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Eric Compton
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Shifting Competitive Environment in Canada Favors Asset Managers With Best Fund Performance

After transferring coverage to a new analyst, we have updated our outlook, including our moat and moat trend ratings, for the independent Canadian asset managers we cover. This has led to a lowering of our moat rating for AGF Management to none from narrow, and a shift in the moat trend for CI Financial to negative from stable. In our view, CI Financial is the best positioned of the three independent Canadian asset managers we cover, with AGF Management being the worst positioned and IGM Financi...
Underlying
CI Financial Corp.

CI Financial is a wealth management firm and an independent investment fund company. The principal business of Co. is the management, marketing, distribution and administration of mutual funds, segregated funds, exchange-traded funds, structured products and other investment products for investors. Co. has two main business segments: Asset Management, which is engaged in the management of families of mutual, segregated, pooled, exchangetraded, and closed-end funds, structured products and discretionary accounts; and Asset Administration, which is engaged in the sale of mutual funds and other financial products, and ongoing service to clients and capital market activities.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Eric Compton

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