Power profits with IGM

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POWER CORP., $43.31, is a buy. The conglomerate (Toronto symbol POW; Shares o/s: 590.4 million; Market cap: $28.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.2%) owns 62.2% of IGM Financial (symbol IGM on Toronto). IGM is Canada’s largest independent asset management provider. IGM owns 27.3% of robo-advisor Wealthsimple. Generally, robo-advisors provide portfolios composed of ETFs tailored to different investor goals. Founded in 2014, Wealthsimple now has over 2.6 million customers and $52.1 billion in assets under management. A group of Wealthsimple’s past and present employees recently sold $100 million worth of their shares to Iconiq Capital, a U.S. investment manager. This financing deal implies that Wealthsimple’s total value is now $5 billion. Based on that new valuation, IGM’s stake is worth $1.37 billion. That could go even higher (a big plus for Power Corp.) if Wealthsimple ever decides to sell shares to the public. Power Corporation is a buy. buy…