Industry redemptions may be up and the markets down, but AIM Funds Management Inc. thinks the timing couldn’t be better to launch its fifth annual advisor road show.

AIM Professional Development 2002 provides advisors with educational content to help them build, maintain and transition their practices to better align their advice with client needs. The cross-Canada education series starts Sept. 3 in Kelowna, B.C. and ends Oct. 17 in Toronto.

This year’s presentation addresses the erosion of faith many investors are experiencing toward the stock markets due to poor performance, accounting irregularities and corporate malfeasance.

To assist advisors, AIM has drawn on some of the latest research authored by industry experts to help advisors uncouple their businesses from the unpredictability of the markets so they can deliver better investor services.

“At times like these it’s even more important for advisors to know we’re behind them,” said AIM president and CEO Philip Taylor in a release.

Started in 1998 under the Trimark name, the sessions have attracted more than 15,000 advisors over the years. This year’s event is proving to be the most popular in recent memory, as many of the 21 venues across Canada are already full.