Website: bmogam.com/ca-en/
Head office address (Canada): 100 King St. W., 43rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5X 1A9
Year established: 1982
Ownership structure: Canadian subsidiary of BMO Financial Group (Bank of Montreal); operates under BMO Asset Management Inc. and BMO Investments Inc., both separate legal entities from Bank of Montreal
Target market/client profile: institutional investors, pension funds, plan sponsors, financial advisors, and individual investors in Canada
Number of professional staff: over 340 employees; more than 110 investment professionals
Canadian office locations: Toronto (head office)
BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM) operates out of Toronto as the asset management arm of BMO Financial Group. The firm serves institutional investors, plan sponsors, financial advisors, and individual investors across Canada. Its AUM totalled $221 billion as at May 31, 2025.
BMO Financial Group launched its first mutual fund in 1972, which marked its early entry into asset management. The firm that would grow into BMO Global Asset Management started a decade later, in 1982, as RMN Investment Counsel Inc.
Burns Fry Ltd. acquired RMN Investment Counsel in 1991. Three years later, Burns Fry merged with Nesbitt Thomson, and the firm became part of BMO Financial Group.
The firm ran as Jones Heward Investment Counsel Inc. within BMO Financial Group. It launched an ETF business in 2009. Jones Heward was then renamed BMO Asset Management Inc. in 2010, after joining with BMO’s ETF and quantitative investments groups under one entity. The BMO Global Asset Management brand followed in 2011.
BMO Global Asset Management opened its EMEA operations in London in 2015. Two years later, BMO Financial Group marked 200 years in business, and BMO GAM restructured its investment teams around global capability groups.
That global chapter closed in 2021. BMO Financial Group completed the sale of the EMEA business to Ameriprise Financial Inc. on November 8, 2021.
The move let the firm direct more resources toward its North American wealth management operations. BMO GAM also launched its first alternative investment product that year.
Bill Bamber became CEO in 2023. That same year, BMO GAM brought its first structured note-based mutual fund to market. BMO Financial Group also completed its US$16.3 billion acquisition of Bank of the West in 2023, which added to its North American reach.
In November 2025, Benefits and Pensions Monitor (BPM) published a feature on BMO GAM’s work with Indigenous nations to build long-term investment governance and wealth frameworks. The firm received the Institutional Connect Reconciliation with Indigenous People Award that same month.
BMO Global Asset Management offers investment products and strategies across institutional and retail channels in Canada:
BMO Global Asset Management runs Views from the Desk, a weekly podcast on markets and investing. BMO GAM also publishes market insights and resources for institutional investors and advisors.
Bill Bamber is the CEO of BMO Global Asset Management and a CFA charterholder. He came to BMO in 2022 and took over as CEO in 2023. Bamber holds two master’s degrees from Queen’s University. He leads BMO GAM’s executive team:
The BMO Global Asset Management name sits above two legal entities: BMO Asset Management Inc. and BMO Investments Inc. Both fall under BMO Financial Group’s governance and are registered as investment fund managers and portfolio managers in Canada.
BMO GAM works with institutional investors, pension funds, and plan sponsors across Canada. The firm also serves financial advisors and individual investors through its retail product shelf.
A dedicated institutional sales and service team handles client relationships for larger mandates. Daniel Stanley, CFA, serves as managing director and head of that team. The firm’s investment professionals carry an average of 15 years of industry experience, according to BMO Global Asset Management.
The company also works with Indigenous nations on long-term investment governance and wealth management. Its strategic relationships team focuses on governance frameworks for communities holding land settlement capital.
BMO GAM appears in our ETFs directory and Fixed Income directory with full fund and contact details.
BMO Global Asset Management has earned fund performance honours and built ties with Indigenous communities through dedicated investment work. Both areas are covered below.
BMO Global Asset Management has built a dedicated practice around Indigenous investment governance in Canada. Leanne Flett Kruger, director of strategic relationships and a member of Swampy Cree and Red River Métis Nations, leads that work. Her focus is on governance frameworks for communities with land settlement funds and other trust capital.
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