ZLU.TO
BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF
Diversified ETF · Fund / ETF · Canada · ETF
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Fund Overview
ZLU is a U.S. equity fund managed by BMO Global Asset Management built around a lower-volatility factor strategy, selecting a subset of U.S. large-capitalization companies identified as having historically exhibited lower price volatility than the broader market, traded in Canadian-dollar units without a currency-hedging overlay.
Index Strategy
ZLU's portfolio is constructed using a proprietary, rules-based methodology developed by BMO Global Asset Management that selects historically lower-volatility U.S. large-capitalization companies from a defined starting universe, rather than tracking a licensed benchmark from an independent index provider.
Geographic Exposure
All underlying holdings are large-capitalization companies listed on U.S. exchanges; the fund's currency exposure to the U.S. dollar is not hedged back to the Canadian dollar.
Principal Risks
As a fund built around a rules-based, lower-volatility security-selection methodology rather than a licensed broad-market index, ZLU.TO carries factor risk -- the risk that the low-volatility factor underperforms the broader market in strongly rising markets -- in addition to general equity-market risk and the concentration risk inherent in selecting a narrower list of securities than the full underlying market.
Source Documents
- BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF — official fund product page — BMO Global Asset Management (2026-07-29)
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