CI Financial reports assets under management for September 2018

TSX Symbol: CIX

TORONTO, Oct. 1, 2018 /CNW/ - CI Financial Corp. ("CI") today reported preliminary assets under management at September 30, 2018 of $136.4 billion and total assets of $180.6 billion.

Assets under management grew by $14.7 billion or 12.1% year over year, and decreased by 1.4% in the month of September. Total assets gained $18.1 billion or 11.1% for the 12-month period, and decreased 1.3% through the month of September.

CI's average assets under management for the third quarter were $138.3 billion, versus $139.5 billion for the second quarter of 2018. Average assets under management for the year-to-date were $139.9 billion, a gain of $13.6 billion or 10.8% from the average for fiscal 2017.

CI reported assets under advisement at Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd. and Stonegate Private Counsel of $44.2 billion at September 30, 2018, representing an increase of $3.4 billion or 8.3% year over year.

CI will issue its third quarter financial results on November 8, 2018 through the CI Financial website and Cision.

Further information about CI's assets and financial position can be found below in the tables of statistics and on its website, www.cifinancial.com. These are the only statistics authorized by CI, and CI takes no responsibility for reporting by any external sources.

CI FINANCIAL CORP. September 30, 2018 PRELIMINARY MONTH-END STATISTICS
ENDING ASSETS	Sept. 30/18 (billions)	Aug. 31/18 (billions)	% Change	Sept. 30/17 (billions)	% Change
Assets under management	$136.4	$138.4	-1.4%	$121.7	12.1%
Assets under advisement^1	44.2	44.6	-0.9%	40.8	8.3%
TOTAL	$180.6	$183.0	-1.3%	$162.5	11.1%

MONTHLY AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT	Sept. 30/18 (billions)	Aug. 31/18 (billions)	% Change
Monthly average	$137.3	$138.5	-0.9%

FISCAL QUARTER AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT	Ending Sept. 30/18 (billions)	Ending June 30/18 (billions)	% Change
Fiscal quarter average	$138.3	$139.5	-0.9%

FISCAL YEAR AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT	Fiscal 2018 (billions)	Fiscal 2017 (billions)	% Change
Fiscal year average	$139.9	$126.3	10.8%

EQUITY (millions)		FINANCIAL POSITION (millions)
Total outstanding shares	251.8	Debt outstanding	$1,449
QTD weighted avg. shares	256.7	Net debt outstanding	$1,223
Current Yield	3.5%	Terminal redemption value of funds	$381

¹ 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 company offering global asset management and wealth management advisory services. Its primary operating businesses are CI Investments Inc., Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd., CI Private Counsel LP, Grant Samuel Funds Management Pty Ltd. of Australia, First Asset Investment Management Inc., and BBS Securities Inc. Further information is available at www.cifinancial.com.

SOURCE CI Financial Corp.

Investor Relations, CI Financial Corp., [phone]

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