Item 5 ‐ Fees and Compensation
Clients pay account fees to BHFA for advisory accounts and the account fees include Advisory Fees
(defined below), applicable Tax Overlay Fees and Additional Fees as described below (“Account Fees”)
Program Fees
Clients pay investment advisory service fees (“Program Fees”) to BHFA for participating in any of the BHFA
Programs. A Program Fees is a single fee for all advisory, brokerage, and custodial services provided to
Program Accounts. A client is not charged any commissions. The fees for each Program are outlined in the
charts below.
SMA Fees
Clients pay investment advisory service fees and if applicable, a sponsor fee (together the “SMA Fees”,
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and together with the Program Fees, the “Advisory Fees”) to BHFA for participating in any of the BHFA
SMAs. SMA Fees are for all advisory, brokerage, and custodial services provided to SMA Accounts. A client
is not charged any commissions. The fee for any assets placed with one of the selected SMA Managers
generally range from 0.25% to 0.70%. The Program Manager may add an SMA Manager that falls outside
the range and in those cases will notify the Client of the difference in fees.
Clients prior to 11/29/2018
For those clients that have Flex Plus that are 100% invested in an SMA, if you opened such Account prior
to 11/29/2018 the SMA fee is embedded within the Program Fees.
BMO Capital Markets SMAs
For those clients that are invested in a SMA provided by BMO Capital Markets, Corp. (“BMO CM”), an
affiliate of BHFA, model SMAs are provided by BMO CM. Financial Advisors will recommend a BMO CM
SMA best suited to the client’s individual investment objectives and risk tolerances. Once the client has
selected a BMO CM SMA, BHFA opens an Account and implements the BMO CM’s model SMA
recommendations.
BMO CM evaluates each model SMA on a periodic basis, makes changes to such model SMA based on
market conditions and instructs BHFA to change the securities in the Account to match any of the BMO
CM’s changes to the respective model SMA. BMO CM also makes periodic determinations whether to
rebalance an Account to align the securities in Accounts to match the composition (including percentage
proportion) of securities in the respective model SMA. BHFA implements those replacement and
rebalancing trades.
Other Fees
From time to time, SMA Managers make transactions in clients’ accounts using a broker dealer other than
Pershing. In addition to our Advisory Fees, clients are also responsible for the fees and expenses charged
by custodians and imposed by these third party broker dealers for these transactions. Please refer to the
"Brokerage Practices" Section in Item 12 of this brochure for additional information.
Conflicts
BHFA has an inherent conflict by maintaining affiliate SMAs on its platform because they are managed by
BHFA affiliates, BMO AM, BMO PB and BMO CM. BHFA as Program Manager, receives the SMA Fees and
pays its affiliate all or a portion of that fee.
BHFA SMAs may be managed by employees of either BMO AM, BMO CM or BMO PB, affiliates of BHFA,
or third party managers. This creates a conflict of interest because these affiliates receive fees when BHFA
clients invest in a BMO AM, BMO PB or BMO CM managed SMA.
Additional Fees
In addition to Program Fees, clients pay certain Administrative Fees (as described below) and Mutual Fund
Fees (as described below)
Administrative Fees
Clients pay certain fees and expenses charged by Pershing for various functions including but not limited
to safekeeping fees, fees for delivery of checks, fund wire fees, account closing fees, exchange transaction
fees and certain other administrative fees.
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Mutual Fund Fees
Clients pay the fees and expenses charged by mutual fund companies and/or ETFs, as described in the
respective Fund prospectus. These fees charged by Fund companies will generally include a management
fee, other fund expenses (e.g., shareholder servicing or 12b‐1 fees), custody fees, administrative fees, and
a possible distribution fee. Fund companies charge these fees directly to shareholders out of the share
price for each share. Clients will also pay a redemption fee for the Funds that charge for liquidation
activity, in accordance with their prospectus.
If you participate in a Program, you will not pay up‐front sales charges for purchases of mutual funds.
Some mutual funds will have a 12b‐1 (i.e., marketing and distribution) fee. If the fund charges this fee,
that fee will be rebated to the client account and not accepted by BHFA.
Consolidation of Balances for Fee Breakpoints: Available upon request, clients may consolidate their
balances across multiple Program accounts (e.g. MAAP, SFP, etc.) to lower the Program Fees charged
across all accounts.
Program Fees
SFP
SFP Account Assets Annual Program Fee
First $250,000 1.50%
Next $250,000 ($250,001 to $500,000) 1.25%
Next $250,000 ($500,001 to $750,000) 1.00%
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