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Articles, news and analysis on London’s Alternative Investment Market.

Mergers & Acquisitions

UK M&A Activity Examined

This year's winners of the M&A Awards demonstrated how to prevail against adverse economic conditions.

News

Interim profits soar at Gooch

Gooch & Housego saw pre-tax profits surge to £1.7 million in the half-year to March.

Company Flotations

Where next for AIM?

One of the world's most successful growth markets, AIM's own growth has gone into reverse over the past two years.

News

AIM-listed LitComp taken private

Mid-market investor Maven Capital Partners has backed the public-to-private acquisition of insurance business LitComp.

Company Flotations

Why standard stock exchange listings are a mistake

James Crux, editor of Growth Company Investor, argues that a new LSE listing category is decidedly sub-standard.

Company Flotations

Greed and the City

The salaries of AIM CEOs continue to climb ever higher, despite the outcry over bankers' salaries and the City culture of rewarding boards for failure. GrowthBusiness unveils unique research into directors' pay on AIM.

News

Pay bonanza on AIM

Amid all the recent economic and financial turmoil afflicting business, AIM companies have continued to increase their directors’ salaries.

News

Pay squeeze for AIM directors

The average pay of chief executive officers and finance directors of AIM-quoted companies has fallen since last year.

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.

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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.