IGM Financial Inc.: IGM Financial Inc. Announces December 2008 Total Assets Under Management and Mutual Fund Sales

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - Jan. 5, 2009) - IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) (TSX:IGM) today reported preliminary total assets under management of $101.7 billion and mutual fund assets under management of $85.0 billion as at December 31, 2008. Total mutual fund net new money in December was ($279.0) million.



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Assets under Management December December % Change
(billions) (unaudited) 2008 2007 YOY
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Mutual Funds
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 Investors Group $47.49 $60.19 (21.1)
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 Mackenzie $35.80 $46.47 (23.0)
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 Counsel Group of Funds $1.74(1) $2.27(1) (23.3)
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Mutual Fund Assets under Management $85.03 $108.93 (21.9)
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Private, institutional, sub-advised
 and other - Mackenzie $16.71(2) $14.05(2) 18.9
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Total Assets under Management $101.74 $122.98 (17.3)
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Mutual Funds Net New Money(i) Counsel 
December 2008 Investors Group IGM 
(millions) (unaudited) Group Mackenzie of Funds Financial
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All Mutual Funds
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 Gross Sales $334.9 $510.0 $17.5 $862.4
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 Net New Money(i) ($56.8) ($213.8) ($8.4)(3) ($279.0)(3)
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Long Term Mutual Funds
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 Gross Sales $236.8 $371.1 $13.8 $621.7
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 Net New Money(i) ($59.8) ($194.6) ($9.9)(3) ($264.3)(3)
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(i) Mutual Fund Net New Money 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 $431 million (December 2007 - $534 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 $ 2.0 million in net new money 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.

IGM Financial Inc. is one of Canada's premier personal financial services companies, and one of the country's largest managers and distributors of mutual funds and other managed asset products, with over $101 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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