CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $81 - Toronto symbol CM

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $81 (Toronto symbol CM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 401.9 million; Market cap: $32.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.9; D i v i d e n d y i e l d : 4 . 6 % ; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cibc.com) is buying Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management, which sells portfolio management services to wealthy clients in the U.S.

CIBC will pay $210 million U.S. when the deal closes later this year. To put that in context, it earned $895 million (Canadian), or $2.15 a share, in the three months ended January 31, 2013. Atlantic Trust will add $20 billion U.S. to the $223 billion (Canadian) in assets that CIBC’s wealth management division already has under administration.

CIBC is a buy.

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