BMO Looks to Leverage China IPO Win

The Globe and Mail, Sinclair Stewart, 19 May 2006Bank of Montreal, flush with the success of landing a piece of China's largest initial public offering so far, is opening an investment banking office in Beijing next month to compete for more underwriting assignments.Last Friday, BMO learned it was one of six global firms awarded a mandate to lead a $10-billion (U.S.) IPO for Bank of China, the