A number of F&C investment trusts will be officially renamed from today (12 November) to align with the BMO Global Asset Management brand, four years after the acquisition of F&C Asset Management in 2014.
This is part of BMO Financial Group's wider plan to rebrand F&C, with all open-ended funds and corporate entities in Europe adopting the BMO name from Monday, along with all savings plans and half of its ten closed-ended vehicles. The £3.7bn Foreign and Colonial Investment trust has also formally changed its name to the F&C Investment trust from today, following approval from shareholders at the AGM earlier this year. BMO GAM to rename multi-manager funds and other strategies Customers' investments will not be affected by the changes and all aims and objectives will remain the same...
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