BMO Investment Inc. and Guardian Group Funds Ltd. Makes Changes to Mutual Fund Line-up
BMO Investments Inc. and Guardian Group of Funds Ltd. have announced proposed changes to the BMO Guardian Funds and Mutual Funds line-ups. The main goal of these changes is to reduce duplicate fund offerings and streamline the product suite to provide more cost effective investment solutions.
The proposed mergers are as followed and for each of the Continuing Funds, BMO Guardian Advisor Series exists or where indicated is then proposed to be launched in October.
|
Terminating Fund |
Continuing Fund |
Merger Date |
Advisor Series |
| BMO Guardian Canadian Bond Fund | BMO Bond Fund | November 27, 2009 | BMO Guardian Bond Fund Advisor Series* |
| BMO Guardian Canadian Money Market Fund | BMO Money Market Fund | November 20, 2009 | BMO Guardian Money Market Fund Advisor Series* |
| BMO Guardian U.S. Money Market Fund | BMO U.S. Dollar Money Market Fund | November 13, 2009 | BMO Guardian U.S. Dollar Money Market Fund Advisor Series * |
| BMO Guardian American Equity Fund Ltd. | BMO American Equity Class± | November 20, 2009 | BMO Guardian American Equity Class Advisor Series ± |
| GGOF Canadian Equity Fund Ltd. | BMO Canadian Equity Class± | November 27, 2009 | BMO Guardian Canadian Equity Class Advisor Series ± |
| BMO Guardian Emerging Markets Fund | BMO Emerging Markets Fund | November 27, 2009 | BMO Guardian Emerging Markets Fund Advisor Series * |
| BMO Guardian European Equity Fund | BMO European Fund | November 20, 2009 | BMO Guardian European Fund Advisor Series * |
| BMO Guardian Global Dividend Growth Fund | BMO Global Dividend Class± | November 20, 2009 | BMO Guardian Global Dividend Class Advisor Series ± |
| BMO Guardian Global Real Estate Fund | BMO Global Infrastructure Fund | November 13, 2009 | BMO Guardian Global Infrastructure Fund Advisor Series |
| BMO Guardian Japanese Equity Fund | BMO Guardian Asian Growth and Income Fund | November 27, 2009 | Mutual Fund Class |
| BMO Guardian Canadian Resource Fund | BMO Resource Fund | November 27, 2009 | BMO Guardian Resource Fund Advisor Series |
| BMO Guardian Canadian Balanced Fund | BMO Asset Allocation Fund | November 13, 2009 | BMO Guardian Asset Allocation Fund Advisor Series * |
| BMO Guardian Small Cap Growth and Income Fund | BMO Special Equity Fund | November 13, 2009 | BMO Guardian Special Equity Fund Advisor Series |
| BMO Guardian U.S. Diversified Monthly Income Fund | BMO U.S. Dollar Monthly Income Fund | November 20, 2009 | BMO Guardian U.S. Dollar Monthly Income Fund Advisor Series * |
± A class of BMO Global Tax Advantage Funds Inc.
*New BMO Guardian Advisor Series
Source: http://www2.bmo.com/news/article/0,1083,contentCode-9033_divId-4_langId-1_navCode-112,00.html
BMO Investment Inc. intends to terminate the Air Miles feature of the BMO Air Miles Money Market Fund and then change the name of the fund to the BMO Canadian Money Market Fund; this should take effect on or about December 31st, 2009.











