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BMO facing $12 billion costs

Canada’s BMO Financial will provide up to US$12.2bn, or about 3 per cent of its assets, in liquidity support for two structured investment vehicles that it is seeking to wind down. The group, centred on the Bank of Montreal, will take C$490m in pre-tax charges on its exposure to ACA, the monoline insurer, and other investments hit by credit market turbulence. The latest charges follow a C$680m loss last year on natural-gas trading.

The bank also announced the appointment of a new chief risk officer and shifted the chief executive of its investment banking division, Yvan Bourdeau, to vice-chairman. The charges are expected to lower earnings by 70 cents a share, or C$325m, for the first quarter ended January 31st…

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