issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . september 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message bmo capital markets type subsidiary of bank of montreal industry investment banking financial services predecessor nesbitt thomson & co. burns fry founded 1987 acquisition of nesbitt thomson headquarters first canadian place toronto ontario canada products wholesale banking mergers and acquisitions market making commodity products foreign exchange prime brokerage private equity securitization trade finance revenue 3.724 billion cad 2014 1 parent bank of montreal website www.bmocm.com bmo capital markets is the investment banking subsidiary of canadian bank of montreal . the company offers corporate institutional and government clients access to a range of financial services . these include equity and debt underwriting corporate lending and project financing merger and acquisitions advisory services securitization treasury management market risk management debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading . contents 1 history 1.1 1912 nesbitt thomson 1.2 1976 burns fry 1.3 1987 nesbitt thomson acquired 1.4 1994 nesbitt burns formed 1.5 1999 harris nesbitt 1.6 2000 bmo nesbitt burns 1.7 2003 gerard klauer mattison 1.8 2006 bmo capital markets name adopted 1.9 2016 greene holcomb fisher 2 offices 2.1 offices in americas 2.2 offices in asia pacific 2.3 offices in emea 3 references 4 external links history edit 1912 nesbitt thomson edit a.j. nesbitt of montreal and p.a. thomson of hamilton ontario establish nesbitt thomson a firm that becomes a household name in canada for its role in some of the world s largest mining resources and hydroelectric power projects . after world war ii nesbitt thomson expands its operations to include such diverse industry sectors as chemicals salt steel ships farm machinery retail stores and a transcontinental natural gas pipeline . 1976 burns fry edit burns fry is created from the merger of burns bros. and denton known for equity trading and underwriting capabilities and fry mills spence known for strong debt trading and underwriting . these toronto firms had been highly successful in the securities business since 1932 and 1925 respectively . the merger brings together a large capital base and a strong branch office system . 1987 nesbitt thomson acquired edit bank of montreal acquires nesbitt thomson in the first of many broker bank mergers in the canadian financial services sector . 1994 nesbitt burns formed edit nesbitt thomson and burns fry merge to form nesbitt burns which becomes one of the leading investment firms in the marketplace . 1999 harris nesbitt edit the merger of the corporate banking arm of harris bank bmo financial group s chicago based subsidiary and the u.s. investment banking capabilities of nesbitt burns creates harris nesbitt . the new firm focuses on the middle market of the u.s. midwest . 2000 bmo nesbitt burns edit the bmo brand is added to the nesbitt burns name in order to link the firm s corporate identity with bmo financial group . 2003 gerard klauer mattison edit bmo financial group acquires gerard klauer mattison gkm providing harris nesbitt with a u.s. based equity research and institutional sales and trading platform . gkm was founded in 1989 in new york as a boutique equity research and investment banking firm serving the institutional marketplace . 2006 bmo capital markets name adopted edit bmo capital markets was launched in june 2006 when bmo financial group s canadian u.s. and international wholesale banking capabilities were merged . 2 2016 greene holcomb fisher edit in june 2016 bmo financial group entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business of greene holcomb fisher ghf a boutique m & a advisory firm based in minneapolis . subject to regulatory approval the transaction is expected to close in bmo financial group s fiscal 4th quarter . offices edit offices in americas edit atlanta boston calgary chicago denver houston mexico city milwaukee montreal new york rio de janeiro san francisco seattle toronto vancouver washington d.c. offices in asia pacific edit beijing guangzhou hong kong shanghai taipei singapore melbourne offices in emea edit abu dhabi dublin london paris zurich references edit 1 bmo capital markets website external links edit bmo capital markets companies portal v t e bank of montreal chief executive officer william a. downe fy 2007 statistics net income 2.1 billion cad 4 % market capitalization 28.9 billion cad assets 366.5 billion cad employees 35 827 stock symbols tsx bmo nyse bmo website www.bmo.com major brands by financial service financial group bmo canadian banking bmo financial group u.s. banking bmo harris harris mycfo and cedar street advisors canadian mutual funds bmo mutual funds and guardian group of funds canadian self service investing bmo investorline canadian full service investing bmo nesbitt burns u.s. brokerage bmo harris investor services canadian insurance bmo life capital markets bmo capital markets v t e investment banks bank divisions of universal banks bulge bracket bank of america merrill lynch barclays citi institutional clients group credit suisse deutsche bank corporate and investment bank j.p. morgan & co. j.p. morgan cazenove ubs investment bank other berenberg bank bmo capital markets boc international bnp paribas corporate & institutional banking brown shipley cibc world markets citic securities clsa commerzbank corporates & markets cr dit agricole corporate and investment bank daiwa securities capital markets everbank world markets harris williams & co. hsbc global banking and markets ing commercial banking is investment kbc bank korea development bank daewoo securities lloyds bank corporate markets mitsubishi ufj securities mizuho corporate bank natixis nomura securities rbc capital markets rbs markets & international banking sberbank cib soci t g n rale corporate & investment bank standard chartered td securities unicredit corporate & investment banking vtb capital wells fargo securities independents bulge bracket goldman sachs morgan stanley other allen & company blackstone group brewin dolphin btg pactual centerview partners china international capital corporation close brothers group evercore partners everbright fbr capital markets galaxy greenhill & co. haitong securities houlihan lokey investec jefferies keefe bruyette & woods lazard macquarie group mediobanca moelis & company n m rothschild & sons oppenheimer & co. perella weinberg partners piper jaffray raymond james financial renaissance capital roth capital partners salam investment ltd. sandler o neill and partners stifel nicolaus stone key partners william blair & company category list retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bmo capital markets & oldid 733992542 categories bank of montrealstock brokerages and investment banks of canadahidden categories articles needing cleanup from september 2010all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from september 2010wikipedia pages needing cleanup from september 2010articles needing additional references from march 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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