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BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund
FUND SUMMARY <br/>BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund
Investment Objective:
To provide capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Class A shares of certain BMO Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under “How to Buy Shares – Purchase of Class A Shares – Class A Shares – Sales Charge” on page 117 of this Prospectus and under “How to Buy Shares – Class A Shares – Waivers and Reductions of Sales Charges” beginning on page 118 of this Prospectus and “How to Buy Shares” beginning on page B-38 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
<b>Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) </b>
Shareholder Fees - BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund
Class I
Class A
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) none 5.00%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of shares redeemed within 18 months of purchase) [1] none 1.00%
Redemption Fee none none
[1] The Maximum Deferred Sales Charge on Class A shares is applied only to purchases of $1,000,000 or more that are redeemed within 18 months of purchase.
<b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) </b>
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund
Class I
Class A
Management Fees 0.50% 0.50%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees none 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.28% 0.28%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.78% 1.03%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement [1] (0.13%) (0.13%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement [1] 0.65% 0.90%
[1] BMO Asset Management Corp. (Adviser) has agreed to waive or reduce its investment advisory fee and reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to prevent class total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other investment-related costs, and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) from exceeding 0.65% for Class I and 0.90% for Class A through December 31, 2019. This expense limitation agreement may not be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the consent of the Fund’s Board of Directors, unless terminated due to the termination of the investment advisory agreement.
Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated, whether you redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods or not. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses are as shown in the table and remain the same. The costs in the one-year example and for the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year examples reflect the Adviser’s agreement to waive fees and reimburse expenses through December 31, 2019. Although your actual costs and returns may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example - BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund - USD ($)
Class I
Class A
1 Year $ 66 $ 587
3 Years 236 799
5 Years 420 1,028
10 Years $ 954 $ 1,685
Expense Example, No Redemption - BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund - USD ($)
Class I
Class A
1 Year $ 66 $ 587
3 Years 236 799
5 Years 420 1,028
10 Years $ 954 $ 1,685
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund incurs transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 43% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
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 $1.1 trillion as of October 31, 2018 and the median market capitalization of companies in the Index as of the same date was approximately $9.9 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 Adviser’s 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 team’s 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.
Principal Risks
The Fund cannot assure that it will achieve its investment objective. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of BMO Harris Bank N.A., or any of its affiliates, and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. The net asset value of the Fund will vary and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. In addition, the Fund is subject to the following risks.

Common Stock Risks. Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in, and perceptions of, their issuers change. Holders of common stocks are generally subject to greater risk than holders of preferred stocks and debt obligations of the same issuer because common stockholders generally have inferior rights to receive payments from issuers in comparison with the rights of preferred stockholders, bondholders, and other creditors.

Management Risks. The Adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value, level of expected volatility, and potential appreciation of the Fund’s investments may prove to be incorrect. Accordingly, no guarantee exists that the investment techniques used by the Fund’s managers will produce the desired results. In addition, the Adviser’s strategy may limit the Fund’s gains in rising markets.

Sector Risks. Companies with similar characteristics, such as those within similar industries, may be grouped together in broad categories called sectors. To the extent the Fund invests its assets in a particular sector, the Fund’s performance may be more susceptible to any economic, business, or other developments that generally affect that sector.

Stock Market Risks. The Fund is subject to fluctuations in the stock market, which has periods of increasing and decreasing values. Stocks are more volatile than debt securities. The value of equity securities purchased by the Fund may decline if the financial condition of the companies in which the Fund invests declines or if overall market and economic conditions deteriorate. If the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, you may lose money. U.S. and international markets have experienced significant volatility in recent years, which may increase the risks of investing in the securities held by the Fund. Policy changes by the U.S. government and/or Federal Reserve, such as raising interest rates, also could cause increased volatility in financial markets and higher levels of shareholder redemptions, which could have a negative impact on the Fund. Adverse market events also may lead to increased shareholder redemptions, which could cause the Fund to experience a loss or difficulty in selling investments to meet such redemptions.

Style Risks. Investments in value stocks are subject to the risk that their intrinsic values may never be realized by the market, that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced, or that their prices may decline, even though in theory they are already undervalued. Value stocks can react differently to issuer, political, market, and economic developments than the market as a whole and other types of stocks (e.g., growth stocks).
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table show the historical performance of the Fund’s shares and provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s total returns before taxes have varied from year to year, while the table compares the Fund’s average annual total returns to the returns of a broad measure of market performance and an index of funds with similar investment objectives. Please keep in mind that past performance, before and after taxes, does not represent how the Fund will perform in the future. Investors may obtain updated performance information for the Fund at bmofunds.com.
<b>Class I—Annual Total Returns</b> (calendar years 2013-2017)
Bar Chart
The return for the Class I shares of the Fund from January 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018 was 8.14%.

During the periods shown in the bar chart for the Fund:
    Quarter Ended      Returns  
Best quarter     3/31/2013         13.46%  
Worst quarter     9/30/2015         (3.32)%  
<b>Average Annual Total Returns</b> through 12/31/17
Average Annual Total Returns - BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund
1 Year
5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
Class I 12.99% 13.38% 12.27% Sep. 28, 2012
Class I | Return After Taxes on Distributions 11.72% 11.97% 10.95%  
Class I | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 8.10% 10.31% 9.44%  
Class I | Russell 1000® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 21.69% 15.71% 14.93%  
Class I | LLCVFI (reflects deduction of fees and no deduction for sales charges or taxes) 16.06% 13.99% 13.56%  
Class A 7.02%   8.07% May 27, 2014
Class A | Russell 1000® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 21.69%   11.83%  
Class A | LLCVFI (reflects deduction of fees and no deduction for sales charges or taxes) 16.06%   9.56%  
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual marginal federal income tax rates and do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors holding shares through tax-deferred programs, such as IRAs or 401(k) plans. After-tax returns are shown only for Class I and after-tax returns for Class A will vary.

The Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be higher than other return figures when a capital loss is realized on the sale of Fund shares which provides an assumed tax benefit to the shareholder that increases the after-tax return.

The Russell 1000® Index (Russell 1000®) measures the performance of the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes approximately 1,000 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.

The Lipper Large-Cap Value Funds Index (LLCVFI) tracks the total return performance of the 30 largest mutual funds included in this Lipper category.