Aiminvestments.com Named Top Financial Professional Site by Dalbar.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2003 A I M Distributors, Inc., the retail marketing subsidiary of A I M Management Group Inc., announced today the company's Web site was rated as the top financial professional Web site by DALBAR Inc. in its Fourth Quarter 2002 WebMonitor report. The aiminvestments.com site now has been ranked No. 1 for nine consecutive quarters in the DALBAR financial professional Mutual Fund WebMonitor report. The Web site 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. for the fourth quarter of 2002, as well as perfect scores in site consistency and currency. The AIM site also received an "excellent" ranking and is ranked among the top five in DALBAR's consumer Web-site rankings. "We strive to provide our clients with e-business (Electronic-BUSINESS) Doing business online. The term is often used synonymously with e-commerce, but e-business is more of an umbrella term for having a presence on the Web. solutions that facilitate their sales, marketing and servicing. Our goal is to meet their needs, add value and exceed expectations," 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. "We are pleased and excited to be recognized so favorably fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. by DALBAR." About AIM Investments Houston-based AIM Investments 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 $124 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 approximately 9 million shareholders as of Dec. 31, 2002. For more information, visit www.aiminvestments.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 $333 billion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2002. 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 complete 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 and expenses, please obtain the appropriate prospectus(es) from your financial consultant or by calling 800/347-4246. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money. For more information about AIM, visit our Web site: http://www.aiminvestments.com. A I M Distributors, Inc., Distributor. |
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