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How Failure Shaped Stephen Smith’s Success

Stephen Smith’s journey proves that failure doesn’t have to define success. In this episode, Stephen Smith, Co-owner of The Economist and Co-founder of First National Financial, joins Scott Brison, Vice Chair, BMO, for a candid conversation about the setbacks, risks and decisions that shaped one of Canada’s most accomplished business leaders. Together, they explore Smith’s path from personal…

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Employee Ownership: Aligning Profit, Purpose, and Long-Term Value

Employee ownership is gaining momentum as a powerful strategy to align business success with employee wellbeing and community resilience. In this episode of Sustainability Leaders, Michael Torrance, BMO’s Chief Sustainability Officer, sits down with Leah Turnbull, Managing Director and National ESOP Practice Lead at BMO, to explore how employee ownership structures—such as Employee Stock Ownership…

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Rethinking Healthcare, Supporting Caregivers and Preparing for Canada's Demographic Reality with Robert Stanley

In the latest episode of Journeys to Growing the Good on Markets Plus, host Issam Majeed sits down with Robert Stanley, CEO and Founder of Stay At Home Nursing Care Services and CHAH Technology, to discuss why he believes Canada's aging population is in need of a new approach to care, one that places greater emphasis on prevention, data and supporting both seniors and their caregivers.

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Macro Horizons on Markets Plus: August With Angst

Ian Lyngen, Vail Hartman, and Delaney Choi bring you their thoughts on the U.S. Rates market for the week of August 3rd, 2026, and respond to questions submitted by listeners and clients.

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From Intelligence to Judgment: Exploring AI’s Role in Decision-Making

In the latest episode of Return on Intelligence on Markets Plus, Kristin Milchanowski sits down with Ken Nickerson, Partner for Technology Innovation at Maverix Private Equity, to explore why the next frontier of AI isn’t more intelligence; it’s better judgment. From the limits of today’s compute models to the promise of quantum and photonics, the conversation challenges how organizations think…

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Transforming Cultural Heritage into Business Success

What does it take to transform cultural heritage into business success? In a candid discussion on leadership, growth and economic impact from voices behind the Latino Leaders Index 500, Javier Palomarez and Alfredo Duarte focus in on enduring organizations, fostering trust and unlocking opportunity in an increasingly dynamic marketplace.

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Strategic Growth Built on AI Innovations from a Capital Markets Perspective

AI adoption isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s shaped by industry, scale and geography. At our 2026 Government, Reserve and Asset Managers Conference, BMO experts Head of AI and CDAO, Armando Benitez, and Matthew Goddard, Global Head, ETFs and Futures, Trading Products, joined Baiju Devani, Chief AI Officer at TMX Group, for a panel sharing practical lessons from implementing AI across the business…

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Global Trade Outlook: The USMCA and Beyond

North American trade could be at a crossroads. Steve Verheul, Canada's Chief Trade Negotiator for the USMCA during Trump's first term, and Douglas Porter, BMO’s Chief Economist, will share an insider’s perspective on the role of geopolitics in driving USMCA talks, a macroeconomic and markets outlook, and the negotiating leverage that Canada and the U.S. each have as they seek concessions.

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The Next Generation: Women Redefining the Family Business

What does it take to lead a family business while shaping the next generation? At a Latino Leaders Index 500 event in Chicago, April Diez, CEO of The Diez Group, and Linzie Venegas, President of The Ideal Group, share how they are building on the legacy of businesses founded by their parents, turning early lessons in sacrifice, work ethic and resilience into leadership at scale.

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Canada-U.S. Relationship Runs Deeper Than Current Tensions

Darryl White, CEO of BMO Financial Group, recently sat down with Mark D. Wiseman, Canada’s Ambassador to the U.S., at the Canadian Club Toronto to find out what his experience has been four months into the job and what the future holds for Canadian business and U.S. growth, especially with the CUSMA/USMCA review window set to open July 1.

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Macro Horizons on Markets Plus: Sunny Sunday

In this episode from Macro Horizons, Ian Lyngen and Ben Jeffery bring you their thoughts on the U.S. Rates market for the week of June 22nd, 2026, and respond to questions submitted by listeners and clients.

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