An anonymous director reports

CI FINANCIAL REPORTS ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

CI Financial Corp. has released its data on the preliminary assets under management at Sept. 30, 2017, of $121.4-billion and total assets of $162.1-billion.

Assets under management grew by $8.9-billion or 7.9 per cent year over year, and increased 0.7 per cent in the month of September. Total assets gained $12.4-billion or 8.3 per cent for the 12-month period and grew by 0.8 per cent in the month of September.

CI's average assets under management for the third quarter were $120.3-billion, versus $122.7-billion for the second quarter of 2017. Average assets under management for the year to date were $120.8-billion, a gain of $9.9-billion or 8.9 per cent from the average for fiscal 2016.

CI reported assets under advisement at Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd. and Stonegate Private Counsel of $40.7-billion at Sept. 30, 2017, representing an increase of $3.5-billion or 9.4 per cent year over year.

CI also announced that it completed the acquisition of Sentry Investments Corp. and its subsidiary Sentry Investments Inc., effective today. The addition of Sentry increases CI's assets under management to approximately $140-billion and total assets to approximately $181-billion.

Additional information about CI's assets and financial position can be found in the tables of statistics and on its website, in the statistics section. These are the only statistics authorized by CI, and CI takes no responsibility for reporting by any external sources.

                        PRELIMINARY MONTH-END STATISTICS                                

Ending assets                  Sept. 30, 2017       Aug. 31, 2017      Sept. 30, 2016
                                    (billions)          (billions)          (billions)

Assets under management                $121.4              $120.5              $112.5
Assets under advisement*                 40.7                40.3                37.2
Total                                  $162.1              $160.8              $149.7

* Includes assets managed by CI and held by clients of advisers with 
Assante and Stonegate Private Counsel.

  
             MONTHLY AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

                                   Sept. 30, 2017          Aug. 31, 2017
                                        (billions)             (billions)

Monthly average                            $120.0                 $120.4

            FISCAL QUARTER AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT  

                             Ending Sept. 30, 2017     Ending June 30, 2017
                                         (billions)               (billions)

Fiscal quarter average                      $120.3                   $122.7

  
            FISCAL YEAR AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

                          Ending Sept. 30, 2017             Fiscal 2016
                                      (billions)              (billions)

Fiscal year average                      $120.8                  $110.9

                           EQUITY AND FINANCIAL POSITION  

                                Equity                                    Financial position       
                                                                                   (millions) 

Total outstanding shares   255,752,744             Debt outstanding                   $1,072
QTD weighted avg. shares   257,630,053             Net debt outstanding                 $706
Current yield                      5.2%            Terminal redemption value of funds   $440

CI Financial is an independent Canadian company offering global asset management and wealth management advisory services. Its primary operating businesses are investment managers CI Investments Inc. and Sentry Investments Inc., advisory businesses Assante Wealth Management and Stonegate Private Counsel, Grant Samuel Funds Management of Australia, and First Asset Investment Management Inc., a leader in providing actively managed exchange-traded funds to the Canadian marketplace.