BMO押注美國酒市場復甦,擴大招聘策略




**BMO 加強美國葡萄酒業務,押注行業復甦**

多倫多(路透社)— 加拿大蒙特利爾銀行(BMO)正押注美國葡萄酒銷售市場的復甦。該行透過去年以160億美元收購西部銀行(Bank of the West)而進入該行業,並計劃通過更多招聘及專注於富裕個人來推動業務增長,該單位的負責人表示。

BMO 認為,隨著美國1070億美元的葡萄酒市場在經歷多年的波動後逐漸復甦,這是一個機會。疫情期間餐廳和酒吧的暫時關閉曾令銷售額大幅下降,導致存貨過剩。此外,高利率也推高了借貸成本。

BMO 的葡萄酒和烈酒集團負責人亞當·比克(Adam Beak)在加州納帕接受採訪時表示:「我們更加專注於成為葡萄酒交易的金融和諮詢來源,幫助酒莊之間的買賣交易。」

他未透露具體的招聘人數。

比克之前負責西部銀行的團隊,他表示在收購之前,由於缺乏強大的美國資本市場團隊,難以為尋求資本的較大客戶提供服務。他寄望於 BMO 已建立的中市場諮詢團隊和財富管理業務,為這些客戶提供新的服務。

比克說:「在西部銀行,我們已經達到了我們能做到的極限。而這次(收購)真正給我們打開了機會。」

與位於加州的併購諮詢公司 Zepponi 的合作,讓 BMO 能夠接觸其高端客戶,該公司曾為酒莊和葡萄園提供諮詢,包括由星座品牌(Constellation Brands)和 E. & J. Gallo Winery 收購的案例。

BMO 和硅谷銀行是美國葡萄酒行業最大的顧問之一,行業專家表示。

比克表示,BMO 的團隊正在擴大其財富管理產品,主要針對高端葡萄酒製造商,這些通常是由富裕個人擁有的小型企業。

其競爭對手硅谷銀行正專注於其大約400名高端葡萄酒行業客戶,為他們提供指導和標準商業銀行產品。

「具有諷刺意味的是,我們的專業知識在市場低迷時更有價值,因此我們仍在增長並增加大量新業務,」SVB 高端葡萄酒部門創始人、現為 First Citizens Bancshare 一部分的 Rob McMillan 表示。

兩家銀行的2024年葡萄酒行業報告持不同觀點。SVB 指出該行業需要提高生產效率和更好的營銷,而 BMO 表示71%的美國酒莊預計今年收入增長。

葡萄酒行業諮詢公司 METIS 的首席執行官 Erik McLaughlin 表示:「現在還不是好時機,但我們認為可能已經找到了底部,復甦正在開始。」

**編輯評論:**

這篇報導揭示了蒙特利爾銀行如何透過戰略收購和市場洞察力來擴大其在美國葡萄酒市場的影響力。值得注意的是,BMO 集團的策略不僅是簡單地擴大業務,而是通過提供專業的金融諮詢來提升自身價值。這反映了一種更深層次的市場理解,即在經濟低迷時期,專業知識和諮詢服務的需求可能會增加。此外,這些策略的成功還依賴於與 Zepponi 等專業諮詢公司的合作,這進一步表明了行業聯盟的重要性。對於富裕個人和小型高端葡萄酒製造商的專注,也顯示了 BMO 在市場細分上的精準定位。這些策略是否能成功,將取決於市場的進一步變化和消費者信心的恢復。

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