Index. This recognition
places BMO in the leading 20% in terms of sustainability of the 600
biggest North American companies in the Dow Jones World Index. |
BMO named as one
of the Best Employers for New Canadians
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BMO has been named
as one of the Best
Employers for New Canadians for 2009 by Mediacorp Inc. This special
designation recognizes the nation’s best employers for recent
immigrants and the interesting programs they offer to assist new Canadians
in making the transition to a new workplace and life in Canada. |
BMO wins prestigious
Data Governance Award
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June 2009 – On
June 15, 2009, The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) announced the
2009
Best Practices Awards winners and BMO was recognized in the
data governance
category. Judges evaluated all submissions on four criteria: business impact,
maturity, innovation, and relevance. The judging panel included IT practitioners,
consultants, industry analysts, and institute researchers.
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BMO
Capital Markets wins the “Best Live Event” category at the
2009 American Business Awards
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June 2009 – BMO
Capital Markets was the winner in the “Best Live Event” category
at the 2009 American Business Awards in New York. The firm won the
award in recognition of our Global Metals and Mining Conference,
which provides an unparalleled client experience for over 1,000 people
from 21 countries.
BMO Capital Markets was
also a Finalist in three other categories at this year’s awards: Best Marketing Department; Best Marketing
Brochure (Global Metals & Mining brochure); and Best Corporate
Social Responsibility Program (Equity Through Education).
Also known as the “Stevie” awards,
the American Business Awards competition is open to companies of
all sizes, and in all sectors,
across the United States. The 2009 awards drew a total of more than
2,500 entries, with the final winners round being judged by nearly a dozen
high-profile business executives. |
Corporate
Knights Best 50 Best Corporate Citizens Ranking 2009
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June 2009 – For
the seventh consecutive year, BMO Financial Group was recognized for
its leadership in corporate social responsibility ranked by Corporate
Knights as one of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens. |
Harris
ranked highest in Midwest region in a tie for customer satisfaction in
retail banking
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May 19, 2009 – Harris
was ranked highest in retail banking in the Midwest region for customer
satisfaction in a tie, in the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Retail
Banking Satisfaction StudySM.
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BMO Capital Markets
and Harris honored as top contributors for Chicago United Way
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May 2009 – Harris
and BMO Capital Markets were recognized as a Top Ten contributor
for the United Way Metro Chicago 2008 campaign. The firm was also
honored with two awards: the Innovative Promotion Materials award
which recognized the inventive marketing efforts that were employed
to promote LIVE UNITED, and the Volunteerism Pillar award, which
recognizes the company that best encourages and supports its employees’ involvement
through hands-on volunteerism.
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BMO Capital Markets
analysts recognized in The Wall Street Journal Best on the Street analyst
survey
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May 2009 – The
Wall Street Journal’s annual financial analyst ranking, “Best
on the Street”, reviews nearly 50 major industry groups, ranking
the top analysts within each business segment. The stock pickers
in each industry are ranked by their recommendation-performance scores
for 2008.
Four BMO Capital Markets analysts were recognized for their stock
picking abilities in biotechnology; business and industrial services;
household and personal products; and retailers: broadline and apparel.
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Shane Fildes of
BMO Capital Markets named
to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™
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May 1, 2009 – Shane
Fildes, the head of BMO Capital Markets’ Canadian Energy Group
in Calgary, has been named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™ for
2009. Canada's Top 40 Under 40™ is a national program founded
and managed by The Caldwell Partners to celebrate our leaders of
today and tomorrow, and to honour Canadians who have reached a significant
level of success but have not yet reached the age of 40.
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BMO
Mutual Funds wins Lipper Award
BMO Dividend Fund receives top honours at 2009 Lipper Awards
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April 2009 – BMO Dividend Fund is presented with the 2009 Lipper Award for best fund over ten years in the Canadian Dividend & Equity Income.
The Lipper Fund Awards program highlights funds that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to peers. Awards are presented to funds in 21 countries in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
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BMO Capital Markets
places first for Equity Research in the 2009 Thomson Reuters StarMine Canadian
analyst awards
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April 2009 – BMO
Capital Markets placed first in the 2009 Thomson Reuters StarMine
Canadian analyst awards. StarMine is an independent firm that measures
the performance of analysts based on the returns of their stock picking
recommendations and the accuracy of their earnings estimates. The
2009 awards apply to 2008 calendar-year performance and estimates
for Canadian-based companies in 20 sectors. In an exceptionally volatile
year, BMO Capital Markets won the award for Top Broker by collecting
17 individual awards.
A full list of
the winners can be found on the StarMine
website.
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BMO Capital Markets
wins FX Awards in China
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March 2009 – BMO’s
Guangzhou branch was named “Most Popular Market Maker” in
2008 – as determined by a popularity vote among market makers.
The three runners up were all Chinese banks – Industrial Bank
of China, Bank of China and Bank of Communications.
BMO was also named "Best Market Maker" for
2008. This award, which is determined by the China Foreign Exchange
Trade System (CFETS),
takes into account technical indices/indicators, market votes and scoring
by regulators. BMO was the only foreign bank to win this award.
In addition, BMO was the
only bank to be awarded "Best non-USD
Market Maker” in 2008, as we have the largest share of volume
in non-USD CNY crosses.
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BMO
Mutual Funds and BMO InvestorLine recognized for customer service
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February 2009 – BMO Mutual Funds and BMO InvestorLine have been recognized for exceptional customer service during 2008 by Dalbar Inc., a premier national research firm which surveys customer service for many investment companies.
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