About Us
          
            
          
        
        
      History
 
    1926 
     
 
     
   
 
    
  First Canadian office established.
 
 
     
    
    1930 
     
 
   
 
    
  Theodore O. Peterson starts his career in Regina. Becomes the company's first President in 1946.
 
 
    
    1936 
     
 
   
 
    
  Harold Sinclair starts his career in Calgary. 64 years later becomes the longest-serving Advisor in Investors Group history.
 
 
    
    1940 
     
 
   
 
    
  First Canadian product launched: Series One Installment Certificate.
 
 
    
    1950 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group launches first mutual fund in Canada.
 
 
    
    1955 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group introduces the concept of Dollar Cost Averaging.
 
 
    
    1962 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group launches first international mutual fund.
 
 
    
    1966 
     
 
   
 
    
  Clarence E. Atchison becomes the second President of Investors Group.
 
 
    
    1971 
     
 
   
 
    
  First offshore fund launched: Investors Japanese Growth Fund.
Robert H. Jones becomes the third President of Investors Group.
 
 
    
    1972 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group develops the Personal Financial Review.
 
 
    
    1981 
     
 
   
 
    
  Arthur V. Mauro becomes the fourth President of Investors Group.
 
 
    
    1986 
    
 
    
  Power Financial Corporation becomes the parent company of Investors Group.
 
    1988 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group opens new corporate head office at One Canada Centre.
 
 
    
    1992 
     
 
   
 
    
  H. Sanford Riley becomes the fifth President of Investors Group.
 
 
    
    1993 
     
 
   
 
    
  I.G. Investment Management, Ltd. opens new office in Dublin, Ireland.
 
 
    
    1995 
     
 
   
 
    
  Personal Financial Planning software introduced.
 
 
    
    1997 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group joins Great-West Life in the purchase of London Life.
 
 
    
    2000 
     
 
   
 
    
  I.G. Investment Management, Ltd. opens new office in Hong Kong.
 
 
    
    2001 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group acquires Mackenzie Financial Corporation.
Jeffrey Orr becomes the sixth President of Investors Group.
 
 
    
    2002 
     
 
   
 
    
  The Investors Group Corporate Class Inc., Canada's largest tax-advantaged fund structure, is launched.
Investors Group is named the winner of the 2002 Imagine Mutual Fund Community Investment Award.
 
 
    
    2003 
     
 
   
 
    
  Symphony Strategic Investment Planning™ is launched.
Herbert H. Carnegie Community Service Award is created.
 
 
    
    2004 
     
 
   
 
    
  Murray J. Taylor becomes the seventh President of Investors Group.
 
 
    
    2006 
     
 
   
 
    
  The Investors Group Charitable Giving Program is established.
 
 
    
    2007 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group employees collect 176 tonnes of food for local food bank, setting a Guinness World Record.
 
 
    
    2009 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group is awarded the CIA Corporate Citizenship Award.
Investors Guaranteed Investment Funds and retirement income longevity guide introduced.
 
 
    
    2011 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group receives the Red Cross Power of Humanity Award in the Corporate Organization of the Year category.
 
 
    
    2012 
     
 
   
 
    
  Investors Group receives the Food Banks Canada Donor Award of Excellence.
 
 
    
    2016 
     
 
   
 
    
  Jeffrey R. Carney becomes the eighth President of Investors Group
 
 
    
     2018 
      
 
      
 
    
 
     
   Investors Group rebrands to IG Wealth Management
 
 
      
 
     
     2020 
      
 
    
 
     
   Damon Murchison becomes the ninth President of IG Wealth Management
