Symcor Inc. announced it has created an online tool for AIM Funds Management Inc. that allows unitholders of AIM and Trimark mutual funds to view and customize their Semi-Annual Report via the Web.

Investors can choose the information they wish to view about a particular fund’s performance, holdings and financial statements. It also allows AIM to personalize its printed semi-annual reports to each retail investor and financial advisor, which is expected to save at least 1,000 tonnes of paper per year in AIM’s production process, according to Jon Hantho, Symcor’s president of Customer Communication.

“The new reporting format meets regulatory requirements, yet is more respectful of investors’ time and information requirements,” says Hantho. “The technology required to transform reporting processes has existed for some time, yet Symcor is one of the few organizations that has the skills to reliably apply the technology to large applications such as AIM’s Annual and Semi-Annual Reports.”

“Technologies like those employed by Symcor allow us to reduce the inconvenience to our clients by custom-fitting information for an individual based only on the business they have with us, while strictly adhering to the securities regulations surrounding these reports. This reduces wasted paper, weight and frustration, and limits the environmental impact of these mailings. We view it as an important component to our efforts to make it easy to do business with AIM,” says Dwayne Dreger, vice president communications at AIM Funds Management Inc.