Company Description:

It is fitting that the simple, time tested and proven AIC Buy. Hold. And Prosper.™ philosophy remains the driving force behind the growth of Canada's largest privately held mutual fund organization.

As a company, AIC had modest beginnings but experienced a meteoric rise to success based on a simple disciplined philosophy of founder Michael Lee-Chin.

The foundation of AIC's Buy. Hold. And Prosper.™ philosophy is based on what Mr. Lee-Chin now refers to as the "attributes of a champion." To be a champion – a success in life, he says, you must have the character traits of commitment, confidence, determination, discipline, enthusiasm, flexibility, focus, honesty, loyalty, preparedness, respect and passion.