Ms. Jaimie Roebuck reports

MACKENZIE INVESTMENTS AND NORTHLEAF CAPITAL PARTNERS ANNOUNCE NEW MULTI-ASSET PRIVATE MARKETS FUND

IGM Financial Inc.'s Mackenzie Investments, in partnership with global private market firm Northleaf Capital Partners, has launched the Mackenzie Northleaf Multi-Asset Private Markets Fund. The fund, available to accredited investors in Canada, is designed to enhance portfolio diversification through actively managed exposure to private equity, private credit and infrastructure.

The fund offers simplified access to a diversified portfolio of mid-market private equity, private credit and infrastructure investments in a fund structure with significant advantages for individual Canadian investors relative to traditional institutional offerings. The fund will target a 60/40 mix of growth and income opportunities, and seeks to provide investors with the benefits of diversification, lower volatility and enhanced risk-adjusted returns that private markets have historically offered.

"With notable and continued growth expected across the private markets, the Mackenzie Northleaf Multi-Asset Private Markets Fund is a solution for investors looking to access private market asset classes through a single investment," said Kristi Ashcroft, executive vice-president, products and solutions, Mackenzie Investments. "Through our strategic partnership with Northleaf, advisers and investors gain an exciting opportunity to efficiently integrate private market exposure into portfolios."

"Northleaf is pleased to partner with Mackenzie to launch this innovative offering. The fund reflects significant market research, including insight from sophisticated financial advisers on optimal ways to incorporate private assets into individual portfolios," said Nadim Vasanji, managing director, Northleaf. "This unique product provides individual Canadian investors with access to Northleaf's global institutional platform and the team's track record of generating strong, risk-adjusted returns through high-quality private equity, private credit and infrastructure investment opportunities."

For over 20 years, Northleaf has built a reputation as a trusted global private markets investor with a disciplined approach and focus on high-quality, mid-market companies and assets. Since 2020, Mackenzie and Northleaf have partnered to deliver five innovative funds that broaden access for Canadian advisers and their clients to diversified private equity, private credit and infrastructure strategies that aim to generate consistent, long-term performance.