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IGM Financial Inc. Announces January 2015 Mutual Fund Sales and Total Assets Under Management

T.IGM

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwired - Feb. 3, 2015) - IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) (TSX:IGM) today reported preliminary total mutual fund net new money in January of ($93.5) million as shown in Table 1. Total assets under management were $145.5 billion at January 31, 2015, compared with $141.9 billion at December 31, 2014 and $132.3 billion at January 31, 2014. Mutual fund assets under management were $128.9 billion as at January 31, 2015, compared with $126.0 billion at December 31, 2014 and $117.9 billion at January 31, 2014. Assets under management are shown in Table 2. 

Table 1 - Mutual Funds Net New Money*  
Month ended January 31, 2015
($ millions) (unaudited)
         
  Investors Group Mackenzie   Counsel IGM Financial1  
All Mutual Funds            
  Gross Sales $670.3 $501.5   $60.4 $1,229.2  
  Net New Money $71.2 ($175.9 ) $13.0 ($93.5 )
Long Term Mutual Funds            
  Gross Sales $585.3 $474.2   $55.3 $1,111.8  
  Net New Money $44.4 ($177.6 ) $9.2 ($125.8 )

*Mutual Fund Net New Money is defined as Gross Sales less Gross Redemptions and is consistent with the terminology used by The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC).

1 Total Mutual Fund Gross Sales and Net New Money for the month ended January 31, 2015 excluded $3.0 million and $1.8 million respectively in accounts invested in Mackenzie Financial Corporation funds held by Investment Planning Counsel.

Investors Group's Gross Sales and Net New Money for November and December 2014 have been adjusted from earlier reported preliminary numbers as follows:

     
  November December
Gross Sales $630.1 $595.1
Net New Money $137.2 $ 22.8
     
     
Table 2 - Assets under Management2
($ billions) (unaudited)
Jan
2015
Dec
2014
Jan
2014
% Change Last Month % Change YOY
           
Total Assets under Management $145.45 $141.92 $132.27 2.5 10.0
           
Mutual Fund Assets under Management $128.88 $126.04 $117.88 2.3 9.3
           
  Investors Group          
    Mutual Funds $74.59 $73.46 $68.23 1.5 9.3
  Mackenzie          
    Mutual Funds $50.31 $48.78 $46.25 3.1 8.8
    Sub-advisory, institutional and other2 $23.11 $22.09 $19.60 4.6 17.9
    Total Mackenzie $73.42 $70.87 $65.85 3.6 11.5
  Counsel          
    Mutual Funds $4.03 $3.85 $3.44 4.7 17.2
           
2 Excludes assets managed by Mackenzie on behalf of Investors Group and Investment Planning Counsel. These assets have a value of $6.6 billion at January 31, 2015 ($6.3 billion at December 31, 2014 and $5.3 billion at January 31, 2014).

Preliminary average mutual 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 Management3  
($ billions) (unaudited) Quarter to Date
   
Total Average Assets under Management4 $142.97
   
Mutual Fund Average Assets under Management4 $126.75
   
  Investors Group  
    Mutual Funds $73.67
  Mackenzie  
    Mutual Funds $49.22
    Sub-advisory, institutional and other $22.60
    Total Mackenzie $71.82
  Counsel  
    Mutual Funds  $3.91
       
3 Based on daily average mutual fund assets and month-end average private, institutional, sub-advisory and other assets.
4  Excludes average assets of $6.4 billion managed by Mackenzie on behalf of Investors Group and Investment Planning Counsel.

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 $145 billion in total assets under management. Its activities are carried out principally through Investors Group through a network of over 5,100 Consultants, Mackenzie Financial Corporation through a diversified network of third-party financial advisors and Investment Planning Counsel through a network of financial planners who are dedicated to serving the needs of their clients. IGM Financial Inc. is a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.

IGM Financial Inc.
Ron Arnst
Media Relations
(204) 956-3364
ron.arnst@igmfinancial.com



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