AIM Private Asset Management Named Top Five Web Site by kasina.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2002 AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. (APAM APAM Antipersonnel/Antimaterial APAM Association des Pompiers Auxiliaires de la Montérégie (French; Quebec firefighters) APAM Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine ), a subsidiary of A I M Management Group Inc. (AIM), announced today its Web site, www.aimprivateassetmgmt.com, has been named one of the top five separately managed account sites by kasina, an e-business strategy consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a for the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry. The recognition was made in kasina's newest white paper, "Separately Managed Accounts: Servicing Intermediaries Online," which evaluated 24 Web sites dedicated to separate account management based on the following attributes: branding, content, online services, usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. and Web technology. Introduced in October 2000, APAM's Web site has continued to evolve by adding several features designed to provide financial advisors timely and pertinent PERTINENT, evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that which belongs. Willes, 319. information about AIM's separately managed portfolios. Notable features include a performance center updated monthly with extensive portfolio data; buy and sell activity information and third-party research for each security; marketing presentations that are both customizable and downloadable; and portfolio-specific and general market commentary. Also, e-alerts are available to tell the advisor of new buy and sell activity, commentaries, fact sheets and make other special announcements. "Timely, pertinent information and insight is crucial for financial advisors to provide the highest-quality service to their high-net-worth clients," said Kamala kamala an anticestodal agent derived from the plant Mallotus philippinensis; now replaced by better and safer compounds. Sachidanandan, senior vice president and director of marketing for AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. "We will continue to thoughtfully monitor our Web-based content and features and adjust when appropriate to meet the changing needs of our clients." About AIM Houston-based AIM is one of the nation's leading investment management companies. It is dedicated to providing its clients with high-quality products and service through multiple investment management styles and a broad product range of retail equity, fixed-income, and money market funds, institutional portfolios, and separately managed accounts for high-income individuals. Founded in 1976, AIM had approximately $135 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. and more than 9 million shareholders as of June 30, 2002. For more information, visit www.aimfunds.com. About AMVESCAP AIM is an indirect subsidiary of AMVESCAP PLC (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVZ), a leading independent global investment manager dedicated to helping people worldwide build their financial security through a comprehensive array of retail and institutional products for clients in more than 100 countries. AMVESCAP had $364 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2002. Additional information is available at www.amvescap.com. |
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