CI Investments completes fund mergers and other changes

TSX Symbol: CIX

TORONTO, July 30, 2013 /CNW/ - CI Investments Inc. ("CI") today announced that it has completed the merger of two funds and the change of investment objectives for three others.

The following mergers have been completed:

Terminating fund	Continuing fund
Cambridge Canadian Stock Fund	Cambridge Canadian Equity Corporate Class
CI Japanese Corporate Class	CI Pacific Corporate Class

The investment objectives of three funds have been changed from a Canadian-focused mandate to a global mandate: Cambridge High Income Fund, Signature Canadian Resource Fund and Signature Canadian Resource Corporate Class.

The mergers and mandate changes were approved by securityholders in the funds at meetings held last week.

CI will not be proceeding with the proposed merger of CI US Equity Plus Fund into Cambridge American Equity Corporate Class. Instead, CI has closed CI US Equity Plus Fund to all investments, as of the close of business on July 26, 2013.

Effective August 2, 2013, Cambridge Global Asset Management will become portfolio advisor to CI US Equity Plus Fund. Cambridge manages similar U.S. equity mandates as part of its family of funds, which total over $7 billion in assets. Cambridge is led by Chief Investment Officer Alan Radlo and Portfolio Managers Robert Swanson and Brandon Snow and has achieved strong results with the Cambridge funds since its founding in January 2008.

In addition, the following name changes are now effective:

Former Name	New Name
Harbour Foreign Equity Corporate Class	Harbour Global Equity Corporate Class
Harbour Foreign Growth & Income Corporate Class	Harbour Global Growth & Income Corporate Class
Signature Canadian Resource Fund	Signature Global Resource Fund
Signature Canadian Resource Corporate Class	Signature Global Resource Corporate Class
Clarica SF CI Signature Canadian Resource Fund	Clarica SF CI Signature Global Resource Fund

CI is one of Canada's largest investment management companies. It 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. CI is a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX), an independent, Canadian-owned wealth management firm with approximately $106 billion in assets as of June 30, 2013.

 

 

SOURCE: CI Investments Inc.

Murray Oxby
Director, Communications
CI Investments
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