IGM Financial Inc. Announces December 2016 Mutual Fund Sales and Total Assets Under Management

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwired - Jan. 4, 2017) - IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) (TSX:IGM) today reported preliminary total mutual fund net new money in December of $112.6 million as shown in Table 1. Total assets under management were $141.8 billion at December 31, 2016, compared with $140.1 billion at November 30, 2016 and $133.7 billion at December 31, 2015. Mutual fund assets under management were $137.1 billion at December 31, 2016, compared with $135.4 billion at November 30, 2016 and $127.5 billion at December 31, 2015. Assets under management are shown in Table 2.

Table 1 - Mutual Funds Net New Money*
Month ended December 31, 2016 ($ millions) (unaudited)		Investors Group	Mackenzie	Counsel		IGM Financial
All Mutual Funds
	Gross Sales	$676.9	$700.6	$75.4		$1,452.9
	Net New Money	$37.6	$74.7	$0.3		$112.6
Long Term Mutual Funds
	Gross Sales	$589.7	$664.9	$71.7		$1,326.3
	Net New Money	$9.5	$65.2	($2.5	)	$72.2

*	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).

Table 2 - Assets under Management ($ billions) (unaudited)			December 2016	November 2016	December 2015	% Change Last Month	% Change YOY
Total Assets under Management1			$141.83	$140.13	$133.65	1.2	6.1
Mutual Fund Assets under Management			$137.05	$135.43	$127.52	1.2	7.5
	Investors Group
		Mutual Funds	$81.24	$80.24	$74.90	1.2	8.5
	Mackenzie
		Mutual Funds	$51.31	$50.73	$48.44	1.1	5.9
		Sub-advisory, institutional and other2	$12.72	$12.55	$13.21	1.4	(3.7	)
		Total Mackenzie	$64.03	$63.28	$61.65	1.2	3.9
	Counsel
		Mutual Funds	$4.50	$4.46	$4.18	0.9	7.7

1	Excludes assets managed by Mackenzie on behalf of Investors Group and Investment Planning Counsel. These assets had a value of $7.9 billion at December 31, 2016 ($7.9 billion at November 30, 2016 and $7.1 billion at December 31, 2015).
2	Includes $113.3 million of Exchange Traded Fund assets managed by Mackenzie at December 31, 2016. ($84.0 million at November 30, 2016).

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 Management 3
($ billions) (unaudited)			Quarter to Date
Total Average Assets under Management 4			$140.20
Mutual Fund Average Assets under Management			$134.71
	Investors Group
		Mutual Funds	$79.74
	Mackenzie
		Mutual Funds	$50.51
		Sub-advisory, institutional and other	$13.34
		Total Mackenzie	$63.85
	Counsel
		Mutual Funds	$4.46

3	Based on daily average mutual fund assets and month-end average institutional, sub-advisory and other assets.
4	Excludes average assets of $7.9 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 $140 billion in total assets under management. Its activities are carried out principally through Investors Group's network of Consultants located across Canada, Mackenzie Financial Corporation's network of third-party financial advisors and Investment Planning Counsel's network of financial planners dedicated to serving the needs of their clients.

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