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BMO Asian Growth and Income Fund Advisor Ser

Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity

As Of: Apr 30, 2023
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Fund Objective

This fund's objective is to provide income and capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio comprised of U.S. dollar-denominated convertible securities and higher yielding equity securities of Asian companies. The fund's primary emphasis is the Asian Tiger countries (Asia excluding Japan). Due to its convertible bond component, the portfolio allows conservative investors to participate in the upside potential of Asian equities.

Asset Allocation

Asset Percent
International Equity 79.67%
Income Trust Units 7.37%
Foreign Corporate Bonds 6.11%
Cash and Equivalents 4.86%
US Equity 1.99%

Sector Allocation

Sector Percent
Technology 29.79%
Financial Services 20.53%
Consumer Goods 10.52%
Fixed Income 6.11%
Consumer Services 5.73%
Other 27.32%

Geo Allocation

Region Percent
Asia 83.97%
North America 10.88%
Europe 3.33%
Multi-National 1.84%
Other -0.02%

Top Holdings

Name Percent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactrg Co Ltd 7.96%
AIA Group Ltd 5.13%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 4.39%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.83%
Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd 3.65%
CAD Currency 2.78%
Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund 2.30%
HKT Trust and HKT Ltd - Units 2.29%
NetEase Inc - ADR 2.27%
Pernod Ricard SA 2.27%

Category

Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity

General Info

Inception Date Aug 25, 2003
MER 2.56%
Total Assets
(in millions)		 $316.08

UL Fees

Wave 33 or later
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.75%
Life Dimensions 2.00%
Wealth Dimensions 0.75%
Wave 32 or earlier (2016 or earlier)
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 1.00%
UL Investment Loan Plan 2.25%
Ultimate Dimension 0.50%

Fund Management Company

BMO Investments Inc.

Investment Style

This investment's style box characteristics are Large Growth.

Fund Growth

Period

Growth Summary

Table below lists the current growth and return for an investment of $10,000 at the fund's inception:

Investment Value $27,887.94
Rate of Return +178.88%
Values over period specified.

Legend

BMO Asian Growth and Income Fund Advisor Ser

Dow Jones Asia/Pacific ex-Japan Index TR (C$)


Performance

1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception
Fund -1.4 -3.0 21.1 3.6 -0.6 2.0 0.8 2.8 5.3
Dow Jones Asia/Pacific ex-Japan Index TR (C$) -0.9 -3.6 17.3 2.8 0.5 5.5 2.2 6.9 -
Quartile 2 1 3 1 4 3 2 4 -

Calendar Performance

2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Fund -14.1 -1.7 12.3 10.3 -4.9 11.5 -2.9 10.2 6.7 9.3
Dow Jones Asia/Pacific ex-Japan Index TR (C$) -12.3 -0.3 20.3 13.2 -6.4 27.4 2.6 10.1 12.7 12.0
Quartile 2 1 4 4 1 4 3 3 4 2

Volatility

Volatility: 7

Risk vs. Return

Period

BMO Asian Growth and Income Fund Advisor Ser

Median

Other - Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity

Risk & Tax Efficiency

3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 14.66 13.49 11.51
Beta 0.91 0.85 0.77
Alpha -0.03 -0.01 -0.02
R-Squared 0.86 0.88 0.82
Sharpe Ratio 0.12 0.02 0.20
Sortino Ratio 0.00 -0.15 0.05
Treynor 0.02 0.00 0.03
Tax Efficiency 70.53 16.35 79.16

Category

Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity

General Info

Inception Date Aug 25, 2003
MER 2.56%
Total Assets
(in millions)		 $316.08

UL Fees

Wave 33 or later
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 0.75%
Life Dimensions 2.00%
Wealth Dimensions 0.75%
Wave 32 or earlier (2016 or earlier)
Life Dimensions 2.25%
Life Dimensions (Low Fees) 1.00%
UL Investment Loan Plan 2.25%
Ultimate Dimension 0.50%

Fund Management Company

BMO Investments Inc.

Investment Style

This investment's style box characteristics are Large Growth.