June 2025: Origin Merchant Partners acted as Financial Advisor to Burgundy Asset Management on its sale to BMO Financial Group

June 2025: Origin Merchant Partners acted as Financial Advisor to Burgundy Asset Management on its sale to BMO Financial Group

By adrienne.butler@originmerchant.com

All Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions

juillet 3, 2025

Origin, in collaboration with KMS Capital (the “Advisors”) were engaged by Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (“Burgundy”), as financial advisors on their sale to BMO Financial Group. Burgundy is a leading independent wealth manager, providing discretionary investment management for private clients, foundations, endowments, pensions and family offices with approximately $27 billion in assets under management, as of May 31, 2025.

BMO Financial Group will acquire 100% ownership in Burgundy for up to C$1,000 million, including C$625 million up front and C$375 million based on attaining certain client retention and asset growth targets. The acquisition of Burgundy will be an expansion of BMO Wealth Management and strengthen BMO’s offering in the Canadian Investment Counsel space catering to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

About Burgundy Asset Management:
Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. is a global investment management firm with 150 employees, headquartered in Toronto, with additional offices in Montreal and Vancouver. Since its founding in 1990, Burgundy has been dedicated to serving high-net-worth individuals, foundations, endowments, pensions, and family offices. The firm is known for its disciplined quality/value investment approach, focused on protecting and compounding clients’ capital over the long term

About BMO Financial Group:
BMO Financial Group is the seventh largest bank in North America by assets, with total assets of $1.4 trillion as of April 30, 2025. Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a diverse team of highly engaged employees providing a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management, global markets and investment banking products and services to 13 million customers across Canada, the United States, and in select markets globally

Press Release : BMO to Acquire Burgundy Asset Management

Deal team: Rob Penteliuk, Charles Pennock, Aaron Kadey