A rising stock market supports these yields

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Fee income at these two firms rises and falls with the value of the mutual funds and other securities they manage. Today’s rising stock market has pushed up their earnings, at the same time it helps to support their high yields. IGM FINANCIAL INC. $47 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 237.6 million; Market cap: $11.2 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) is Canada’s largest independent asset management provider with $264.8 billion in assets under management and administration as of October 31, 2024. Power Corp. (see page 117) owns 62.5% of the firm. The company last raised your quarterly dividend by 4.7% with the January 2015 payment. The current annual rate of $2.25 a share yields a high 4.8%. IGM realized a gain of $220.7 million on the recent $575 million sale of Investment Planning Counsel to Great-West Lifeco (Toronto symbol GWO). It used the proceeds to help buy another 13.9% of China Asset…