Thirty-four CI GAM mandates earn FundGrade A+ ^® Awards

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2025-- CI Global Asset Management(“CI GAM”) announces it has received 34 FundGrade A+^® Awards for 2024. The awards recognize the “best of the best” in Canadian investment funds and CI GAM’s winners include 12 mutual funds, five exchange-traded funds and 17 segregated funds.

“We are honoured to once again receive multiple FundGrade A+^® Awards, which reflect the strong performance of our funds across a wide range of mandates,” said Marc-André Lewis, President and Chief Investment Officer of CI GAM.

“We seek to deliver consistent and attractive risk-adjusted returns through all economic and market conditions. To achieve this, we rely on our deep experience and a well-defined investment process that emphasizes fundamental research, rigorous portfolio construction and effective risk management.

“I congratulate the investment teams at CI GAM and Munro Partners on these achievements and their dedication to client success,” Mr. Lewis said.

CI GAM’s investment performance was also recognized recently by the LSEG Lipper Fund Awards, with the firm receiving 16 awards for 2024. It was the second consecutive year where CI GAM received more individual LSEG Lipper Fund Awards than any other company in the Canadian industry.

The FundGrade A+^® Awards are presented annually by Fundata Canada Inc. to highlight Canadian investment funds that have demonstrated consistent, outstanding risk-adjusted performance throughout an entire calendar year. The 2024 awards were announced last night. CI GAM’s winning mutual funds and ETFs are:

For more information on the FundGrade A+^® Awards and a complete list of winning funds, please visit its website.

About CI Global Asset Management

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 at www.ci.com. CI GAM is a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX), an integrated global asset and wealth management company with approximately $532.7 billion in assets as at November 30, 2024.

FundGrade A+^® is used with permission from Fundata Canada Inc., all rights reserved. The annual FundGrade A+^® Awards are presented by Fundata Canada Inc. to recognize the “best of the best” among Canadian investment funds. The FundGrade A+^® calculation is supplemental to the monthly FundGrade ratings and is calculated at the end of each calendar year. The FundGrade rating system evaluates funds based on their risk-adjusted performance, measured by Sharpe Ratio, Sortino Ratio, and Information Ratio. The score for each ratio is calculated individually, covering all time periods from 2 to 10 years. The scores are then weighted equally in calculating a monthly FundGrade. The top 10% of funds earn an A Grade; the next 20% of funds earn a B Grade; the next 40% of funds earn a C Grade; the next 20% of funds receive a D Grade; and the lowest 10% of funds receive an E Grade. To be eligible, a fund must have received a FundGrade rating every month in the previous year. The FundGrade A+^® uses a GPA-style calculation, where each monthly FundGrade from “A” to “E” receives a score from 4 to 0, respectively. A fund’s average score for the year determines its GPA. Any fund with a GPA of 3.5 or greater is awarded a FundGrade A+^® Award. For more information, see www.FundGradeAwards.com. Although Fundata makes every effort to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained herein, the accuracy is not guaranteed by Fundata.

List of winning funds

1. Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee (CIFSC).
2. Number of peers in each category.
3. As used by Fundata to calculate relevant time period. The end date for the FundGrade calculation is December 31, 2024 for all funds.

Performance for CI Alternative North American Opportunities Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 31.8%; 3 years, 13.8%; and since inception, 14.0% (2021-07-08).

Performance for CI Canadian Core Plus Bond Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 9.2%; 3 years, -1.5%; 5 years, 0.5%; and since inception, 1.9% (2018-12-12).

Performance for CI Floating Rate Income Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 9.4%; 3 years, 6.2%; 5 years, 5.6; and since inception, 4.9% (2017-06-01).

Performance for CI Global Climate Leaders Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 62.6%; 3 years, 14.5%; and since inception, 15.4% (2021-07-08).

Performance for CI Global Core Plus Bond Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 5.9%; 3 years, -0.3%; 5 years, 1.8%; and since inception, 2.1% (2015-12-21).

Performance for CI Global Energy Corporate Class Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 12.3%; 3 years, 20.5%; 5 years, 16.8%; and 10 years, 5.7%.

Performance for CI Global Longevity Economy Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 25.5%; 3 years, 10.0%; and since inception, 15.5% (2020-06-01).

Performance for CI Global Unconstrained Bond Fund (formerly CI Global Unconstrained Bond Private Pool) Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 7.2%; 3 years, 2.7%; five years, 4.0%; and since inception, 4.1% (2018-10-29).

Performance for CI High Yield Bond Private Pool (formerly CI Global High Yield Credit Private Pool) Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 10.1%; 3 years, 4.20%; 5 years, 4.5%; and since inception, 5.2% (2018-10-29).

Performance for CI Munro Global Growth Equity Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 52.7%; 3 years, 14.5%; and since inception, 16.0% (2020-08-10).

Performance for CI U.S. Equity & Income Fund Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 27.9%; 3 years, 9.6%; 5 years, 10.1%; and 10 years, 10.1%.

Performance for Global Equity Pool Series F for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 53.3%; 3 years, 15.0%; and since inception, 14.2% (2021-03-05).

Performance for CI Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF (TSX: CAGG) (formerly CI Yield Enhanced Canada Aggregate Bond Index ETF) for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 4.3%; 3 years, -0.5%; 5 years, 0.8%; and since inception, 1.6% (2017-06-22).

Performance for CI Canadian Convertible Bond ETF (TSX: CXF) for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 12.4%; 3 years, 5.3%; 5 years, 5.6%; and 10 years, 5.9%.

Performance for CI Canadian REIT ETF (TSX: RIT) for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 2.3%; 3 years, -5.2%; 5 years, 1.3%; and 10 years, 6.9%.

Performance for CI Emerging Markets Dividend Index ETF (TSX: EMV.B) (formerly CI WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index ETF) for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 17.3%; 3 years, 6.1%; 5 years, 6.0%; and since inception, 6.2% (2017-09-19).

Performance for CI U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index ETF (TSX: DGR.B) (formerly CI WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index ETF) for the period ended December 31, 2024 is as follows: 1 year, 26.5%; 3 years, 13.6%; 5 years, 15.7%; and since inception, 15.0% (2016-07-12).

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The LSEG Lipper Fund Awards, granted annually, highlight funds and fund companies that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers. The LSEG Lipper Fund Awards are based on the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return rating, which is an objective, quantitative, risk-adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 months. The fund with the highest Lipper Leader for Consistent Return (Effective Return) value in each eligible classification wins the LSEG Lipper Fund Award. For more information, see lipperfundawards.com . Although LSEG Lipper makes reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data used to calculate the awards, their accuracy is not guaranteed.

CI Global Asset Management is licensed by WisdomTree, Inc. to use certain WisdomTree indexes (the “WisdomTree Indexes”) and WisdomTree marks. “WisdomTree^®” is a registered trademark of WisdomTree, Inc. and WisdomTree, Inc. has patent applications pending on the methodology and operation of its indexes. The mutual funds and ETFs referring to such indexes (the “WT Licensee Products”) are not sponsored, endorsed, sold, or promoted by WisdomTree, Inc., or its affiliates ("WisdomTree"). WisdomTree makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, and shall have no liability regarding the advisability, legality (including the accuracy or adequacy of descriptions and disclosures relating to the WT Licensee Products) or suitability of investing in or purchasing securities or other financial instruments or products generally, or of the WT Licensee Products in particular (including, without limitation, the failure of the WT Licensee Products to achieve their investment objectives) or regarding use of such indexes or any data included therein.

Munro Partners is a portfolio sub-advisor to certain funds offered and managed by CI Global Asset Management.

The CI Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are managed by CI Global Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX). CI Global Asset Management is a registered business name of CI Investments Inc.

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Murray Oxby
Vice-President, Corporate Communications
CI Global Asset Management
416-681-3254
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