TORONTO, NEW YORK and LONDON, Nov. 22,
2019 /CNW/ - BMO Capital Markets, the investment
and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO),
has been named Best Bank for the Canadian Dollar for the ninth year
in a row by FX Week.
"We are proud to provide our clients with tenured expertise in
Canadian dollar products. BMO Capital Markets' leadership in the
currency can be attributed to our longstanding and firm commitment
to provide excellence in client service in all the regions we
serve," said Kate Stothers, Managing
Director, Global Markets, BMO Capital Markets.
The FX Week Best Banks Awards are the benchmark for
performance in the global FX industry, and are the most accurate
indicator of leaders in the market. The winners are chosen based on
votes from foreign exchange professionals from around the globe. In
the 2019 survey, respondents from banks, corporate treasurers and
investors – including fund managers, institutional investors and
hedge funds – voted for banks, brokers and vendors in 38
categories.
BMO Capital Markets' Foreign Exchange Products group, part of
the BMO Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (BMO FICC) group,
is comprised of a team of nearly 100 professionals operating in
eleven cities: London,
Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Milwaukee, New
York, San Francisco,
Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong
Kong.
The BMO FICC group has received numerous awards for its market
leadership. Recent recognitions include:
- Recognized as a 2019 Greenwich Quality Leader in Canadian
Fixed-Income Research by Greenwich Associates
- Ranked #3 as a 2019 Greenwich Share Leader for Overall Canadian
Fixed-Income Market Share by Greenwich Associates
- Ranked #1 for U.S. Rates Strategy, Technical Analysis, and
Federal Agency Debt Strategy by Institutional Investor
About BMO Capital Markets
BMO Capital Markets is a
leading, full-service North American-based financial services
provider offering corporate, institutional and government clients
access to a complete range of products and services including
equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project
financing, mergers and acquisitions advisory services,
securitization, treasury management, market risk management, debt
and equity research and institutional sales and trading. With
approximately 2,700 professionals in 33 locations around the world,
including 19 offices in North
America, BMO Capital Markets works proactively with clients
to provide innovative and integrated financial solutions.
BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE,
TSX: BMO) one of the largest diversified financial services
providers in North America with
$839 billion total assets as at
July 31, 2019.
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