TSX Symbol: CIX
TORONTO, March 1, 2017 /CNW/ - CI Financial Corp.
("CI") today reported preliminary assets under management at
February 28, 2017 of $120.2 billion and total assets of $159.5 billion.
Assets under management grew by $13.9
billion or 13.1% year over year and increased by
$2.8 billion or 2.4% in the month of
February. Total assets gained $19.7
billion or 14.1% for the 12-month period and were up
$3.9 billion or 2.5% in February.
CI's average assets under management for the quarter-to-date and
year-to-date were $118.7 billion,
representing an increase of $3.9
billion or 3.4% over the average assets under management for
the fourth quarter of 2016 and an increase of $7.8 billion or 7.0% over the average for fiscal
2016.
CI reported assets under advisement at Assante Wealth Management
(Canada) Ltd. and Stonegate
Private Counsel of $39.3 billion at
February 28, 2017, representing an
increase of $5.8 billion or 17.3%
year over year.
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.
February 28,
2017
PRELIMINARY
MONTH-END STATISTICS
|
ENDING
ASSETS
|
Feb.
28/17 (billions)
|
Jan.
31/17 (billions)
|
% Change
|
Feb. 28/16
(billions)
|
% Change
|
Assets under
management
|
$120.2
|
$117.4
|
2.4%
|
$106.3
|
13.1%
|
Assets under
advisement*
|
39.3
|
38.2
|
2.9%
|
33.5
|
17.3%
|
TOTAL
|
$159.5
|
$155.6
|
2.5%
|
$139.8
|
14.1%
|
MONTHLY
AVERAGE
ASSETS UNDER
MANAGEMENT
|
Feb. 28/17
(billions)
|
Jan. 31/17
(billions)
|
%
Change
|
Monthly
average
|
$119.2
|
$118.1
|
0.9%
|
FISCAL QUARTER
AVERAGE
ASSETS UNDER
MANAGEMENT
|
Ending Feb.
28/17
(billions)
|
Ending Dec.
31/16
(billions)
|
%
Change
|
Fiscal quarter
average
|
$118.7
|
$114.8
|
3.4%
|
FISCAL YEAR
AVERAGE
ASSETS UNDER
MANAGEMENT
|
Ending Feb.
28/17
(billions)
|
Fiscal
2016 (billions)
|
%
Change
|
Fiscal year
average
|
$118.7
|
$110.9
|
7.0%
|
EQUITY
|
FINANCIAL
POSITION
(millions)
|
Total outstanding
shares
|
264,695,069
|
Debt
outstanding
|
$844
|
QTD weighted avg.
shares
|
264,932,178
|
Net debt
outstanding
|
$672
|
Current
yield
|
5.1%
|
|
|
|
|
Terminal
redemption value of funds
|
$503
|
|
|
|
|
* 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.