BMO FUNDS, INC. Form N-CSRS Filed 2018-05-07
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM N-CSRS Certified semi-annual shareholder report of registered management investment companies filed on Form N-CSR Filing Date: 2018-05-07 | Period of Report: 2018-02-28 SEC Accession No. 0001193125-18-154387 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER BMO FUNDS, INC. Mailing Address Business Address 111 EAST KILBOURN 111 EAST KILBOURN CIK:889366| IRS No.: 251689258 | State of Incorp.:WI | Fiscal Year End: 0831 AVENUE AVENUE Type: N-CSRS | Act: 40 | File No.: 811-58433 | Film No.: 18811135 MILWAUKEE WI 53202 MILWAUKEE WI 53202 414-287-8749 Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-CSR CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES Investment Company Act File Number 811-58433 BMO Funds, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 111 East Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 200 Milwaukee, WI 53202 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) John M. Blaser BMO Asset Management Corp. 111 East Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 200 Milwaukee, WI 53202 (Name and address of agent for service) Copies to: Michael P. OHare, Esq. Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP 2005 Market Street, Suite 2600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Registrants telephone number, including area code: (800) 236-3863 Date of fiscal year end: August 31 Date of reporting period: February 28, 2018 Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Item 1. Reports to Stockholders. Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents BMO Funds February 28, 2018 Semi-Annual report Equity Funds International & Global Funds Alternative Funds Fixed Income Funds Money Market Funds Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Table of Contents Financial Information Expense Example 2 Schedules of Investments: Equity Funds: Fixed Income Funds: BMO Low Volatility Equity Fund 5 BMO Ultra Short Tax-Free Fund 41 BMO Dividend Income Fund 7 BMO Short Tax-Free Fund 44 BMO Large-Cap Value Fund 9 BMO Short-Term Income Fund 47 BMO Large-Cap Growth Fund 10 BMO Intermediate Tax-Free Fund 52 BMO Mid-Cap Value Fund 12 BMO Strategic Income Fund 57 BMO Mid-Cap Growth Fund 14 BMO TCH Corporate Income Fund 60 BMO Small-Cap Value Fund 16 BMO TCH Core Plus Bond Fund 64 BMO Small-Cap Core Fund 18 BMO High Yield Bond Fund 68 BMO Small-Cap Growth Fund 21 Money Market Funds: International and Global Funds: BMO Government Money Market Fund 70 BMO Global Low Volatility Equity Fund 23 BMO Tax-Free Money Market Fund 73 BMO Disciplined International Equity Fund 26 BMO Prime Money Market Fund 75 BMO Pyrford International Stock Fund 28 BMO Institutional Prime Money Market Fund 78 BMO LGM Emerging Markets Equity Fund 29 Alternative Funds: BMO Alternative Strategies Fund 30 BMO Global Long/Short Equity Fund 38 Notes to Schedules of Investments 82 Statements of Assets and Liabilities 84 Statements of Operations 91 Statements of Changes in Net Assets 98 Financial Highlights 106 Notes to Financial Statements 119 Shareholder Report Disclosure of Directors Approval of Continuation of Contracts 146 Not FDIC Insured No Bank Guarantee May Lose Value Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Expense Example (Unaudited) For the Six Months Ended February 28, 2018 As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six month period ended February 28, 2018 (9/1/17-2/28/18). Actual Expenses The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled Expenses Paid During Period to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Funds actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher. Investor Advisor Institutional Expenses Expenses Expenses Beginning Ending paid during Beginning Ending paid during Beginning Ending paid during account account Annualized period account account Annualized period account account Annualized period value value Expense 9/1/17- value value Expense 9/1/17- value value Expense 9/1/17- Fund 9/1/17 2/28/18 Ratio(1) 2/28/18(1) 9/1/17 2/28/18 Ratio(1) 2/28/18(1) 9/1/17 2/28/18 Ratio(1) 2/28/18(1) Low Volatility Equity Fund Actual $1,000.00 $1,050.00 0.90 % $ 4.57 $1,000.00 $1,050.40 0.65 % $ 3.30 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,020.54 0.90 4.51 1,000.00 1,021.78 0.65 3.26 Dividend Income Fund Actual 1,000.00 1,130.00 0.90 4.76 1,000.00 1,131.70 0.65 3.44 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,020.54 0.90 4.51 1,000.00 1,021.78 0.65 3.26 Large-Cap Value Fund Actual 1,000.00 1,104.30 0.97 5.08 1,000.00 1,104.70 0.72 3.78 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,020.19 0.97 4.86 1,000.00 1,021.43 0.72 3.61 Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Large-Cap Growth Fund Actual $1,000.00 $1,127.40 0.97 % $ 5.14 1,000.00 1,127.40 0.97 5.14 1,000.00 1,129.50 0.72 3.82 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,020.19 0.97 4.86 1,000.00 1,020.19 0.97 4.86 1,000.00 1,021.43 0.72 3.61 Mid-Cap Value Fund Actual 1,000.00 1,065.00 1.24 6.35 1,000.00 1,066.20 0.99 5.08 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,018.85 1.24 6.21 1,000.00 1,020.09 0.99 4.96 2 Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents Expense Example (Unaudited) (continued) Investor Advisor Institutional Expenses Expenses Expenses Beginning Ending paid during Beginning Ending paid during Beginning Ending paid during account account Annualized period account account Annualized period account account Annualized period value value Expense 9/1/17- value value Expense 9/1/17- value value Expense 9/1/17- Fund 9/1/17 2/28/18 Ratio(1) 2/28/18(1) 9/1/17 2/28/18 Ratio(1) 2/28/18(1) 9/1/17 2/28/18 Ratio(1) 2/28/18(1) Mid-Cap Growth Fund Actual $1,000.00 $1,156.40 1.24 % $ 6.62 $1,000.00 $1,158.10 0.99 % $ 5.29 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,018.85 1.24 6.21 1,000.00 1,020.09 0.99 4.96 Small-Cap Value Fund Actual 1,000.00 1,065.60 1.24 6.35 1,000.00 1,067.80 0.99 5.07 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,018.85 1.24 6.21 1,000.00 1,020.09 0.99 4.96 Small-Cap Core Fund Actual 1,000.00 1,077.30 1.15 5.94 1,000.00 1,078.20 0.90 4.65 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,019.30 1.15 5.76 1,000.00 1,020.54 0.90 4.51 Small-Cap Growth Fund Actual 1,000.00 1,094.40 1.24 6.44 1,000.00 1,095.50 0.99 5.14 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,018.85 1.24 6.21 1,000.00 1,020.09 0.99 4.96 Global Low Volatility Equity Fund Actual 1,000.00 1,064.30 1.10 5.63 1,000.00 1,065.90 0.85 4.36 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,019.55 1.10 5.51 1,000.00 1,020.79 0.85 4.26 Disciplined International Equity Fund Actual 1,000.00 1,044.20 1.15 5.81 1,000.00 1,045.20 0.90 4.56 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,019.30 1.15 5.76 1,000.00 1,020.54 0.90 4.51 Pyrford International Stock Fund Actual $1,000.00 $1,025.10 1.19 % $ 5.98 1,000.00 1,025.10 1.19 5.98 1,000.00 1,026.50 0.94 4.72 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,019.10 1.19 5.96 1,000.00 1,019.10 1.19 5.96 1,000.00 1,020.34 0.94 4.71 LGM Emerging Markets Equity Fund Actual 1,000.00 1,063.40 1.40 7.14 1,000.00 1,064.70 1.15 5.87 Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) 1,000.00 1,018.06 1.40 7.01 1,000.00 1,019.30 1.15 5.76 Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com.