| Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group) is a diversified financial services provider that provides a range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services. It conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking (P&C); Private Client Group (PCG), and BMO Capital Markets. As of October 31, 2011, it served more than seven million customers across Canada through its Canadian retail arm, BMO Bank of Montreal. It also serves customers through its wealth management businesses: BMO Nesbitt Burns, BMO InvestorLine, BMO Global Private Banking, BMO Global Asset Management and BMO Insurance. As of October 31, 2011, it maintained 1,600 bank branches in Canada and the United States, and operated internationally in financial markets and trading areas through its offices in 24 other countries, including the United States. On April 28, 2011, it acquired Lloyd George Management. On July 5, 2011, it acquired Marshall & Ilsley Corporation. |