CI Global Asset Management and CI Assante Wealth Management Selected as Finalists in Eight Categories for the 2021 Wealth Professional Awards

CI Financial is pleased to announce that CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM), CI Assante Wealth Management (Assante), and several Assante advisors have been selected as finalists in a total of eight categories in the 7th annual Wealth Professional Awards.

Presented by Wealth Professional, the Wealth Professional Awards are the leading independent awards event for the wealth management and financial advisory profession in Canada. The awards recognize wealth professionals and organizations for their outstanding achievements, best practices and leadership in the wealth management and financial advisory profession over the past 12 months.

Among the nominations are CI Financial’s Chief Executive Officer Kurt MacAlpine, who is a finalist for the CEO of the Year award, as well as three Assante advisors or advisory firms. CI GAM is also the sponsor for the CI Global Asset Management Multi-Service Advisory Team of the Year award. All nominees from CI GAM and Assante are listed below.

Winners will be selected by an independent judging panel of industry experts and then revealed at the celebratory virtual awards show on June 2-3, 2021. The virtual show will also feature live panel discussions with finalists.

CI Financial Nominations

For the full list of finalists, please visit: https://wpawards.ca/winners-and-finalists/2021.

About Wealth Professional

Wealth Professional is a free online information resource for all Canadian advice and planning professionals. It focuses on providing the latest industry news, opinion and analysis, in print and multimedia formats. The site generates newsletters reaching more than 15,000 industry professionals each week. The site’s comment and forum arenas actively engage advisors in topical discussion about what matters most to them.

About CI Global Asset Management

CI Global Asset Management is one of Canada’s largest investment management companies. It offers a wide range of investment products and services and is on the Web at www.ci.com. CI GAM is a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX, NYSE: CIXX), an independent company offering global asset management and wealth management advisory services with approximately $236.5 billion in total assets as at February 28, 2021

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

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About CI Assante Wealth Management

Founded in 1995, CI Assante Wealth Management is one of Canada's largest firms providing wealth management solutions. Assante's 900 professional advisors, located in communities throughout the country, have approximately $51 billion of Canadians' family wealth under their care (as of February 28, 2021). Assante is a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX, NYSE: CIXX). For more information, visit www.assante.com.

CI Assante Wealth Management is a registered business name of Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd.