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AIM

News

AIM delisting trend continues apace

Some 239 companies have left AIM in the first ten months of this year, up from 196 in the same period of 2008.

Company Flotations

Liquidity: the small cap’s holy grail

The recent rally in stocks has filtered from the Main Market through to AIM.

Mergers & Acquisitions

M&A activity on AIM set to soar as big deals appear on the horizon

There has been over £1 billion worth of M&A activity on AIM during the past year. Expect that figure to soar in 2010 as deal-hungry companies go on the acquisition trail.

News

Institutions hold on to AIM stakes

Investment houses such as BlackRock, Invesco and Prudential collectively hold a larger share of AIM than they did before the financial crisis.

Company Flotations

New hopes for AIM

AIM is emerging from months of hibernation, with strong secondary fundraising and plenty of IPOs in the pipeline.

Growth Planning

Looking for life after delisting

With regulation and costs increasing and markets slack, many smaller companies have chosen to delist from AIM. Robert Tyerman reports.

Company Flotations

Small-cap success stories

AIM and PLUS may be flagging at the moment, but the markets are still turning out some outstanding success stories.

Company Flotations

Cash shells: AIM’s best-kept secret

Research from Business XL magazine has identified 31 such cash shells quoted on the smaller stock markets, with a combined £48 million of cash on their balance sheets.

News

AIM Review

A bevy of recent deals could prove significant with fair winds behind them, writes James Crux

Exit Strategies

Leaving the AIM market

Robert Tyerman reports on the numerous and varied reasons why an increasing number of companies are currently choosing to exit AIM

News

AIM brokers in £16m merger

As foreshadowed in December, brokers WH Ireland and Blue Oar have agreed terms of a "possible" £16.2 million merger.

Company Flotations

AIM Performance Review

AIM’s performance this year makes for grim reading, but smaller companies are often quick to recover, writes David Smith.