CI's Asset Management business delivers $800 million in net sales for its best quarter in over six years

All financial amounts in Canadian dollars unless stated otherwise.

CI Financial Corp. ("CI") ((TSX: CIX, NYSE:CIXX) today reported preliminary assets under management as at September 30, 2021 of $146.6 billion and wealth management assets of $173.8 billion, for total assets of $320.4 billion.

On September 30, 2021, CI completed the previously announced acquisition of Portola Partners Group LLC, a Menlo Park, California-based registered investment advisor ("RIA") focused on serving ultra-high-net-worth families. The transaction added $6.7 billion to CI's wealth management assets. On October 1, 2021, CI completed the acquisition of Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc. ("BRR"), an RIA based in Columbus, Ohio, with approximately $4.4 billion in assets. CI's reported assets as at September 30, 2021 do not include BRR.

CI also reported preliminary net sales results for its asset management businesses for the third quarter. CI had overall net sales of $0.8 billion, representing the second consecutive quarter of positive net flows and CI's best net sales since the second quarter of 2015. CI's net sales are now positive for the year-to-date 2021.

"CI's net flows continue to strengthen, reaching their highest level in over six years," said Kurt MacAlpine, CI Chief Executive Officer. "This positive trend is led by our Canadian retail operations, where the modernization of our business has had a tremendous impact.

"The transformational changes we have made include moving from a multi-boutique asset management structure to a fully integrated global platform, completely revamping our sales and marketing model, incorporating data analytics into sales and other operations, and adopting a new, more robust approach to product development that has resulted in the introduction of a series of more relevant investment products. We believe these changes are directly responsible for the turnaround in the performance and sales of our Canadian Asset Management business."

CI FINANCIAL CORP. September 30, 2021 PRELIMINARY MONTH-END ASSETS (C$ Billions)
ENDING ASSETS	September 2021	August 2021	% Change	September 2020	% Change
Core assets under management (Canada and Australia)⁽¹⁾	$139.4	$142.9	-2.4%	$123.6	12.8%
U.S. assets under management	$7.2	$7.2	-%	$4.7	53.2%
Total assets under management	$146.6	$150.1	-2.3%	$128.3	14.3%
Canadian wealth management	$76.9	$78.4	-1.9%	$51.2	50.2%
U.S. wealth management	$97.0	$92.1	5.3%	$14.9	551.0%
Total wealth management	$173.8	$170.5	1.9%	$66.1	162.9%
TOTAL	$320.4	$320.6	-0.1%	$194.4	64.8%

CORE AVERAGE AUM	September 2021	August 2021	June 2021	Fiscal 2020	% Change
Monthly average	$142.5	$141.5	--	--	0.7%
Quarter-to-date average	$141.1	--	$135.9	--	3.8%
Year-to-date average	$136.2	--	--	$124.1	9.8%

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Includes $34.7 billion of assets managed by CI and held by clients of advisors with Assante, CIPC and Aligned Capital as at September 30, 2021 ($35.4 billion at August 31, 2021 and $28.9 billion at September 30, 2020).

PRELIMINARY QUARTER-END NET SALES RESULTS (C$ billions)
Asset Management Segment	3Q21		2Q21		1Q21		4Q20		3Q20
Canada retail	$0.7		$0.5		($0.6	)	($1.3	)	($1.4	)
Canada institutional	($0.1	)	($0.4	)	($0.4	)	($0.9	)	($1.1	)
Australia	$0.2		$(0.0	)	$0.0		($0.0	)	$0.4
U.S.	$0.2		$0.4		$0.3		$0.3		$0.3
Closed business	($0.1	)	$(0.2	)	($0.2	)	($0.2	)	($0.2	)
TOTAL	$0.8		$0.4		($0.9	)	($2.1	)	($2.0	)

About CI Financial

CI Financial Corp. is an independent company offering global asset management and wealth management advisory services. CI's primary asset management businesses are CI Global Asset Management (CI Investments Inc.) and GSFM Pty Ltd., and it operates in Canadian wealth management through CI Assante Wealth Management (Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd.), CI Private Counsel LP, Aligned Capital Partners Inc., CI Direct Investing (WealthBar Financial Services Inc.), and CI Investment Services Inc.

CI's U.S. wealth management businesses consist of Barrett Asset Management, LLC, BDF LLC, Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc., Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Brightworth, LLC, The Cabana Group, LLC, Congress Wealth Management, LLC, Dowling & Yahnke, LLC, Doyle Wealth Management, LLC, One Capital Management, LLC, Portola Partners Group LLC, Radnor Financial Advisors, The Roosevelt Investment Group, LLC, RGT Wealth Advisors, LLC, Segall, Bryant & Hamill, LLC, Stavis & Cohen Private Wealth, LLC, and Surevest LLC.

CI is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under CIX and on the New York Stock Exchange under CIXX. Further information is available at www.cifinancial.com.

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CI Financial Reports Total Assets of $320.4 Billion for September 2021