IGM’s assets jump on strong sales

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IGM FINANCIAL INC. $37 (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 240.6 million; Market cap: $8.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.7; Dividend yield: 6.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) had $155.8 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2018. That’s up 5.6% from a year earlier. The company’s fee income rises and falls with the value of the mutual funds and other securities it manages. IGM’s clients contributed $454.2 million more to its mutual funds and ETFs in March 2018 than they took out over the month. That’s a gain of 21.9% over the company’s net sales of $372.6 million in March 2017. IGM Financial is a buy. buy…