CI Financial announces earnings conference call and webcast

TSX Symbol: CIX

TORONTO, May 4 /CNW/ - CI Financial Corp. ("CI") will release its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. The results will be issued on Canada Newswire and www.ci.com/cix.

Chief Executive Officer William T. Holland will host a conference call with analysts that day at 4 p.m. Eastern time. The call and a slide presentation will be accessible through a webcast at www.ci.com/q1. Alternatively, investors may listen to the discussion by dialling [phone] or 1-888-231-8191.

The call will be available for playback at 7 p.m. that day until May 25, 2010 at [phone] or 1-800-642-1687 (passcode: 72422740). The webcast will be archived at www.ci.com/q1.

CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX) is an independent, Canadian-owned wealth management company with approximately $90.8 billion in fee-earning assets at April 30, 2010. CI offers a broad range of investment products and services, including an industry-leading selection of investment funds, and is on the Web at www.ci.com/cix.

For further information: Investor Relations, CI Financial Corp., [phone]