BMO Junior Gold Index ETF
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management
- Address
- 100 King St. West, 43rd Floor Toronto ON Canada M5X 1A1
- IPO Date
- Oct 15, 2010
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- BMO Junior Gold Index ETF (ZJG.TO; OTC: BMJJF) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Dow Jones North America Select Junior Gold Index, net of expenses. The ETF invests primarily in a portfolio of small- and mid-cap North American gold mining companies and royalties firms classified under gold mining sub-industries; it employs a full replication or sampling strategy to hold the index constituents in similar proportions, with the index float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted, and subject to quarterly rebalancing and single-security caps at 15%. As of December 31, 2024, the ETF's top holdings include Kinross Gold Corporation (15.1%), Royal Gold Inc. (12.9%), Alamos Gold Inc. (11.5%), Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. (5.0%), and B2Gold Corp. (4.8%), comprising approximately 67.9% of assets across 33 securities, with 83.0% allocated to Canadian equities and 17.1% to U.S. equities. Launched on January 19, 2010, and managed by BMO Asset Management Inc., a subsidiary of Bank of Montreal, the ETF is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canadian dollars. It targets investors seeking high-risk equity growth through diversified exposure to junior gold producers and explorers in North America; the management expense ratio stands at 0.61%, with total expenses at 0.63% as of June 30, 2024, and annual distributions of net income, realized capital gains, and return of capital in December. Geographic operations focus on North American-listed securities, predominantly Canada and the U.S., within the precious metals equity sector. Recent performance as of December 31, 2024, shows a total net asset value of $73.8 million, with a 36.9% annual return amid strong gold market dynamics; over 10 years, the compound annual return is 10.1%. In March 2024, BMO expanded its gold ETF suite with new physical gold bullion products stored in Canada, complementing ZJG alongside peers like BMO Equal Weight Global Gold Index ETF, though no material changes to ZJG's risk rating, index, or strategy have occurred since at least January 2022. The ETF remains positioned for volatility tied to gold prices, junior miners' exploration risks, and commodity cycles, with no reported acquisitions, funding rounds, or reorganizations specific to the fund in the last 1-2 years.