About Us
History
1926
First Canadian office established.
![1926](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1926.jpg)
1930
Theodore O. Peterson starts his career in Regina. Becomes the company's first President in 1946.
![1930](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1930.jpg)
1936
Harold Sinclair starts his career in Calgary. 64 years later becomes the longest-serving Consultant in Investors Group history.
![1936](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1936.jpg)
1940
First Canadian product launched: Series One Installment Certificate.
![1940](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1940.jpg)
1950
Investors Group launches first mutual fund in Canada.
![1950](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1950.jpg)
1955
Investors Group introduces the concept of Dollar Cost Averaging.
![1955](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1955.jpg)
1962
Investors Group launches first international mutual fund.
![1962](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1962.jpg)
1966
Clarence E. Atchison becomes the second President of Investors Group.
![1966](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1966.jpg)
1971
First offshore fund launched: Investors Japanese Growth Fund.
Robert H. Jones becomes the third President of Investors Group.
![1971](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1971.jpg)
1972
Investors Group develops the Personal Financial Review.
![1972](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1972.jpg)
1981
Arthur V. Mauro becomes the fourth President of Investors Group.
![1981](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1981.jpg)
1986
Power Financial Corporation becomes the parent company of Investors Group.
1988
Investors Group opens new corporate head office at One Canada Centre.
![1988](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1988.jpg)
1992
H. Sanford Riley becomes the fifth President of Investors Group.
![1988](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1992.jpg)
1993
I.G. Investment Management, Ltd. opens new office in Dublin, Ireland.
![199](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1993.jpg)
1995
Personal Financial Planning software introduced.
![1995](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1995.jpg)
1997
Investors Group joins Great-West Life in the purchase of London Life.
![1997](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/1997.jpg)
2000
I.G. Investment Management, Ltd. opens new office in Hong Kong.
![1997](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2000.jpg)
2001
Investors Group acquires Mackenzie Financial Corporation.
Jeffrey Orr becomes the sixth President of Investors Group.
![2001](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2001.jpg)
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.
![2002](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2002.jpg)
2003
Symphony Strategic Investment Planning™ is launched.
Herbert H. Carnegie Community Service Award is created.
![2003](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2003.jpg)
2004
Murray J. Taylor becomes the seventh President of Investors Group.
![2004](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2005.jpg)
2006
The Investors Group Charitable Giving Program is established.
![2006](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2006.jpg)
2007
Investors Group employees collect 176 tonnes of food for local food bank, setting a Guinness World Record.
![2007](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2007.jpg)
2009
Investors Group is awarded the CIA Corporate Citizenship Award.
Investors Guaranteed Investment Funds and retirement income longevity guide introduced.
![2009](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2009.jpg)
2011
Investors Group receives the Red Cross Power of Humanity Award in the Corporate Organization of the Year category.
![2011](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2011.jpg)
2012
Investors Group receives the Food Banks Canada Donor Award of Excellence.
![2012](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2012.jpg)
2016
Jeffrey R. Carney becomes the eighth President of Investors Group
![2016](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/2016a.jpg)
2018
Investors Group rebrands to IG Wealth Management
![The IG Wealth Management logo](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/igwm.jpg)
![The IG Wealth Management logo](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/Logo_E_IG_PWM_RGB.png)
2020
Damon Murchison becomes the ninth President of IG Wealth Management
![Headshot of IG Wealth Management’s President and CEO, Damon Murchison.](/content/dam/investorsgroup/legacy/en/images/corp/content/Our-history-timeline/ig_damon.jpg)