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

WINNIPEG, June 4, 2018 /CNW/ - IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) (TSX: IGM) today reported preliminary total investment fund net new money in May of $1.5 million as shown in Table 1. Total assets under management were $157.7 billion at May 31, 2018, compared with $156.3 billion at April 30, 2018 and $150.2 billion at May 31, 2017. Investment fund assets under management were $151.1 billion at May 31, 2018, compared with $149.7 billion at April 30, 2018 and $144.8 billion at May 31, 2017. Assets under management are shown in Table 2.

Table 1 - Net New Money
Month ended May 31, 2018 ($ millions) (unaudited)		Investors Group	Mackenzie	Counsel^4	IGM Financial^1
Mutual Funds
	Gross Sales	$724.9	$834.3	$77.4	$1,636.6
	Net New Money	($28.2)	($62.1)^2	($8.5)	($98.8)
ETFs
	Net New Money		$160.7		$126.4
Consolidated
	Net New Money	($28.2)	$72.5^3	($8.5)	$1.5

^1	Consolidated results eliminate double counting where business is reflected in multiple segments
	-	Exchange traded funds ("ETF") exclude $34.3 million in net new money by Investors Group and IPC mutual fund investments in ETFs.
^2	During May 2018, institutional clients and third party programs which include Mackenzie mutual funds made fund allocation changes which resulted in redemptions of $132.3 million.
^3	Excludes $26.1 million of net new money in ETFs by Mackenzie mutual funds.
^4	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)		May 2018	April  2018	May  2017	% Change Last Month	% Change YOY
IGM Financial Total Assets under Management^5		$157.72	$156.30	$150.23	0.9	5.0
IGM Financial Investment Funds Assets under Management^5		$151.12	$149.73	$144.77	0.9	4.4
Investors Group
	Mutual Funds	$88.14	$87.30	$85.09	1.0	3.6
	Total Investors Group	$88.14	$87.30	$85.09	1.0	3.6
Mackenzie
	Mutual Funds	$56.28	$55.85	$54.20	0.8	3.8
	ETFs	$2.44	$2.26	$0.51	8.0	N/M
	Investment Funds^6	$58.01	$57.43	$54.46	1.0	6.5
	Sub-advisory, institutional and other	$8.20	$8.18	$6.63	0.2	23.7
Total Mackenzie		$66.21	$65.61	$61.09	0.9	8.4
Investment Planning Counsel^7		$5.48	$5.47	$5.22	0.2	5.0

^5	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 $2.1 billion at May 31, 2018 ($2.1 billion at April 30, 2018 and $1.2 billion at May 31, 2017).
	-	Amounts eliminated within IGM Financial consolidated investment fund assets were $511.8 million at May 31, 2018 ($466.7 million at April 30, 2018).
^6	Mackenzie investment funds total assets under management exclude Mackenzie mutual fund investment in ETFs of $705.5 million as at May 31, 2018 ($675.4 million as at April 30, 2018 and $261.2 million at May 31, 2017).
^7	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^8
($ billions) (unaudited)						Quarter to Date
IGM Financial Total Average Assets under Management^9						$156.44
IGM Financial Investment Funds Average Assets under Management^9						$149.86
				Investors Group
					Mutual Funds	$87.43
					Total Investors Group	$87.43
				Mackenzie
					Mutual Funds	$55.89
					ETFs	$2.25
					Investment Funds^10	$57.45
					Sub-advisory, institutional and other	$8.18
					Total Mackenzie	$65.63
Investment Planning Counsel^11						$5.45

^8	Based on daily average investment fund assets and month-end average institutional, sub-advisory and other assets.
^9	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 $2.1 billion at May 31, 2018.
	-	Amounts eliminated within IGM Financial consolidated investment fund assets were $463.5 million at May 31, 2018.
^10	Mackenzie investment funds total assets under management exclude Mackenzie mutual fund investment in ETFs of $690.7 million as at May 31, 2018.
^11	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 $157 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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