TORONTO, July 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sprott Inc. (“Sprott” or the “Company”) (TSX:SII) today announced that its total assets under management (“AUM”) have surpassed $10 billion.
“Our year-to-date AUM growth has been driven in part by renewed investor interest in precious metals and alternative income strategies,” said Peter Grosskopf, CEO of Sprott. “We expect further growth in the second half of 2016 given several important product launches, including the Sprott World Gold Fund and additional alternative income strategies.”
About Sprott
Sprott Inc. is a global alternative asset manager with three primary lines of business: Private Resources; Exchange Listed Products; and Diversified Alternative Investment Management. The Private Resource business platform houses the Company’s private resource-focused asset management activities; the Exchange Listed Products business platform houses the Company’s closed-end physical trusts and exchange traded funds (“ETFs”); and the Diversified Alternative Asset Management business platform houses the Company’s full suite of public mutual funds, alternative investment strategies and managed accounts. Sprott Asset Management LP is the principal subsidiary of Sprott Inc. and the manager of both the Exchange Listed Products business line and the Diversified Alternative Investment Management business line. For more information, please visit www.sprottinc.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this news release contain forward-looking information (collectively referred to herein as the “Forward-Looking Statements”) within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The use of any of the words “expect”, “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “should”, “believe”, “plans”, “intends” and similar expressions are intended to identify Forward-Looking Statements. In particular, but without limiting the forgoing, this news release contains Forward-Looking Statements pertaining to expected AUM growth and future product launches. Although Sprott believes that the Forward-Looking Statements are reasonable, they are not guarantees of future results, performance or achievements. A number of factors or assumptions have been used to develop the Forward-Looking Statements. Actual results, performance or achievements could vary materially from those expressed or implied by the Forward-Looking Statements should assumptions underlying the Forward-Looking Statements prove incorrect or should one or more risks or other factors materialize, including: (i) changes in the investment management industry; (ii) changes in investor interest in precious metals and alternative income strategies; and (iii) those risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Sprott’s annual information form dated March 10, 2016. The Forward-Looking Statements speak only as of the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically noted, and Sprott does not assume any obligation to publicly update any Forward-Looking Statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be expressly required by applicable Canadian securities laws.
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