INVESCO FUNDS GROUP ENHANCES RETAIL WEB SITE
Denver, CO ‚ August 2, 2001 ‚ INVESCO Funds Group announced today that significant enhancements and additions have been made to invescofunds.com, its award-winning Web site. "We are committed to high quality customer service and dedicated to providing tools and information for users of our Web site. With the enhancement of this site, we have created features to achieve this goal," said Terri Berg, Vice President of Marketing Communications and Electronic Commerce.With a click of the mouse, users will be able to access a guided video tour of the site from the home page. The tour showcases the new look and feel of the site, explores new navigation, and familiarizes users with new sections and features. The site features the following:
Account Access ‚ Shareholders can access or register their accounts with login boxes that appear at the top of each page throughout the site.
Your Account ‚ By customizing the page, Web site users can view their financial picture the way they want, display the performance of other funds, and look at daily stock prices and market performance. With the click of a button, price updates can be sent to an e-mail enabled wireless device or pager, while market news can be sent to devices such as a Palm Pilot.
e-Delivery ‚ "Go Paperless" remains a theme of the site with the use of online delivery of INVESCO account information including shareholder statements and printable tax forms.
Fund Comparison ‚ Provides an opportunity for users to compare any two INVESCO funds side-by-side and view results in various formats.
Invest with an Advisor ‚ For those who prefer to invest with an advisor, this area provides potential interview questions to pose to a prospective advisor and financial worksheets to complete before meeting with an advisor.In addition, links to advisor referral services on the Internet are provided.
Market Information ‚ Users can access up-to-the-minute information, look up stock prices and company profiles, and keep up-to-date by viewing an economic calendar with upcoming economic report dates.
College Planning ‚ Users learn how family and friends can become involved in funding a child¼s education.
Retirement Center ‚ A valuable component of the site, which gives basic, useful information to plan for this vital time in life, including a 401(k) contribution calculator to help determine how contributions can affect take-home pay, and an IRA Rollover planner to research possible options and results.
Denver-based INVESCO Funds Group, a subsidiary of AMVESCAP PLC, has over $41 billion in assets under management (as of 6/30/01), and is one of the premier mutual fund management companies in the United States. It provides a wide and innovative range of investment products and services to individuals and institutions. AMVESCAP has over $408 billion in assets under management as of 6/30/01 and is one of the world¼s largest individual investment managers, operating under the AIM and INVESCO brand names. The Company is listed on the London, New York, Paris, Toronto and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges with the symbol "AVZ.
Editors Note: We are required to include the following information with our news release. For more information on INVESCO Funds, please call 1-800-255-6927 for a prospectus containing more complete information including management fees and expenses. Please read it carefully before you invest or send money. INVESCO Distributors Inc., Distributor.
