With less than a year to go until the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has announced a series of free educational seminars on investment companies across the UK, targeted at financial advisers.

Beginning in London on 14 June, the AICis going on to visit ten other regions of the country during 2012. Theseseminars are aimed at helping advisers understand more about investmentcompanies and as well as representatives from the AIC, they will featurepresentations from some of the industry's top analysts, managers and commentators. At the first event external speakers include: Simon Elliott, Head of Research, Winterflood Investment Trusts and Caroline Gutman from Morningstar.

The agenda for the seminars willinclude: how to research investment companies - ten key issues to consider, ananalyst/manager's overview of the investment company sector and currentopportunities, a platform update and a Q&A panel. All sessions will runfrom 9.30am until 12.30pm on a Thursday or Friday and CPD points will beavailable from the IFP, CII and CISI. There is no charge for these events butplaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

AIC Adviser Seminars

London

9.30 am - 12.30 am

Thursday 21 June

Birmingham

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Thursday 13 September

Exeter

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Friday 14 September

Bristol

9.30 am - 12.30 am

Thursday 27 September

Leeds

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Friday 28 September

Manchester

9.30 am - 12.30 am

Thursday 18 October

Durham

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Thursday 1 November

Brighton

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Friday 2 November

Southampton

9.30 am - 12.30 am

Thursday 15 November

Glasgow

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Friday 16 November

Edinburgh

9.30 am - 12.30 am

Jacqueline Lockie, training manager, AIC said:"Following on from our series of online training sessions, which were verywell received, these seminars are an opportunity for advisers to find out howinvestment companies might help them to meet their clients' needs. With stronglong-term performance and unrivalled income records, investment companies havemany benefits which may have previously been overlooked. At these seminarsadvisers will have the opportunity to ask questions about investment companiesand explore any concerns they might have. We hope to meet as many of you aspossible out on the road!"

To register for the AIC adviserseminars please go to www.theaic.co.uk/Adviser-Centre/AIC-adviser-training-seminarsor phone Debbie Gibbons at the AIC on 020 7282 5555 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. letting us know yourname, company, phone number, email and the location of the event you would like to register for.