2007
BMO’s
2006 Annual Report honoured with Award of Excellence
December
5, 2007 - The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
(CICA) presented BMO Financial Group with the Award of
Excellence in Financial Reporting. The Award recognizes
BMO’s 2006 Annual Report, which took top honours among
more than 80 annual reports from companies across Canada.
In recognizing our Annual Report, the judges said, “This
report is a pleasure to read and a model to follow..”
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GGOF
Funds Recognized in Three Categories at the Canadian Investment
Awards Ceremony
December
4, 2007 - Three GGOF Funds were recognized at the 13th
annual Canadian Investment Awards ceremony held in Toronto
on November 29. The Canadian Investment Awards recognize
the best investment products in the Canadian financial
services industry.
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Three
BMO executives named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women list; Four
inducted to Hall of Fame
November
21, 2007 - The Women’s Executive Network 2007 Top 100 Most
Powerful Women in Canada included BMO’s Joan Dea, Sandra
Hanington and Wendy Millar. BMO’s Dr. Sherry Cooper, Karen
Maidment, Rose Patten and BMO Director Dr. Martha Piper
were also honoured and inducted into the Top 100 Hall of
Fame.
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BMO
Financial Group Wins International Quality and Productivity
Awards
November
19, 2007 - BMO Financial Group collected two Global Six
Sigma awards at a gala presentation in Las Vegas. BMO took
home: Best Achievement of Integrating Lean and Six Sigma;
and Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Financial Services.
The Global Six Sigma Awards recognize companies from around
the world for outstanding organizational achievements through
the application of Six Sigma methodologies.
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BMO wins
Gold at CIPA Awards
November
16, 2007 - BMO's Customer Connect has taken the Gold Award
in the Customer Centricity category at the Canadian Information
Productivity (CIPA) Awards. The CIPA is
Canada's oldest and largest Information Technology awards
program. BMO beat out 90 finalists and more than 170 entries.
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BMO Financial
Group Named Philanthropic Corporation of the Year
November
15, 2007 - BMO Financial Group was named 2007 Outstanding
Corporation by the Toronto Chapter of the Association of
Fundraising Professionals (AFP) for its longstanding support
of the Association and its commitment to creating a culture
of philanthropy by education and by example. The Philanthropy
Awards recognize individuals, corporations, foundations,
and groups who contribute their time and financial support
to make local, national and international communities stronger.
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BMO ranks
2nd in Canada’s Most Trusted Companies for Privacy study
October
2007 - BMO Financial Group has ranked 2nd in the “2007
Canada’s Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Study”. The
study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored
by Carlson Marketing Group of Canada, measures public perception
of both Canadian and global companies’ privacy and security
practices. This is the second consecutive year that BMO
ranked in the Top 5 and ahead of all other financial institutions
included in the study.
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GGOF
Asian Growth and Income Fund Wins Lipper Award
March
30, 2007 - GGOF Asian Growth and Income Fund received a
Lipper Award in the Global Balanced – Equity Focus category.
The Lipper Fund Awards program highlights funds that have
excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted
performance, relative to peers. "GGOF is honoured to receive
this prestigious award," said Ross Kappele, President,
GGOF. “It’s a great recognition of the results the fund
has delivered to investors over the past three years.”
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BMO
wins Canadian Sport Award for Corporate Excellence
March
27, 2007 - BMO Financial Group won the Canadian Sport Award
for Corporate Excellence at the 34th Annual Canadian Sport
Awards ceremony, which was held March 23 in Winnipeg.
The award
goes to the organization that best supports a grassroots
program or league and whose support has allowed for design,
implementation, ongoing operations and growth of the program.
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BMO’s
Investor Relations Garners Three Awards
February
20, 2007 - BMO has been recognized as having one of the
Top 5 Investor Relations Websites in North America for
the past three years and continues to be recognized in
2007. Along with this award, BMO was recognized with two
additional awards; Top 5 in North America for Best Financial
Disclosure Procedures and Best Online Annual Report in
North America.
Investor
Relations Global Rankings (IRGR) rates Investor Relations
websites, Corporate Governance and Earnings Release & Disclosure
Procedures. In 2006, there were 145 participants in 31
countries. Through transparent ratings and independent
auditors, IR Global Rankings is the most comprehensive
ranking system since its founding nine years ago.
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BMO Investor
Relations Web Site Wins Outstanding IR Site Award
February
2, 2007 - For the third straight year, Bank of Montreal
has received the interactive
Investor Relations Awards (iIR) for the Outstanding
IR Site in the banking industry from the Web Marketing
Association. This award demonstrates the Bank’s commitment
to excellence in shareholder communication and full disclosure
of financial information to the investment community.
The iIR
Awards evaluate and recognize innovation and excellence
in online investor relations as judged by investors, financial
advisors as well as IR and Web professionals. This competition
focuses on investor dedicated sections, with particular
emphasis on corporate reporting and disclosure, ease of
use, creativity and functionality of the IR section of
the corporate site.
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BMO’s
Technology and Operations wins Best Practices Award
January
2007 - BMO’s Information Management group, Technology and
Operations, were recognized for best practices in metadata
management, by the Data Management Association (DAMA).
The Wilshire Award recognized BMO for best demonstrating
business benefits and technical excellence in the implementation
of metadata-based IT solutions.
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BMO
Mutual Funds Tops in Service
January
2007 - BMO Mutual Funds Investment Centre (BMOIC) has won
the 2006 Mutual Funds Service Award presented by DALBAR,
a leading financial services firm. The award recognizes
BMOIC for providing the best overall service to investors
last year.
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