CI Financial announces earnings conference call and webcast

TSX Symbol: CIX

TORONTO, Nov. 1, 2011 /CNW/ - CI Financial Corp. ("CI") will release its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. The results will be issued on Canada Newswire and www.ci.com/cix.

CI will hold a conference call with analysts that day at 4 p.m. Eastern time. Speaking on the call will be Stephen MacPhail, CI President and Chief Executive Officer, Derek Green, President of CI Investments Inc., and Douglas Jamieson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of CI. The conference call and a slide presentation will be accessible through a webcast at www.ci.com/q3. Alternatively, investors may listen to the discussion by dialling 1-800-446-2782 (passcode: 31037696).

The call will be available for playback at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time until November 22, 2011 at 1-888-843-7419 (passcode: 31037696). The webcast will be archived at www.ci.com/q3.

CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX) is an independent, Canadian-owned wealth management company with approximately $92.2 billion in assets as of October 31, 2011. CI offers a broad range of investment products and services, including an industry-leading selection of investment funds, and is on the Web at www.ci.com/cix.

For further information:

Investor Relations
CI Financial Corp.
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