CI Financial reports assets under management

TSX Symbol: CIX

TORONTO, July 2, 2013 /CNW/ - CI Financial Corp. ("CI") today reported assets under management of $81.6 billion and total assets of $106.0 billion as of June 30, 2013.

CI's assets under management have grown by $10.0 billion or 14.0% since June 30, 2012, and declined 1.7% in the month of June. In comparison, the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index was up 7.9% over the 12-month period and down 3.8% in June.

CI's average assets under management for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 were $81.6 billion, representing an increase of $2.8 billion or 3.6% over the average for the first quarter of 2013 and an increase of $9.0 billion or 12.4% over the average for fiscal year 2012.

CI also reported assets under administration at Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd. of $24.4 billion at June 30, 2013, an increase of 11.2% year over year.

CI expects to release its financial results for the second quarter on August 8, 2013.

Additional information about CI's assets and financial position can be found below in the tables of preliminary 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. June 30, 2013 PRELIMINARY MONTH-END STATISTICS
ENDING ASSETS	June 30/13 (millions)	May 31/13 (millions)	% Change	June 30/12 (millions)	% Change
Assets under management	$81,570	$83,009	-1.7%	$71,559	14.0%
Assets under administration*	24,412	24,808	-1.6%	21,960	11.2%
TOTAL	$105,982	$107,817	-1.7%	$93,519	13.3%

MONTHLY AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT	June 30/13 (millions)	May 31/13 (millions)	% Change
Monthly average	$81,625	$82,872	-1.5%

FISCAL QUARTER AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT	Ending June 30/13 (millions)	Ending Mar. 31/13 (millions)	% Change
Fiscal quarter average	$81,611	$78,810	3.6%

FISCAL YEAR AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT	Ending June 30/13 (millions)	Fiscal 2012 (millions)	% Change
Fiscal year average	$80,218	$72,606	10.5%

EQUITY		FINANCIAL POSITION (millions)
Total outstanding shares QTD weighted avg. shares Current Yield Potential share dilution from options All options % of shares	283,639,075 283,481,430 3.6% 1,267,644 2.0%	Debt outstanding Net debt outstanding   Terminal redemption value of funds	$528 $448   $770

* Includes CI and United Financial funds administered by Assante advisors.

ESTIMATED GEOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE OF AUM
Canada	45%	Asia	4%
United States	28%	Other	5%
Europe	12%	Cash	6%

CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX) is an independent, Canadian-owned wealth management company. 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.cifinancial.com.

SOURCE: CI Investments Inc.

Stephen A. MacPhail
President and Chief Executive Officer
CI Financial
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