Mr. Marc-Andre Lewis reports

CI GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT LAUNCHES CI PERFORMANCE SERIES, AN INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE FEE-BASED INVESTMENT SOLUTION

CI Financial Corp.'s CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) today launched CI Performance Series, a ground-breaking new investment solution that emphasizes paying only for outperformance.

Instead of a fixed management fee, CI Performance Series charges a performance fee, which will be paid only when an investment pool outperforms its reference benchmark. CI Performance Series consists of new series for seven existing CI private pools, which are available for purchase starting today.

"We believe in the benefits of active management and have strong confidence in the skills and capabilities of our investment professionals," said Marc-Andre Lewis, president and chief investment officer of CI GAM. "The CI Performance Series lineup, with its performance-based fee structure, is unique in the Canadian investment industry today and presents a compelling option for investors."

Mr. Lewis noted that the CI GAM team's expertise was evident at the 2024 LSEG Lipper Fund Awards, where, for the second year in a row, CI GAM earned more individual Lipper Fund Awards than any other company in the Canadian investment fund industry. CI GAM also received 34 FundGrade A+ Awards for 2024, which recognize the best of the best in Canadian investment funds.

CI Performance Series is available on a diverse selection of seven CI private pools, which are pure-play mandates focused on Canadian, United States, global, international, small-cap and infrastructure equity, as well as high-yield credit.

"In modernizing our product lineup in recent years, we have developed one of the industry's most robust selections of investment mandates, structures and purchase options, all designed to support advisors and assist their clients in reaching their financial objectives," said Jennifer Sinopoli, executive vice-president and head of distribution for CI GAM. "CI Performance Series is a highly innovative solution that exemplifies our client-focused approach. It is suitable for a wide range of investor portfolios and is a great alternative or complement to passive, market-based investments."

The performance fee will be calculated on a quarterly basis and will be 30 per cent of the amount by which the total return of a pool's Performance Series exceeds that of its reference benchmark. If the pool underperforms the reference benchmark, then no performance fee will be payable. Additionally, no performance fee will then be payable until the underperformance has been recovered.

CI GAM also intends to place an asset cap on the Performance Series funds. Once the assets under management in the Performance Series of a pool reach a combined $1-billion, the Performance Series units of the pool will be closed to new investments.

CI Performance Series is available as Series AP and Series FP on the following CI private pools:

• CI Canadian Equity Growth Private Pool (formerly CI Canadian Equity Private Pool);
• CI Select Global Equity Private Pool (formerly CI Global Concentrated Equity Private Pool);
• CI High Yield Bond Private Pool (formerly CI Global High Yield Credit Private Pool);
• CI Global Infrastructure Private Pool;
• CI Global Small/Mid Cap Equity Private Pool (formerly CI Global Smaller Companies Private Pool);
• CI International Equity Growth Private Pool;
• CI U.S. Equity Private Pool.

Series FP has a management fee of 0 per cent while Series AP has a management fee of up to 1.00 per cent, consisting solely of a trailing commission to be paid to the investor's dealer. Both series have an administration fee of 0.15 per cent.

There have been no changes to the CI private pools' investment objectives, strategies or risk ratings as a result of the launch of CI Performance Series.

About CI Global Asset Management

CI GAM is one of Canada's largest investment management companies. It offers a wide range of investment products and services and is on the Web. CI GAM is a subsidiary of CI Financial, an integrated global asset and wealth management company with approximately $532.7-billion in assets as at Nov. 30, 2024.

CI Global Asset Management is a registered business name of CI Investments Inc.