IGM Financial Inc. Announces February 2018 Investment Fund Sales and Total Assets Under Management

WINNIPEG, March 5, 2018 /CNW/ - IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) (TSX: IGM) today reported preliminary total investment fund net new money in February of $670.6 million as shown in Table 1. Total assets under management were $156.4 billion at February 28, 2018, compared with $157.5 billion at January 31, 2018 and $146.0 billion at February 28, 2017. Investment fund assets under management were $149.7 billion at February 28, 2018, compared with $150.8 billion at January 31, 2018 and $140.7 billion at February 28, 2017. Assets under management are shown in Table 2.

Table 1 - Net New Money
Month ended February 28, 2018 ($ millions) (unaudited)		Investors Group	Mackenzie	Counsel^3	IGM Financial^1
Mutual Funds
	Gross Sales	$1,076.0	$922.0	$76.4	$2,074.4
	Net New Money	$421.7	$171.1	$15.3	$608.1
ETFs
	Net New Money		$238.1		$227.0
Consolidated
	Net New Money	$421.7	$244.7^2	$15.3	$670.6

^1	Consolidated results eliminate double counting where business is reflected in multiple segments
	-	Exchange traded funds ("ETF") exclude $11.1 million in net new money by IPC mutual fund investments in ETFs.
^2	Excludes $164.5 million of net new money in ETFs by Mackenzie mutual funds.
^3	IPC Private Wealth Program mutual funds are excluded from net new money.

*	Mutual Fund Net New Money is defined as Gross Sales less Gross Redemptions and is consistent with the terminology used in the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) issued by IGM Financial.

Table 2 - Assets under Management
($ billions) (unaudited)			February 2018	January  2018	February  2017	% Change Last Month	% Change YOY
IGM Financial Total Assets under Management^4			$156.37	$157.54	$145.97	(0.7)	7.1
IGM Financial Investment Funds Assets under Management^4			$149.72	$150.75	$140.69	(0.7)	6.4
	Investors Group
		Mutual Funds	$87.50	$88.30	$83.05	(0.9)	5.4
		Total Investors Group	$87.50	$88.30	$83.05	(0.9)	5.4
	Mackenzie
		Mutual Funds	$55.76	$56.07	$52.48	(0.6)	6.3
		ETFs	$1.80	$1.57	$0.14	14.6	N/M
		Investment Funds^5	$57.02	$57.26	$52.62	(0.4)	8.4
		Sub-advisory, institutional and other	$8.20	$8.32	$6.41	(1.5)	27.9
		Total Mackenzie	$65.22	$65.58	$59.03	(0.5)	10.5
		Investment Planning Counsel^6	$5.45	$5.44	$5.02	0.2	8.6

^4	Mackenzie sub-advisory mandates to Investment Planning Counsel mutual funds and investment in Mackenzie investment funds by mutual funds managed by Investors Group or Investment Planning Counsel are reported within Mackenzie's results and are eliminated within IGM Financial consolidated results:
	-	Amounts eliminated within IGM Financial consolidated total assets were $1.8 billion at February 28, 2018 ($1.8 billion at January 31, 2018 and $1.1 billion at February 28, 2017).
	-	Amounts eliminated within IGM Financial consolidated investment fund assets were $257.0 million at February 28, 2018 ($248.9 million at January 31, 2018).
^5	Mackenzie investment funds total assets under management exclude Mackenzie mutual fund investment in ETFs of $542.1 million as at February 28, 2018 ($382.2 million as at January 31, 2018).
^6	IPC's total assets under management includes Counsel Mutual Funds and the Private Wealth Program.

Preliminary average investment fund assets under management and average total assets under management for the quarter to date are set out in Table 3.

Table 3 - Average Assets under Management^7
($ billions) (unaudited)			Quarter to Date
IGM Financial Total Average Assets under Management^8			$156.73
IGM Financial Investment Funds Average Assets under Management^8			$150.02
	Investors Group
		Mutual Funds	$87.88
		Total Investors Group	$87.88
	Mackenzie
		Mutual Funds	$55.83
		ETFs	$1.54
		Investment Funds^9	$56.92
		Sub-advisory, institutional and other	$8.16
		Total Mackenzie	$65.08
		Investment Planning Counsel^10	$5.42

^7	Based on daily average investment fund assets and month-end average institutional, sub-advisory and other assets.
^8	Mackenzie sub-advisory mandates to Investment Planning Counsel mutual funds and investment in Mackenzie investment funds by mutual funds managed by Investors Group or Investment Planning Counsel are reported within Mackenzie's results and are eliminated within IGM Financial consolidated results:
	-	Amounts eliminated within IGM Financial consolidated total assets were $1.7 billion at February 28, 2018.
	-	Amounts eliminated within IGM Financial consolidated investment fund assets were $196.3 million at February 28, 2018.
^9	Mackenzie investment funds total assets under management exclude Mackenzie mutual fund investment in ETFs of $454.1 million as at February 28, 2018.
^10	IPC's total assets under management includes Counsel Mutual Funds and the Private Wealth Program.

IGM Financial Inc. is one of Canada's premier personal financial services companies, and one of the country's largest managers and distributors of mutual funds and other managed asset products, with over $156 billion in total assets under management. Its activities are carried out principally through Investors Group, Mackenzie Investments and Investment Planning Counsel.

A MEMBER OF THE POWER FINANCIAL CORPORATION GROUP OF COMPANIES.

SOURCE IGM Financial Inc.

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