Desjardins launches Enhanced Return Guaranteed Investment

This innovative product gives investors access to the Canadian financial market with a 100% capital guarantee

Lévis (Québec), January 24, 2008 - Desjardins Group, the financial institution with the largest range of capital guaranteed structured products in Canada, is now offering its investor members a brand new product: the Desjardins Enhanced Return Guaranteed Investment.

This product, which offers a 100% capital guarantee at maturity, is specifically targeted at caisse members that wish to participate in the growth of the Canadian financial sector, in particular the banking and life and health insurance sectors, while benefiting from a guaranteed minimum return.

With the Desjardins Enhanced Return Guaranteed Investment, investors benefit from the return on eight equally weighted securities of the major Canadian banks and the three top life and health insurance companies in the country.

It also offers a highly attractive return potential and above all, a set of advantages rarely seen in a single product.

"This new product, with its unique design, joins the ranks of an already impressive range of capital guaranteed structured products offered by the Desjardins network. What's more, it confirms the leader position that Desjardins already holds in this market", pointed out Mr. Bernard Fortin, Wealth Management Director at Desjardins.

"Very few capital guaranteed structured products in the industry offer such peace of mind", stated Mr. Éric Landry, Financial Engineering Director at Desjardins. "One of the advantages offered by the Desjardins Enhanced Return Guaranteed Investment, in addition to eligibility for member dividends, is that it enables members to draw on the growth potential of the securities of Canadian financial institutions, a firm minimum return and capital guarantee."

About Desjardins Group

Desjardins Group is the largest integrated cooperative financial group in Canada, with overall assets of $147 billion, as at September 30, 2007. It comprises a network of caisses, credit unions and business centres in Québec and Ontario, and some twenty subsidiary companies in life and general insurance, securities brokerage, venture capital and asset management, many of which are active across the country. Drawing on the expertise of its 40,000 employees and the commitment of nearly 6,800 elected officers, Desjardins offers its 5.8 million individual and corporate members and clients a full range of financial products and services. Its physical distribution network is complemented by leading-edge virtual access methods.

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