This document discusses equity style investing and developing a "true style" approach. It outlines decomposing equity returns into alpha, index returns, and style premia. It discusses the history of factor investing and analyzing styles like value, size, and momentum. The document also presents a global equity market neutral strategy that targets these styles while aiming to generate returns uncorrelated to the broader market. It provides performance data showing this strategy has achieved its goals of diversification and positive returns.

1. True Styles: Getting More Out of
Equity Style Investing
For professional investors only
October 2016
CM10663

2. Agenda
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True Styles: getting more out of equity style investing
• Decomposing equity portfolio returns
• Is this a new idea?
• Will it persist?
• Can we do a better job?
• An investment proposition

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True Styles: getting more out of equity style investing
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Decomposing equity returns
Source: BMO Global Asset Management. For illustrative purposes only.
Alpha
Index
Index
Alpha
Style Premia

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Who is exploiting factors?
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

5. True Styles: getting more out of equity style investing
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Is this a new idea?
Source: The Journal of Finance For illustrative purposes only.

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Observed returns of common factors
Source: BMO Global Asset Management as at 30.09.2016. Factset. 12.1987 to 30.09.2016. Universe: MSCI World. The returns represent observed outcomes of zero investment
portfolios that go long the top 20% of stocks with each particular attribute and go short the bottom 20%, rebalanced monthly, and do not include any transaction costs. This
information is not a representative investment strategy but an indication of the efficacy of each style. Logarithmic scale = It shows two equal percent changes plotted as the same
vertical distance on the scale.
Logarithmicscale
0
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400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
-20
Value Size Momentum

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Will they persist?
Why do factor premia exist?
Compensation
for taking risk
Result of
hardwired
human nature
Efficient market Behavioural

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Observed returns of common factors
Source: BMO Global Asset Management as at 30.09.2016. Factset. 12.1987 to 30.09.2016. Universe: MSCI World. The returns represent observed outcomes of zero investment
portfolios that go long the top 20% of stocks with each particular attribute and go short the bottom 20%, rebalanced monthly, and do not include any transaction costs. This
information is not a representative investment strategy but an indication of the efficacy of each style. Logarithmic scale = It shows two equal percent changes plotted as the same
vertical distance on the scale.
Logarithmicscale
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
-20
Value Size Momentum

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Observed returns to raw and true style
Source: BMO Global Asset Management as at 30.09.2016. Factset. 12.1987 to 30.09.2016. Universe: MSCI World. The returns represent observed outcomes of zero investment
portfolios that go long the top 20% of stocks with each particular attribute and go short the bottom 20%, rebalanced monthly, and do not include any transaction costs. This
information is not a representative investment strategy but an indication of the efficacy of each style. Logarithmic scale = It shows two equal percent changes plotted as the same
vertical distance on the scale; PA = Per Annum.
*In this example, the ‘Raw Style’ is companies with a high book-to-price ratio
**Once our systematic approach has reduced the impact of overlapping styles the ‘True Style’ of companies with a high book-to-price ratio is revealed
Logarithmicscale
Return
(pa)
Volatility
(annualised)
Sharpe
ratio
Raw Style* 4.4% 12.5% 0.35
True Style** 5.6% 4.8% 1.16
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Raw Value True Value

10. Global Equity Market Neutral Strategy V10
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Cumulative total return
Source: BMO Global Asset Management as at 30.09.2016. Global Equity Market Neutral strategy performance gross of fees, net of implementation costs..
• Strategy has provided differentiated source of return
• Low correlation improves diversification and efficiency of parent portfolio
-15%
-5%
5%
15%
25%
35%
45%
Sep 14 Dec 14 Mar 15 Jun 15 Sep 15 Dec 15 Mar 16 Jun 16 Sep 16
Global Equity Market Neutral Strategy V10 Global Equity Market Neutral Strategy V6 MSCI World

11. BMO Global Equity Market Neutral Strategy – performance
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Strategy performance
Source: BMO Global Asset Management, Bloomberg as at 30.09.2016. *Strategy inception based on full calendar month performance, 01.10.2014 to 30.09.2016 – daily
observations, performance is net of implementation costs and annualised. **BMO Global Equity Market Neutral Strategy [Volatility 6] performance is a simulated or hypothetical past
performance and is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Simulated or hypothetical performance results do not reflect actual trading and have certain inherent limitations.
Asset class correlations
3 months Year to date 12 months
Since
inception*
(annualised)
Volatility
since
inception
(annualised)
Global Equity Market Neutral Strategy [Volatility 10] 3.4% -0.5% 2.8% 12.4% 11.0%
BMO Global Equity Market Neutral Strategy [Volatility 6]** 2.0% -0.3% 1.7% 7.4% 6.6%
18.7 21.0
-9.1
-6.2
-0.4
-6.1
-25%
-15%
-5%
5%
15%
25%
Global Govt
Bonds
Global
Corporate
Bonds
Global High
Yield
Global Equities Emerging
Equities
Global Hedge
Funds

12. Key portfolio characteristics
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BMO Global Equity Market Neutral (SICAV)
Source: BMO Global Asset Management as at 30.09.2016. *In excess of the risk free rate, gross of fees. BMO Global Equity Market Neutral (SICAV) is an absolute return fund. BMO
Global Equity Market Neutral (SICAV) aims to deliver a positive return regardless of market conditions over a three year period but such a positive return is not guaranteed over this
or any time period. Capital is at risk and an investor may receive back less than the original investment. Capital is not guaranteed and there is no guarantee that a positive return will
be achieved over any time period.
Fund aims
Targeted styles: • Value
• Size
• Momentum
• Low volatility
• GARP (growth at a reasonable price)
Fund managers: Erik Rubingh
Christopher Childs
Structure: Lux SICAV (vol. 6) USD/EUR/GBP/CHF/SEK
Target excess return*: 4.5%
Assets under management (AUM): €80.6 million

13. BMO Global Equity Market Neutral Strategy
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Does it tick the boxes?
Genuine alternative
Style driven performance
Daily liquidity
Diversifier
Competitive fee
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14. Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance. The value of investments and income
derived from them can go down as well as up as a result of market or currency movements and investors may not get
back the original amount invested.
Disclaimer
Equity Market Neutral: An investment strategy that seeks to exploit differences in stock prices by being long and short in
stocks within markets, sectors, industries or countries. This strategy is intended to create returns that, over an extended
period of time, are uncorrelated with general equity market performance, however this cannot be guaranteed and over
discrete periods there may be a high degree of positive or negative correlation.
MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to
any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indices or
any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, endorsed, reviewed or produced by MSCI. None of the
MSCI data is intended to constitute investment advice or a recommendation to make (or refrain from making) any kind of
investment decision and may not be relied on as such.

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