IGM Financial Inc. Announces March 2017 Investment Fund Sales and Total Assets Under Management

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwired - Apr 4, 2017) - IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) (IGM.TO) today reported preliminary total investment fund net new money in March of $372.6 million as shown in Table 1. Total assets under management were $147.1 billion at March 31, 2017, compared with $145.5 billion at February 28, 2017 and $132.9 billion at March 31, 2016. Investment fund assets under management were $141.7 billion at March 31, 2017, compared with $140.3 billion at February 28, 2017 and $127.1 billion at March 31, 2016. Assets under management are shown in Table 2.

Table 1 - Net New Money

Month ended March 31, 2017
($ millions) (unaudited)

Investors
Group

Mackenzie

Counsel

IGM
Financial

Mutual Funds

Gross Sales

$1,025.71

$894.4

$77.0

$1,997.1

Net New Money

$319.81

$25.62

$1.2

$346.6

ETFs

Net New Money

$31.0

$31.0

Consolidated

Net New Money

$319.8

$51.63

$1.2

$372.6

(1)

Includes Investors Group Azure SMA and Investors Group Mutual Funds.

(2)

During March 2017, a third party program which includes Mackenzie mutual funds made fund allocation changes which resulted in redemptions of $145.5 million.

(3)

Excludes $5.0 million in ETF net new money related to Mackenzie Mutual funds.

*Mutual Fund Net New Money is defined as Gross Sales less Gross Redemptions and is consistent with the terminology used by The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC). Total Net New Money includes Exchange traded fund ("ETF") net creations.

Table 2 - Assets under Management

($ billions)
(unaudited)

March
2017

February
2017

March
2016

% Change Last
Month

% Change
YOY

Total Assets under Management4

$147.06

$145.54

$133.35

1.0

10.3

Investment Funds

Assets under Management

$141.65

$140.27

$127.08

1.0

11.5

Investors Group

Mutual Funds5

$83.90

$83.05

$75.22

1.0

11.5

Sub-advisory, institutional and other

$0.54

$0.53

$0.44

1.9

22.7

Total IG

$84.44

$83.58

$75.66

1.0

11.6

Mackenzie

Mutual Funds

$52.94

$52.49

$47.63

0.9

11.1

ETFs

$0.23

$0.20

15.0

Investment Funds6

$53.10

$52.62

$47.63

0.9

11.5

Sub-advisory, institutional and other

$13.21

$12.96

$13.06

1.9

1.1

Total Mackenzie

$66.31

$65.58

$60.69

1.1

9.3

Counsel

Mutual Funds

$4.65

$4.59

$4.23

1.3

9.9

(4)

Excludes assets managed by Mackenzie on behalf of Investors Group and Investment Planning Counsel. These assets had a value of $8.3 billion at March 31, 2017 ($8.2 billion at February 28, 2017 and $7.2 billion at March 31, 2016).

(5)

Includes Investors Group Azure SMA and Investors Group Mutual Funds.

(6)

Mackenzie investment funds exclude ETF assets invested in Mackenzie mutual funds of $69.2 million as at March 31, 2017 and $62.4 million as at February 28, 2017.

Preliminary average mutual fund assets under management and average total assets under management for the quarter to date are set out in Table 3.

Table 3 - Average Assets under Management7

($ billions) (unaudited)

Quarter to Date

Total Average Assets under Management8

$144.92

Investment Funds Average Assets under Management

$139.64

Investors Group

Mutual Funds

$82.75

Sub-advisory, institutional and other

$0.53

Total Investors Group

$83.28

Mackenzie

Mutual Funds

$52.20

ETFs

$0.20

Investment Funds9

$52.33

Sub-advisory, institutional and other

$12.86

Total Mackenzie

$65.19

Counsel

Mutual Funds

$4.56

(7)

Based on daily average mutual fund assets and month-end average institutional, sub-advisory and other assets.

(8)

Excludes average assets of $8.1 billion managed by Mackenzie on behalf of Investors Group and Investment Planning Counsel.

(9)

Mackenzie investment funds exclude ETF average assets invested in Mackenzie mutual funds of $63.1 million as at March 31, 2017.

IGM Financial Inc. is one of Canada's premier personal financial services companies, and one of the country's largest managers and distributors of mutual funds and other managed asset products, with approximately $147 billion in total assets under management. Its activities are carried out principally through Investors Group, Mackenzie Investments and Investment Planning Counsel.

A MEMBER OF THE POWER FINANCIAL CORPORATION GROUP OF COMPANIES.

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