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Winnipeg – December 4, 2007 : IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) (TSX: IGM) today reported preliminary total assets under management of $123.2 billion and mutual fund assets under management of $109.4 billion as at November 30, 2007. Total mutual fund net new money in November was $85.6 million.
| Assets under Management (billions) (unaudited) |
November
2007 |
November
2007 |
% Change YOY |
| Mutual Funds |
| Investors Group |
$60.47 |
$57.19 |
5.7 |
| Mackenzie Financial |
$46.65 |
$45.35 |
2.9 |
| Counsel Group of Funds |
$2.281 |
$2.141 |
6.5 |
| Mutual Fund Assets under Management |
$109.40 |
$104.68 |
4.5 |
| Private, institutional, sub-advised and other - Mackenzie |
$13.752 |
$12.092 |
13.7 |
| Total Assets under Management |
$123.15 |
$116.77 |
5.5 |
Mutual Fund Net New Money*
November 2007
(millions) (unaudited) |
Investors Group |
Mackenzie |
Counsel Group of Funds |
IGM Financial |
| All Mutual Funds |
| Gross Sales |
$597.3 |
$606.3 |
$23.4 |
$1,227.0 |
| Net New Money* |
$168.4 |
($82.0) |
($0.8)3 |
$85.63 |
| Long Term Mutual Funds |
| Gross Sales |
$484.9 |
$450.0 |
$21.0 |
$955.9 |
| Net New Money* |
$123.8 |
($103.3) |
($1.6)3 |
$18.93 |
*Mutual Fund Net New Money (referred to as Mutual Fund Net Sales in prior periods) is defined as Gross Sales less Gross Redemptions and is consistent with the terminology used by The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC).
1 includes $552-million (November 2006 - $535-million) in Counsel Group of Funds mutual fund assets invested in other managers’ mutual funds.
2 excludes assets managed by Mackenzie on behalf of Investors Group.
3 includes $0.7-million in net redemptions of Counsel Group of Funds mutual funds invested in other managers’ mutual funds.
For more information on mutual fund activity, please refer to press releases issued by Investors Group Inc., Mackenzie Investments and Investment Planning Counsel Inc.
Additional information about mutual fund assets and fund flows will be available on the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) web site (www.ific.ca) on approximately the 15th of each month as part of a Canadian industry-wide release of monthly statistics.
IIGM Financial Inc. is one of Canada's premier personal financial services companies, and the country's largest manager and distributor of mutual funds and other managed asset products, with over $123 billion in total assets under management. Its activities are carried out principally through Investors Group, Mackenzie Financial Corporation and Investment Planning Counsel. IGM Financial Inc. is a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.
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