Stephen Ilott

BMO AM actively manages equity, fixed-income, short duration/cash and asset allocation strategies for their clients. The firm employs a variety of security analysis methods in managing client accounts, including fundamental and quantitative (technical) analysis. They provide advice regarding the following types of securities as part of its principal investment strategies: equity securities, debt securities, commercial paper, municipal securities, government securities, mutual funds, ETFs, futures and options contracts, collateralized loans and private placements.

BCM-UK follows a specialist model investment approach and focuses on global arbitrage. They invest in fixed-income and currencies and use the derivatives markets to implement their investment views. The firm focuses on small- and micro-cap firms in the UK and other European countries, seeking to identify firms whose underlying stocks are undervalued on an internal discounted cash flow analysis. They have a preference for the financial, information technology and consumer sectors.