IGM Financial Inc. Announces February 2014 Mutual Fund Sales and Total Assets Under Management

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwired - March 4, 2014) - IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) (TSX:IGM) today reported preliminary total mutual fund net new money in February of $543 million as shown in Table 1. Total assets under management were $135.9-billion at February 28, 2014, compared with $132.3-billion at January 31, 2014 and $125.3-billion at February 28, 2013. Mutual fund assets under management were $121.3- billion as at February 28, 2014, compared with $117.9-billion at January 31, 2014 and $108.0-billion at February 28, 2013. Assets under management are shown in Table 2.

Table 1 - Mutual Funds Net New Money *
Month ended February 28, 2014 ($ millions) (unaudited)		Investors Group	Mackenzie	Counsel	IGM Financial(1)
All Mutual Funds
	Gross Sales	$867.7	$973.9	$61.7	$1,902.1
	Net New Money	$292.3	$230.2	$21.3	$543.0
Long Term Mutual Funds
	Gross Sales	$801.7	$936.1	$56.1	$1,792.7
	Net New Money	$276.0	$220.8	$17.9	$513.9
Two months ended February 28, 2014 ($ millions) (unaudited)		Investors Group	Mackenzie	Counsel	IGM Financial(1)
All Mutual Funds
	Gross Sales	$1,523.7	$1,625.8	$107.1	$3,254.2
	Net New Money	$311.4	$180.1	$23.2	$513.5
Long Term Mutual Funds
	Gross Sales	$1,383.4	$1,555.3	$97.1	$3,033.4
	Net New Money	$274.0	$170.3	$16.3	$459.4

*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(2)
($ billions) (unaudited)			February 2014	January 2014	February 2013	% Change Last Month	% Change YOY
Total Assets under Management			$135.86	$132.27	$125.30	2.7	8.4
Mutual Fund Assets under Management			$121.26	$117.88	$108.04	2.9	12.2
	Investors Group
		Mutual Funds	$70.14	$68.23	$62.91	2.8	11.5
	Mackenzie
		Mutual Funds	$47.60	$46.25	$42.10	2.9	13.1
		Sub-advisory, institutional and other	$19.99	$19.60	$21.74	2.0	(8.0	)
		Total Mackenzie	$67.59	$65.85	$63.84	2.6	5.9
	Counsel
		Mutual Funds	$3.56	$3.44	$3.06	3.5	16.3

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(3,4)
($ billions) (unaudited)			Quarter to Date
Total Average Assets under Management			$133.00
Mutual Fund Average Assets under Management			$118.63
	Investors Group
		Mutual Funds	$68.73
	Mackenzie
		Mutual Funds	$46.50
		Sub-advisory, institutional and other	$19.63
		Total Mackenzie	$66.13
	Counsel
		Mutual Funds	$3.44

(1)	Total Mutual Fund Gross Sales and Net New Money for the month ended February 28, 2014 excluded $1.2 million and $0.8 million respectively in accounts invested in Mackenzie Financial Corporation funds held by Investment Planning Counsel.
	Total Mutual Fund Gross Sales and Net New Money for the two months ended February 28, 2014 excluded $2.4 million and $1.2 million respectively in accounts invested in Mackenzie Financial Corporation funds held by Investment Planning Counsel.
(2)	Excludes assets managed by Mackenzie on behalf of Investors Group and Investment Planning Counsel. These assets have a value of $5.4-billion at February 28, 2014 ($5.3-billion at January 31, 2014 and $4.5-billion at February 28, 2013)
(3)	Excludes average assets of $5.3-billion managed by Mackenzie on behalf of Investors Group and Investment Planning Counsel.
(4)	Based on daily average mutual fund assets and month-end average private, institutional, sub-advisory and other assets.

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 $135 billion in total assets under management. Its activities are carried out principally through Investors Group through a network of over 4,600 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.