CI Financial reports assets under management

TSX Symbol: CIX

TORONTO, May 1, 2017 /CNW/ - CI Financial Corp. ("CI") today reported preliminary assets under management at April 30, 2017 of $123.1 billion and total assets of $163.6 billion.

Assets under management grew by $14.8 billion or 13.7% year over year, and increased by $2.4 billion, or 2.0% in the month of April. Total assets gained $20.6 billion or 14.4% for the 12-month period and were up $3.2 billion or 2.0% in the month of April.

CI's average assets under management for the quarter-to-date were $121.6 billion, versus $119.4 billion for the first quarter of 2017. Average assets under management for the year-to-date were $120.0 billion, a gain of $9.1 billion or 8.2% from the average fiscal year 2016.

CI reported assets under advisement at Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd. and Stonegate Private Counsel of $40.5 billion at April 30, 2017, representing an increase of $5.8 billion or 16.7% year over year.

CI is scheduled to release its financial results for the first quarter of 2017 on May 11, 2017, on CNW Group and cifinancial.com

Additional information about CI's assets and financial position can be found below in the tables of statistics and on its website, www.cifinancial.com, in the Statistics section. These are the only statistics authorized by CI and CI takes no responsibility for reporting by any external sources.

CI FINANCIAL CORP.

April 30, 2017

PRELIMINARY MONTH-END STATISTICS

ENDING ASSETS

Apr. 30/17(billions)

Mar. 31/17(billions)

%Change

Apr. 30/16 (billions)

%Change

Assets under management

$123.1

$120.7

2.0%

$108.3

13.7%

Assets under advisement*

40.5

39.7

2.0%

34.7

16.7%

TOTAL

$163.6

$160.4

2.0%

$143.0

14.4%

 

MONTHLY AVERAGE

ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

Apr. 30/17
(billions)

Mar. 31/17
(billions)

%
Change

Monthly average

$121.6

$120.9

0.6%

                               

FISCAL QUARTER AVERAGE

ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

Ending Apr. 30/17
(billions)

Ending Mar. 31/17
(billions)

%
Change

Fiscal quarter average

$121.6

$119.4

1.8%

 

FISCAL YEAR AVERAGE

ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

Ending Apr. 30/17
(billions)

Fiscal 2016
(billions)

%
Change

Fiscal year average

$120.0

$110.9

8.2%

 

EQUITY

 

FINANCIAL POSITION

(millions)       

Total outstanding shares

261,848,278

Debt outstanding

$868

QTD weighted avg. shares

262,292,214

Net debt outstanding

$659

Current Yield

5.2%

Terminal redemption value of funds

$481

 

* Includes assets managed by CI and held by clients of advisors with Assante and Stonegate Private Counsel.

CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX) is an independent, Canadian-owned wealth management company. Its primary operating businesses are CI Investments Inc., one of Canada's largest investment managers, advisory businesses Assante Wealth Management and Stonegate Private Counsel, Grant Samuel Funds Management of Australia, and First Asset Investment Management, a leader in providing actively managed exchange-traded funds to the Canadian marketplace. CI is on the Web at www.cifinancial.com.

SOURCE CI Financial Corp.