BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund
Data updated: 2022-01-19
C000118493 — BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund. United States Large Cap Value Equity · $120.06M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000118493 Fund Overview
BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Bmo Funds, Inc., categorised as United States Large Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Bmo Funds, Inc.
- Category: United States Large Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $120.06M
- 1-year return: 15.2%
- SEC CIK: 0000889366
- SEC series ID: S000038425
- Share class ID: C000118493
C000118493 Investment Objective and Strategy
BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Bmo Funds, Inc..
Investment objective
To provide capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in a broadly diversified portfolio of common stocks of large-sized U.S. companies similar in size, at the time of purchase, to those within the Russell 1000 Index. The largest company by market capitalization in the Russell 1000 Index was approximately $881.3 billion as of October 31, 2017 and the median market capitalization of companies in the Index as of the same date was approximately $10.0 billion. The Fund may at times focus its investments in one or more sectors. The Fund invests in stocks that exhibit less volatile stock price patterns when compared to stocks in the Russell 1000 Index. The Adviser selects low volatility, undervalued stocks using a unique approach which combines the use of proprietary analytical tools and the qualitative judgments of the investment team.
The Advisers investment process begins by using tools to rank stocks based on expected risk and expected return and construct preliminary portfolios with the use of fundamental factors. All purchases and sales of portfolio securities, however, are subjected ultimately to the investment teams qualitative judgments developed from their cumulative investment experience. The entire process is designed to focus on stock risk and company fundamentals through both quantitative and qualitative analysis to balance risk management with return generation. This strategy seeks to provide the Fund with lower downside risk and meaningful upside participation relative to the Russell 1000 Index. From time to time, the Fund maintains a portion of its assets in cash. The Fund may increase its cash holdings in response to market conditions or in the event attractive investment opportunities are not available.
C000118493 Performance
Total returns for C000118493 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 15.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 6.5% |
C000118493 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000118493, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.1%
C000118493 Costs and Fees
C000118493 costs about $65 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.65%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.68%
- Portfolio turnover: 34%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.71 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000118493 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2021-11, BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund had net outflows of $146.20M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2021-11 | −$33.53M |
| 2021-10 | −$6.32M |
| 2021-09 | −$4.25M |
| 2021-08 | −$6.00M |
| 2021-07 | −$3.55M |
| 2021-06 | −$4.94M |
C000118493 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000118493 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2021-12-22
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2020-12-23
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2020-01-16
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2022-01-19
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2021-10-20
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2021-07-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2021-11-09
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2020-11-10
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.