BMO Asset Management has filed a preliminary prospectus for seven new BMO exchange traded funds (ETFs), the company said Thursday.

Jones Heward Investment Counsel Inc., an operating company within BMO Asset Management, will be the manager of the BMO ETFs.

BMO Canadian Government Bond ETF has been designed to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Citigroup Canadian Government Bond Index.

BMO Canadian Equity ETF has been designed to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Dow Jones Canada Index.

BMO US Equity ETF has been designed to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Market Index.

BMO International Equity ETF has been designed to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Dow Jones World Developed ex-U.S. Index.

BMO Emerging Markets Equity ETF has been designed to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Dow Jones World Emerging Markets Index.

BMO Global Infrastructure ETF has been designed to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Index.

BMO Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF has been designed to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

There will not be any sale or any acceptance of an offer to buy the securities until a receipt for the final prospectus has been issued.

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