BMO EMEA to be rebranded as Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Follows £615m acquisition

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BMO GAM (EMEA) will be rebranded to Columbia Threadneedle Investments following last year's acquisition of the £97bn asset management business.

BMO GAM (EMEA) brands and legal entity names are to be removed and replaced with Columbia Threadneedle. As part of the rebranding, BMO funds will take on the Columbia Threadneedle's ‘CT' naming convention. Columbia Threadneedle has also said some of the fund names may change as well, however ISINs will remain the same as before. Likewise, Threadneedle-branded OEIC funds will change to the CT naming convention but retain their original ISINs. The BMO Savings plan will also take on a new CT prefix. Columbia Threadneedle said this was a "significant milestone" in its "transition to...

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