Aug 10 (Reuters) - CI Financial Corp CIX.TO
* CI Financial acquires leading independent canadian investment firm Sentry Investments
* CI Financial Corp - deal for total of $780 million
* CI Financial - CI will acquire sentry and its subsidiary Sentry Investments Inc in a deal for $230 million payable in cash and balance in CI shares
* CI Financial Corp - transaction will increase CI's assets under management by 16 pct to approximately $140 billion, from $120.4 billion at July 31, 2017