TORONTO, January 25,
2010 – BMO
Financial Group today announced another significant expansion into
the ETF market with the launch of nine
new funds, bringing its product line to a total of 22. The expansion
reiterates BMO’s commitment to this growing industry and to
providing investors with a full range of investment options.
“We’re very excited about this expansion to our line-up,
which gives investors greater access to more specific segments of the
market,” said Rajiv Silgardo, CEO and co-CIO of Jones Heward Investment
Counsel Inc. “We now have an even broader suite of products to
ensure our clients have a choice of investment tools for proper diversification,
liquidity, risk control and cost effectiveness.”
The new BMO ETFs
compliment BMO’s current line-up and include
three fixed income funds, as well as country- and industry-specific funds
that provide exposure to areas such as China, India, utilities, junior
gold companies and global infrastructure.
“We believe there is a need for investors to have access to certain
growth areas such as China and India as well as to the technology space
through the BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF. We also believe
there is a need to provide this without the risk of currency fluctuations,” said
Silgardo. “Additionally, we see great opportunity for investors
in the junior gold space given historically high gold prices, as well
as in the more defensive utilities sector.”
The following new BMO ETFs begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange
today:
• BMO Mid Corporate
Bond Index ETF (ZCM)
• BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF (ZLC)
• BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF (ZAG)
• BMO Global Infrastructure Index ETF (ZGI)
• BMO China Equity Hedged to CAD ETF (ZCH)
• BMO India Equity Hedged to CAD ETF (ZID)
• BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF (ZUT)
• BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF (ZQQ)
• BMO Junior Gold Index ETF (ZJG)
*BMO ETFs are managed and administered by Jones Heward Investment Counsel
Inc., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Bank of Montreal.
About BMO Financial Group
Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a
highly diversified North American financial services organization.
With total
assets of $388 billion as at October 31, 2009, and more than 36,000
employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management
and
investment banking products and solutions.
About NASDAQ
Nasdaq®, OMX®, NASDAQ OMX®, Nasdaq-100®, and Nasdaq-100
Index®, are registered trademarks of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (which
with its affiliates is referred to as the “Corporations”)
and are licensed for use by Jones Heward Investment Counsel Inc. The
BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF has not been passed on
by the Corporations as to its legality or suitability and is not issued,
endorsed, sold, or promoted by the Corporations. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE
NO WARRANTIES AND BEAR NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO The BMO Nasdaq
100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF.
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