ACB set to make presentation at BMO cannabis conference 09:58 AM EDT, 04/11/2018 (MT Newswires) -- Bank of Montreal (BMO.TO) is pushing deeper into the marijuana sector by assigning an analyst to cover the space and holding its first cannabis conference at the end of May, the Globe & Mail reported.
The bank is filling the role from within, naming Tamy Chen as its cannabis analyst. Since 2015, Chen has been an equity research associate for BMO's consumer products team, working with analyst Peter Sklar.
The two analysts will host BMO's inaugural cannabis conference on May 30 in Toronto. The chief executive officers of Canadian growers Aphria (APH.TO), Aurora Cannabis (ACB.TO), Canopy Growth (WEED.TO), Cronos Group (CRON.V) and MedReleaf (LEAF.TO) are set to make presentations at BMO's conference.