CI Financial

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CI Financial Inc.
Company type Public
TSX:  CIX
NYSE:  CIXX
S&P/TSX Composite Component
Industry Investment management
Founded1965 (as Universal Savings Fund Management Limited)
Founder G. Raymond Chang [1]
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario
,
Canada
Key people
Kurt MacAlpine (CEO)
Amit Muni (CFO)
Darie Urbanky (COO)
AUM CA$450.0 billion [2]
Number of employees
1,490 [3]
Divisions
  • CI Global Asset Management
  • CI Assante Wealth Management
  • CI Direct Investing
  • CI Investment Services
  • CI Private Wealth
Website cifinancial.com

CI Financial is the largest independent investment management firm by assets under management in Canada. [2] Based in Toronto, Ontario, it offers investment management and wealth management services targeted to high net worth retail investors, as well as brokerage and trading services to portfolio managers and institutional investors. It is considered one of the Big Three investment management companies in Canada, along with Mackenzie Investments and Fiera Capital. [4] [5] [6]

Contents

As of February 2024, it has a total of $450.0 billion in assets under management and advisement. [2] It is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as TSX :  CIX, the New York Stock Exchange as NYSE :  CIXX and is also a component of the S&P/TSX Composite Index.

Divisions

CI Financial operates as a banner for its many operating divisions.

History

CI Financial was founded in 1965 as Universal Savings Fund Management Limited. [7] It was a small private investment firm until 1994, when it held an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange as C.I. Fund Management (the C.I. stood for Canadian International). [8] In the next 9 years, it increased in size by 10 times. [8] In 1999, Bill Holland became CEO of the company, a position that he was to hold for more than 10 years. [8] Also in 1999, the company acquired BPI Financial Corp. for $206 million, creating Canada's fifth-largest public mutual fund company. [9] In 2003, CI purchased the Canadian operations of financial firm Assante Corp. for $846 million. [10] As a result of this acquisition, and two others at the same time, CI became the second largest fund management company in Canada. [10]

CI Financial logo from 2005 to 2020 CI Financial Logo.svg
CI Financial logo from 2005 to 2020

In 2005, CI changed its name to CI Financial, to reflect the diversity of its activities. [11] In 2007, it acquired Rockwater Capital for $250 million. [12] This deal allowed CI to expand into the investment banking business. [12] In 2008, Sun Life Financial sold its 37% ownership in CI to Scotiabank for $2.3 billion. [13] Scotiabank made the purchase to strengthen its relatively weak wealth management business. [13] Sun Life had held the stake until before 2003. In 2010, CI acquired Hartford Investments' Canadian operations. [14] In 2014, Scotiabank sold most of its stake in CI, in part due to conflicts with the management of the company. [15]

In June 2015, CI achieved $140.4 billion in managing assets surpassing Mackenzie Investments ($136.0 billion) in becoming the largest independent investment management firm in Canada. [16] [17] In November, CI acquired First Asset Capital Corp., allowing it to expand into offering exchange-traded funds. [18]

In November 2016, CI acquired an 80% stake in an Australian investment firm Grant Samuel Funds Management expanding CI's presence in the Australian and New Zealand markets. [19]

In August 2017, CI acquired one of Canada's largest independent investment management firm Sentry Investments for $780 million increasing CI's total assets by 16%. [20] In September, CI acquired BBS Securities Inc., parent company of online brokerage Virtual Brokers, due to its investment in Fintech. [21]

In October 2019, CI acquired a 49% stake in an Australian global equities firm Redpoint Investment Management further expanding CI in the Australian market. [22] In November, CI acquired the Canadian arm of US exchange-traded fund powerhouse WisdomTree Investments. CI maintained the lineup of Wisdomtree ETFs with no changes to their investment objectives or strategies. [23]

In 2020, CI underwent strategic restructuring under the leadership of CEO Kurt MacAlpine. The main division of CI was rebranded to CI Global Asset Management with the merger of former main division CI Investments, and CI First Asset Capital. [24] In house boutiques branding under CI Investments were phased out and will operate under CI Global Asset Management. [24] The affected CI Investment boutique brands were Cambridge Global Asset Management, Harbour Advisors, Sentry Investment Management, and Signature Global Asset Management. [24] CI's wealth management division Assante Wealth Management was renamed CI Assante Wealth Management. CI acquired the remaining minority 25% stake in WealthBar allowing the creation of the new division CI Direct Investing. [25] CI Direct Investing was introduced with the merger of WealthBar and Virtual Brokers. [25] CI's broker dealer BBS Securities was renamed CI Investment Services. [26] CI's Stonegate Private Counsel alongside CI's U.S. RIA businesses formed CI Private Wealth. [27]

Major investments

Mergers and acquisitions

FirmYear EstablishedYear of AmalgamationMerged Into
BPI Financial Corp [9]
1993
1999
CI Global Asset Management (CI Investments)
Assante Corp [10]
1995
2003
CI Assante Wealth Management (Assante Wealth Management)
Synergy Asset Management [10]
1997
2003
CI Global Asset Management (CI Investments)
Rockwater Capital [12]
1995
2007
CI Global Asset Management (CI Investments)
Hartford Investments [14]
2000
2010
CI Global Asset Management (CI Investments)
First Asset Capital [18]
2000
2015
CI Global Asset Management (CI First Asset)
Sentry Investments [20]
1997
2017
CI Global Asset Management (CI Investments)
BBS Securities [21]
2008
2017
CI Investment Services (BBS Securities)
Wealthbar [25]
2014
2020
CI Direct Investing
Balasa Dinverno Foltz [30]
2001
2020
CI Private Wealth
Doyle Wealth Management [31]
2005
2020
CI Private Wealth
Robertson, Griege & Thoele Wealth Advisors [32]
1985
2020
CI Private Wealth
The Roosevelt Investment Group [33]
1971
2020
CI Private Wealth
Segall Bryant & Hamill [34]
1994
2021
CI Private Wealth
Barrett Asset Management [35]
1937
2021
CI Private Wealth

Controversy

In 2004, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) approved settlement agreements with CI Investments and three other fund companies. As part of the settlement, CI Investments agreed to make a payment of $49.3 million to investors in its mutual funds that were affected by market timing trades carried out by third party investors in certain mutual funds managed by CI Investments. [36] [37] In 2016, CI reached a no-contest settlement with the OSC to pay $156 million to 360,000 investors in its mutual funds. [38] The settlement was due to CI Investments miscalculating the net asset value of certain funds, by not properly accounting for interest earned from 2009 to 2015. CI Investments also paid an $8 million voluntary payment to the commission. [39] [40] This settlement agreement resulted in the largest amount of compensation paid to investors pursuant to a no-contest settlement agreement in Ontario. [41] [38]

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