Mackenzie Investments announces portfolio management change to Mackenzie
Universal World Real Estate Class

TORONTO, Oct. 28 /CNW/ - Mackenzie Financial Corporation ("Mackenzie Investments") today announced that effective November 1, 2010, FSX Securities Canada will be appointed portfolio sub-advisor of Mackenzie Universal World Real Estate Class.

FSX Securities Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Forum Securities Limited (www.forumsecuritiesltd.com), a global investment management firm focused on developing innovative approaches to investing in global public real estate securities. The company has over $800 million in assets under management and employees in offices in Asia, Europe and North America.  Forum Securities Limited is affiliated with Forum Partners Investment Management LLC (www.forumpartners.com), a global real estate investment management firm with $2 billion of assets under management focused on providing growth and restructuring capital to real estate companies in Europe and Asia.

Mackenzie Investments: Mackenzie Investments was founded in 1967, and is a leading investment management firm providing investment advisory and related services. With $64.5 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2010, Mackenzie Investments distributes its services through a diversified network of third-party financial advisors. Mackenzie Investments is a member of the IGM Financial Inc. (TSX: IGM) group of companies. IGM Financial is one of Canada's premier financial services companies with $122 billion in total assets under management as of September 30, 2010.

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Trish Tervit
Environics Communications Inc.
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