About Interactive Investor

A new site, a new name and a new vision

Interactive Investor (www.iii.co.uk), previously known as Ample, is one of the UK?s leading online financial services providers. It offers independent and transparent tools and information to enable its 1.4 million registered users to solve all their financial needs throughout their lives. Interactive Investor was acquired from AMP by CAPACC (Capital Accumulation Limited) in March 2004, and is headed up by Tom?s Carruthers.

Interactive Investor has a vision to help users of the website to become better off by providing the hard facts to make the right financial decisions.

The Interactive Investor website re-launched in August 2004 with a striking new design and exciting new features including many new tools, products and information.

To access a flash demo of the new site please click here:

Flash Demo

From Share Dealing to Savings... from ISAs to Mortgages Overview of the new Interactive Investor site:

Personal Finance

The new product offering includes a breadth of personal finance services such as Credit Cards, Loans, Mortgages Savings, Banking, Insurance as well as helpful planning and money saving tips. Visit Personal Finance

Investing

The Portfolio which is currently used by over 400,000 users has been expanded to include other assets (property) and debts (car loans) to give users an overall view of their wealth. Visit Portfolio

Interactive Investor continues to offer its Fund Supermarket which provides a choice of over 500 funds and ISAs from 24 leading fund managers. The company has negotiated hard with providers to ensure that investors pay the lowest possible charges - initial charges are typically just 1%, compared to an industry average of 4.2%. Visit Fund Supermarket

In addition, Interactive Investor also offers one of the UK's best value Share Dealing service. Users are offered a ?10 flat fee for all UK trades, free limit and stop loss orders and no hidden charges. Account holders can trade on London and New York stock exchanges directly from their portfolio. Visit Share Trading

Community

There is a new Community Hub and great new community tools such as Rate Your Provider and Users? Holdings which tells you the most popular shares held by other users. Visit the Community Hub.

Timeline - a pioneer and still going strong...

Aug - Interactive Investor International was founded and the website launched in October of the same year

Wins 1996 Best Website - BT Sunday Times Superhighway Award
Facilitates Europe?s first unit trust transaction over the internet

Mar - Launches Interactive IFA (www.ifa.co.uk), a premier service for Independent Financial Intermediaries on the Internet
Aug - Tom?s Carruthers joins as Managing Director after founding ESI - Electronic Share Information Ltd (now E*TRADE UK) in 1994
Opened international offices in South Africa and Asia

Nov - Facilitates the UK's first straight-through processing of an Internet equity transaction

May - Tom?s Carruthers named as Group Chief Executive.

Feb - The company lists on both the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq National Market
June - FundsNow! An extensive Fund Supermarket is launched offering access to 20 leading fund managers and over 300 funds
Wins 2000 New Media of the Year - Personal Finance Media Awards
Wins 2000 Best Financial Services Portal - BT Trustwise

June - Interactive Investor international Awarded eBrandLeader Title from Superbrands
June - Ample.com is launched by AMP
Aug - Interactive Investor International acquired by the AMP Group. The new site combined Interactive Investors? content, user tools and customer base with Ample?s transactional, service and call centre capabilities
Wins 2001 Best Bulletin Boards - Online Finance Awards
Wins 2001 Best Content - Investors Chronicle

Jan - Integrated Ample website launched with ISA supermarket
May - Share dealing launched
Nov - Full fund supermarket launched
Wins 2002 Online Finance Awards - Best Fund Supermarket

Wins 2003 Personal Finance Readership Awards - Best Financial Website
July - Launches Investor Sentiment Barometer

Mar - Ample acquired from AMP by Tom?s Carruthers
May - Ample and MSN announce unique share dealing partnership
May - CFDs (Contracts for Differences) launched
Sept - Site rebranded and relaunched as Interactive Investor (www.iii.co.uk)

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