May 11 (Reuters) - Ci Financial Corp CIX.TO
* Ci financial reports first quarter results, increases dividend
* Q1 earnings per share c$0.51
* Q1 sales rose 29 percent to c$4.6 billion
* Q1 earnings per share view c$0.52 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Ci financial corp - board of directors declared a 2% increase in monthly cash dividend to $0.1175 per share
* Ci financial corp - average assets under management were $119.4 billion for q1 of 2017, an increase of 11% from q1 of 2016
* Ci financial corp - at march 31, 2017, ci's assets under management were $120.7 billion, up $12.0 billion from march 31, 2016 Source text for Eikon: ID:nCNWMqHV0a Further company coverage: CIX.TO