WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/02/09 -- Investors Group today reported preliminary mutual fund sales and assets under management for the month ending June 30, 2009. Mutual fund assets under management were $52.5-billion at June 30, 2009 compared with $59.0-billion at June 30, 2008 and $47.5-billion at December 31, 2008.

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Mutual Fund Sales - Month                     June 2009           June 2008
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                                                         Net New    Net New
$ millions (unaudited)              Sales  Redemptions   Money(i)   Money(i)
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Long Term                           329.4        326.8       2.6       21.3
Money Market                         81.6         88.0      (6.4)      20.7
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Total                               411.0        414.8      (3.8)      42.0
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Mutual Fund Sales - YTD                       June 2009           June 2008
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                                                         Net New    Net New
$ millions (unaudited)              Sales  Redemptions   Money(i)   Money(i)
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Long Term                         1,966.1      1,799.3     166.8      281.1
Money Market                        565.6        517.9      47.7      222.7
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Total                             2,531.7      2,317.2     214.5      503.8
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(i) Net New Money is defined as Sales less Redemptions and is consistent
with the terminology used by The Investment Funds Institute of Canada
(IFIC).

For additional information about Investors Group's average assets under management, please see the IGM Financial press release which will be available on July 3, 2009. Additional information about Investors Group's mutual fund assets and fund flows will be available on the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) web site (www.ific.ca) on approximately the 15th of each month as part of a Canadian industry-wide release of monthly statistics.

Investors Group, founded in 1926, is a national leader in delivering personalized financial solutions to Canadians through a network of approximately 4,500 Consultants located throughout Canada. In addition to an exclusive family of mutual funds and other investment vehicles, Investors Group offers a wide range of insurance, securities, mortgage and other financial services. Investors Group is a member of the IGM Financial Inc. (TSX: IGM) group of companies. IGM Financial is one of Canada's premier financial services companies with over $109 billion in total assets under management.