CI Financial reports assets under management

TSX Symbol: CIX

TORONTO, July 3, 2015 /CNW/ - CI Financial Corp. ("CI") today reported assets under management at June 30, 2015 of $108.8 billion and total assets of $140.3 billion.

Assets under management grew by $9.0 billion or 9.0% year over year and were down 1.5% in the month of June. Total assets gained $11.4 billion or 8.9% for the 12-month period and were down 1.5% in June. In comparison, the S&P/TSX Composite Index declined 1.2% over 12 months and fell 2.8% in the month of June.

Average assets under management for the quarter ending June 30, 2015 were $109.8 billion, representing an increase of $3.2 billion or 3.0% over the average assets under management for the first quarter.

CI also reported assets under administration at Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd. of $31.4 billion at June 30, 2015, an increase of 8.5% year over year.

In other developments in June, Assante Advisor Stephen Jones was named 2015 Advisor of the Year at the Wealth Professional Awards. Mr. Jones, who has the CPA, CA and CFP designations, is a Senior Financial Advisor with Assante Financial Management Ltd. in Waterloo. The awards are given by Wealth Professional magazine to celebrate excellence in the Canadian wealth management industry.

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, 2015 PRELIMINARY MONTH-END STATISTICS
ENDING ASSETS	June 30/15 (millions)	May 31/15 (millions)	% Change	June 30/14 (millions)	% Change
Assets under management	$108,839	$110,526	-1.5%	$99,882	9.0%
Assets under administration*	31,423	31,814	-1.2%	28,951	8.5%
TOTAL	$140,262	$142,340	-1.5%	$128,833	8.9%

MONTHLY AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT	June 30/15 (millions)	May 31/15 (millions)	% Change
Monthly average	$109,628	$109,749	-0.1%

FISCAL QUARTER AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT	Ending June 30/15 (millions)	Ending Mar. 31/15 (millions)	% Change
Fiscal quarter average	$109,750	$106,531	3.0%

FISCAL YEAR AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT	Ending June 30/15 (millions)	Fiscal 2014 (millions)	% Change
Fiscal year average	$108,149	$98,408	9.9%

EQUITY		FINANCIAL POSITION (millions)
Total outstanding shares	278,624,442	Debt outstanding	$384
QTD weighted avg. shares	279,861,494	Net debt outstanding	$267
Current Yield	3.9%
Potential share dilution from options	623,035	Terminal redemption value of funds	$690
All options % of shares	2.7%

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

ESTIMATED GEOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE OF AUM
Canada	39%	Asia	4%
United States	32%	Other	4%
Europe	14%	Cash	7%

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 Financial Corp.

Stephen A. MacPhail, President and Chief Executive Officer, CI Financial Corp., [phone]