Mr. Peter Anderson reports

CI FINANCIAL ANNOUNCES EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST

CI Financial Corp. will release its financial results for the first quarter of the 2017 fiscal year on Thursday, May 11, 2017. The results will be issued on-line and on the company's website.

CI will hold a conference call with analysts that day at 4 p.m. Eastern Time, led by chief executive officer Peter Anderson and chief financial officer Douglas Jamieson. The call and a slide presentation will be accessible through a webcast at on the company's website. Alternatively, investors may listen to the discussion by dialling 416-340-2217 or 1-800-806-5484 (passcode: 8635623, followed by the pound symbol).

A replay of the call will be available until May 25, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. at 905-694-9451 or 1-800-408-3053 (passcode: 5492615, followed by the pound symbol). The webcast will be archived on the company's website.

CI Financial is an independent, Canadian-owned wealth management company with approximately $160.5-billion in assets as of March 31, 2017.