BMO IBD future outlook

I’ve seen some threads about BMO was looking to get more insight on the firm’s outlook. Do you guys think it will grow enough to compete with the BBs? They do have a big balance sheet, a commercial bank presence, have expanded office space (new building Chi by summer 2021), hired MDs from other BBs, gain market share once DB becomes irrelevant. If anyone has any insight on dealflow, exits, pay and culture would also like to hear more about that.

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Nah. Too conservative to make a business as volatile as IB a significant driver of results.

 

Former BMO alum here. BMO has been doing very poorly and losing meaningful US IBD market share since at least 2017. At this point I think the bank is probably in the midst of reevaluating their strategic focus for the franchise and would not be surprised if they started de-prioritizing US IBD. I would say if someone is starting his / her career in a coverage group and has literally any other MM IBD offers on the table, go with those. The culture, at least when I was there, also left much to be desired..

 

What about BMO overall in the US, including corporate and commercial banking? I think I heard they announced some layoffs late last year but not sure which regions or divisions.

 

Choose BMO if you want to be in Metals and Mining. Best mining group globally. Otherwise, stay away

 

Not good bro, sleepy coverage group. It's crazy how their rep as a bank is so bad but the Metals & Mining group is the best in the world. I'm telling you bro, if you work at BMO, try to get into the M&M group. Its either that or bust

 

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