BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund
Data updated: 2022-01-19
C000142378 — BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund. Emerging Markets Blend / Core Equity · $715.63M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000142378 Fund Overview
BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Bmo Funds, Inc., categorised as Emerging Markets Blend / Core 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: Emerging Markets Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $715.63M
- 1-year return: 6.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000889366
- SEC series ID: S000035436
- Share class ID: C000142378
C000142378 Investment Objective and Strategy
BMO Pyrford International Stock 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 equity securities of companies located in a number of countries outside the United States. The Fund invests primarily in companies that are located in the countries included, at the time of purchase, in the MSCI EAFE Index, which includes developed countries outside of North America. Although the Fund may invest in companies across all market capitalizations, the Fund invests primarily in companies that, at the time of purchase, have a minimum market capitalization of $2 billion. The Fund may at times focus its investments in one or more sectors. The Funds sub-adviser is Pyrford International Ltd. (Pyrford), an affiliate of the Adviser. Pyrford seeks to minimize losses by adopting a highly defensive investment stance at times of perceived high risk, characterized by high valuation levels or high levels of financial leverage.
The Fund does not target a specific volatility level, but aims to deliver volatility significantly below that of the MSCI EAFE Index by being zero weight in any country, sector, or stock that Pyrford believes has very poor value as measured by established fundamental value metrics (such as dividend yields, return on equity, and P/E ratios). In determining where a company is located, the sub-adviser primarily relies on the country where the company is incorporated, but also may consider the country where the companys revenues are derived and the primary market listing for the class of shares to be purchased. Although the Fund invests primarily in companies that are included in the MSCI EAFE Index, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in companies located in countries not represented in this index, including emerging market countries.
The Fund may invest in forward foreign currency exchange contracts, a type of derivative instrument, for purposes of hedging its exposure to non-U.S. currencies. 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.
C000142378 Performance
Total returns for C000142378 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 6.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 7.5% |
C000142378 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000142378, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.7%
C000142378 Costs and Fees
C000142378 costs about $79 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.79%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.80%
- Portfolio turnover: 28%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.24 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000142378 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2021-11, BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund had net outflows of $20.88M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2021-11 | $3.09M |
| 2021-10 | −$8.61M |
| 2021-09 | $4.43M |
| 2021-08 | −$4.82M |
| 2021-07 | $1.48M |
| 2021-06 | −$5.62M |
C000142378 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000142378 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2020-12-23
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2020-01-16
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2019-05-24
- 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.