The latest in funds and investments across North America.

BMO Investments
BMO Investments has launched its initial actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) series with four new funds. 

The offering of the new ETF series has closed, and they have began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

BMO Global Strategic Bond Fund is a multi-sector approach to global credit investing, including US investment grade and global high yield bonds and debentures, and emerging market debt, designed to achieve better long-term risk-adjusted returns for investors.

BMO Global Multi-Sector Bond Fund is designed to invest around the world in fixed income securities, including government bonds, securitized debt, investment grade bonds, high yield bonds, and emerging market debt and will rotate between these sectors when the assessment of value changes.

BMO Core Plus Bond Fund is a core Canadian bond strategy with the ability to invest in foreign bonds, emerging market debt and high yield bonds to enhance yield and provide diversification benefits.  

BMO Women in Leadership Fund is a fund that consists of a portfolio of companies with both gender-diverse leadership and a commitment to gender diversity.

Scotia Global Asset Management
Scotia Global Asset Management, a subsidiary of Canadian firm Scotiabank, has launched four exchange-traded funds within its Scotia Strategic ETF Portfolios range.

The ETF Portfolios have closed their initial offering of units and have begun trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The funds are:

- Scotia Strategic Fixed Income ETF Portfolio
- Scotia Strategic Canadian Equity ETF Portfolio
- Scotia Strategic US Equity ETF Portfolio 
- Scotia Strategic International ETF Portfolio

The Scotia Strategic ETF Portfolios will select from a broad range of index tracking, factor-based and actively managed ETFs from Canadian and US providers, and are then combined for optimized asset class exposure.