Aimfunds.com Named Top Financial Professional Site By DALBAR.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2002 A I M Distributors, Inc., the retail marketing subsidiary of A I M Management Group Inc., announced today the company's Web site, www.aimfunds.com, was rated as the top financial professional Web site by DALBAR, Inc. in its Second Quarter 2002 WebMonitor report. The aimfunds.com site now has been ranked No. 1 for seven consecutive quarters in the DALBAR report. For the second quarter of 2002, it earned the highest marks in the areas of functionality and 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. , as well as a perfect score in consistency, among fund companies whose products are sold through financial consultants. The AIM site also received an "excellent" rating and continues to be ranked in the top ten in DALBAR's consumer Web-site rankings. "Our clients have come to expect a high level of support for their service, marketing, and sales support needs. We continue to look at new and better ways to surpass their expectations and assist them as they grow and develop their businesses," said Margaret Margaret, 1930–2002, British princess, second daughter of King George VI and sister of Queen Elizabeth II, b. Glamis, Scotland. In 1960 she married a commoner, the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created earl of Snowdon in 1961. Vinson, AIM's director of electronic commerce. DALBAR, Inc. is an independent organization that provides performance evaluations Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return of the quality of all areas of customer service for mutual fund companies. In conducting the study, DALBAR awarded points to each Web site based on functionality, usability, content currency, and consistency. Functionality, which comprises 35% of the score, pertains to the quality and range of 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. capabilities provided to financial professionals. Usability (25%) is defined as the ease of entering and navigating (networking, hypertext) navigating - Finding your way around. Often used of the Internet, particularly the World-Wide Web. A browser is a tool for navigating hypertext documents. the site, ability to locate important information, and the accessibility of help functions. Content currency (20%) is determined by meeting standards of relevance, timeliness and quality. Consistency (20%) is based on how often the user experiences inconsistencies in a Web site's image, transitioning, and content. 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 high-in·come adj. Of or relating to individuals or groups, such as families, that are supported by or earn income considered high in comparison with that of the larger population: high-income taxpayers. individuals. Founded in 1976, AIM had approximately $158 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 March 31, 2001. 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 $400 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2001. Additional information is available at www.amvescap.com. Note to editors -- We are required to include the following information with our news release: For more information about any AIM fund, including sales charges Sales Charge A commission or fee paid by an investor at the time of purchasing mutual fund shares. The charge is paid to a mutual fund salesperson or financial advisor and is intended to provide compensation for the financial salesperson's efforts in assisting their client select , fees and expenses, obtain the appropriate prospectus(es) from your financial advisor. Please read the prospectus(es) carefully before you invest or send money. A I M Distributors, Inc., Distributor. |
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