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	Alternative Investment Market - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alternative Investments Market (AIM) is a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange, allowing smaller companies to float shares with a more flexible regulatory system than is applicable to the Main Market.
		AIM was launched in 1995 and has raised almost £24bn for more than 2,200 companies.
		AIM has also started to become an international exchange, often due to its low-regulatory burden, especially in relation to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (which imposes regulatory costs on companies listed in the US, including those without any operations).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alternative_Investment_Market (251 words)

	About Man - Group Overview
		In recent years, a growing community of private and institutional investors have looked to alternative investments as a means to obtain diversification away from traditional investments and improve the risk-adjusted return profile of their portfolios.
		Pursuit of absolute returns: The hallmark of alternative investments is the pursuit of absolute returns – that is, the quest to generate positive returns and defend gains in both falling and rising markets.
		Unlike traditional investment approaches, which depend mainly on asset appreciation for their performance, the primary driver of performance in alternative investments is the skill, expertise and actions of managers.
	www.mangroupplc.com /about/about_overview.cfm (1574 words)

	The alternative investment market - Deloitte & Touche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Aiming for AIM - A buoyant equity market
		Given the success of the market to date in 2004, it is understandable that senior management in a number of companies are considering a listing on AIM as a realistic strategic option.
		There is a buoyancy on the AIM market not seen since the highs experienced in 2000. Current activity levels are likely to be maintained throughout 2004. Management of emerging businesses should seriously consider whether a listing on AIM is appropriate to their business. There is a window of opportunity which is too good to overlook.
	www.deloitte.com /dtt/article/0,1002,sid=2884&cid=74982,00.html (737 words)

	UK Finance & Accounting Jobs - Financial Careers Library - London Stock Exchange - AIM
		AIM (Alternative Investment Market) is the London Stock Exchange's global market for smaller, growing companies.
		Importantly, all AIM companies are required to have a nominated adviser (popularly known as a "nomad") from the register of such advisers published by the Exchange.
		Ordinarily, once a company has been on AIM for 2 years it will have the opportunity to seek admittance to the main market by using a special expedited procedure.
	www.gaapweb.com /library/institutions/lsxaim.html (223 words)

	Alternative Investment Market is one decade old and going strong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The AIM has been tagged the most successful small to medium cap market in the world by Baker Tilly, the accountants.
		AIM was initially floated as a market that would offer less stringent regulation.
		However, Graham said that AIM would proceed cautiously on that front, “We have to be very careful that as we internationalize we actually increase the quality of the market.
	www.abcmoney.co.uk /news/202005257.htm (531 words)

	Alternative Investment Market still growing 10 years on
		AIM’s lighter regulatory touch, lower fees and greater flexibility to raise funds have continued to attract a variety of companies despite a tough market for new issues in Europe, taking the market’s total number of firms to 1,200 and seeing their total value rise 73 percent in 2004.
		AIM’s chief, Martin Graham, said the level of corporate governance and disclosure for AIM-listed firms was high, adding that the failure rate for companies since the market’s inception in 1995 ran at just 3 percent.
		Last year, AIM opted out of plans to be regulated by the European Union and continues to regulate itself under the oversight of Britain’s Financial Services Authority, and it retains a structure whereby nominated advisers continue to vet their companies’ disclosure.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2005/06/16/business/alternativeinvestmentmarketstillgrowing10yearson.html&template=/money/feeds/story_template.html (882 words)

	AIM at 10 - Alternative investment? - Money extra
		Companies on the Alternative Investment Market do not need a three year trading history as is the case when joining the main market and the market's size with so few companies listed, was creating bewilderment.
		AIM has since come of age and matured with grace but nevertheless there are still potential concerns in the pipeline.
		Yet AIM is likely to continue to grow despite these concerns and it seems that the added volatility of the market compared with its larger brothers only serves to excite and intrigue the investor more.
	www.moneyextra.com /features/011958.features.html (694 words)

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		One of the not-so-familiar sources of capital for smaller companies is the AIM (Alternative Investment Market) on the London Stock Exchange.
		The AIM market has attracted rising interest from EandP companies worldwide in the last couple of years owing to the dramatic increase in industry activity.
		Although the AIM market is attracting increasing numbers of EandP companies, this apparently is not the case with oil service companies.
	www.aapg.org /explorer/2006/05may/aim.cfm (1581 words)

	QCA London Stock Exchange, Ofex and Alternative Investment Market (AIM) Stock Market Comparison
		Generally, the bigger the market the more onerous the ongoing disclosure obligations and the higher the professional fees and costs, both on admission to the market and post admission to ensure that the company is honouring its market obligations.
		AIM companies are not bound by the full Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority and have their own set of rules, the AIM Rules.
		As with all markets, a company admitted to AIM must ensure that lines of communication exist between itself and the market to ensure that the market is fully aware of all information and developments that could affect the financial prospects of the company.
	www.qcanet.co.uk /market_comparison.asp (3896 words)

	Heather Connon in the Alternative Investment Market
		When the Alternative Investment Market was launched, it was dismissed as a high-risk venture and only a handful of institutions were prepared to invest in it.
		It is also launching two new indices, the Aim UK 50 of the 50 largest British constituents, and the Aim 100 index, which will include overseas businesses, which it hopes will boost liquidity on the market by encouraging firms to market new products based on the indices.
		Aim's predecessors, such as the Unlisted Securities Market and the so-called Rule 42 trading system, eventually failed - indeed, Aim was established only grudgingly by the LSE after companies on the USM complained they would be unable to find a market for their shares.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /money/guardian/news/2005/06/19/heatherconnoninthealternativeinvestmentma/3 (1280 words)

	Alternative Investment Market Funds - The International Investment Group LLC
		The International Investment Group LLC is a leading investment management firm in the alternative investment market.
		Our premier offering, the IIG Trade Opportunities Fund NV, is an alternative investment vehicle that provides absolute returns by investing in global commodity trade finance transactions through a professionally managed portfolio.
		IIG’s team of portfolio managers and investment advisors bring outstanding experience, credentials, expertise and performance to the alternative investment market.
	www.iigh.com (221 words)

	Alternative Investment Market - Money Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		So one reason for Aim’s painful progress is that no sooner does a new investment theme capture the public imagination, than opportunists descend on it in droves.
		Aim shares are classed as business assets, so if you hold your shares for at least two years, you are only taxed on 25% of your gain, much less than you’d pay for shares quoted on the LSE’s main list.
		(Qualifying investment up to £200,000 in any tax year entitles the investor to 20% initial income-tax relief on investment, exemption from CGT on disposal, or loss relief if the investment fails or is disposed of at a loss.) But to benefit from these breaks, you first have to find the right small company.
	www.moneyweek.com /file/2741/best-aim-stocks.html (2362 words)

	List of Investors in Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and Ofex Shares
		AIM gives companies from all countries and sectors access to the market at an earlier stage of their development, allowing them to experience life as a public company.
		Ofex is the UK's independent market focussed on small and medium enterprises from around the world.
		In 2002, Ofex became a prescribed market under Section 118 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, and Ofex plc took over the operation of the market.
	www.clearbluegroup.net /investorsalternativeinvestmentmarketofex.html (656 words)

	Norton Rose - alternative investment market (AIM) lawyers experience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		O12 is a closed-ended investment company registered in Guernsey, which was formed to establish a substantial property investment portfolio in the Thames Gateway and east London.
		ACP Capital is a newly incorporated Jersey closed-ended investment company formed to be the holding company of a group to be established over time to manage investments and funds/vehicles in niche product sectors, such as asset-backed (predominantly real estate) and non asset backed mezzanine financing and asset-backed companies primarily in continental Europe and the UK.
		The market capitalisation of the enlarged group on admission was £19.6 million.
	www.nortonrose.com /deals/viewdeal.asp?dealid=672 (2338 words)

	Alternative Investment Market (Aim) is seeing a flurry of activity - The Money Bag
		Robert Mitchell, a director of Aim and small cap funds at ISIS, said he was pleased that although the market had come back to life, it had not run away with itself.
		While issuers are coming to the market because appetite has developed since earlier in the year, there are concerns that the slew of new issues may not be good, New Star warned.
		Over the year to 11 November, AIM is up 34.7 per cent offer to bid, whereas the FTSE 100 and FTSE All Share have risen only 12.51 per cent and 15.69 per cent respectively (to 3 November).
	www.themoneybag.com /vb/showthread.php?t=30795 (541 words)

	AIM, Alternative Investment Market - Money Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The good news is that there is cause for celebration: 70 new issues have appeared on Aim so far this year alone, and by the end of the year it is expected to be representing 900 smaller firms.
		Then there’s the market’s performance: during the bubble, Aim outperformed the FTSE by five times and in the last 12 months it has recovered at twice the rate of the FTSE (although the last few weeks have been rockier).
		Aim may have outperformed recently, but let’s not forget that it fell 80% after the collapse of the stockmarket bubble, and that most small-cap indices are weighted heavily towards tech firms, which explains their outperformance over the last few years.
	www.moneyweek.com /file/2049/index.php (846 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Importance of alternative investment market stressed
		CHENNAI: Alternative Investment Market (AIM) offers young companies the extremely valuable resource of an alternative to private equity or venture capital, a tool for going public far earlier than would otherwise be possible, Mr Alderman David Brewer CMG, the Lord Mayor of the City of London said on Friday.
		Delivering the inaugural address at the seminar on "The Alternative Investment Market-Financing International Business in London," he said here AIM was the most successful market anywhere for fast growing companies.
		"AIM is a very powerful tool for those Indian growth companies that have strategic reasons for reaching into the international capital markets at an early stage," he said.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /bline/blnus/03241506.htm (313 words)

	ASX probes alternative investment market - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News
		He said companies with a market capitalisation of up to $100 million represented about two-thirds of the companies listed on the Australian bourse.
		"Clearly the AIM market is something that we're looking at in terms of what it's doing and what it may do for our market in terms of encouraging (share) raisings there rather than on our market," he said.
		Mr D'Aloisio told reporters that ASX was merely considering the attraction or otherwise of an alternative investment market and had no view on it one way or the other.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Business/ASX-probes-alternative-investment-market/2006/05/26/1148524876855.html (365 words)

	Alternative Investment Market - Property Investment Firm in£11m float
		Having seen the desire in many homeowners’ to invest in property, as opposed to other alternative investments such as government bonds, Marley, thirty three, set up his company to cash in on this trend.
		The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listing - 228,263,474 shares priced at 1 pence each – is likely to value Ely Property at £11.3 million.
		PropertySpy is the market leader in offering plots of land for sale to the public as a long term investment.
	www.ukinvestmentadvice.co.uk /property-investment-company.htm (432 words)

	London Listings Light Up IPO Market
		The seminar was initiated by the UK investment firm MG Equity Partners, an investment firm that has worked with many companies listed on AIM, and cosponsored by the London Stock Exchange; Morrison & Foerster LLP; UK Trade & Investment; Baker Tilly; Eisner; and Abchurch.
		AIM authorizes Nominated Advisers (NOMADS) to determine that a company meets listing standards.
		About MG Equity Partners MG Equity Partners Ltd. is a UK investment firm offering investment banking, equity research, cross border M&A's and private equity capital to issuing clients.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-28-2006/0004328443&EDATE= (576 words)

	Invest in Land - Your guide to the alternative investment market. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As you may have guessed Land Investment is our focus area, but we endeavor to bring you news and views on other alternative investments and developments from the traditional invesment markets too.
		The current land and housing crisis has forced the government to tackle the situation head-on, meaning land investment could be the best alternative investment option to date.
		A huge amount of land, whether investment, greenbelt, brownfield or whitefield land will be needed for the project and it is likely that this will include large areas of currently undeveloped land.
	www.invest-in-land.co.uk (321 words)

	College of Law : Corporate, Commercial and Finance Law : AIM: The Alternative Investment Market
		Understand the history of AIM (including any developments as a result of recent European securities legislation) and the particular advantages of bringing a company to this as compared with other markets.
		An overview of the history and development of AIM, particularly in relation to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, and the specific advantages of the market for certain companies.
		A talk and exercise on the requirements for obtaining a listing on AIM, the preliminary steps to be taken by the company and its advisors, and any changes that might need to be put in place.
	www.college-of-law.co.uk /22066.html (358 words)

	Liquidity in Second Tier Equity Markets: Evidence From Londons Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
		Indeed, a small group of AIM stocks are found to trade frequently, exposing the investor to minimal execution risk.
		We find the latter group to be further characterised by higher price volatility and wider spreads, indicating that for the majority of AIM stocks, immediacy risk is an issue of concern.When studying AIM stocks that were transferred from the Rule 4.2.
		market, we report a significant increase in trading activity, but surprisingly little change in liquidity as measured by either price volatility or trading costs.
	ideas.repec.org /p/fmg/fmgdps/dp301.html (497 words)

	DTCC Forms Alternative Investment Products Advisory Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In recent years, the alternative investment market has been booming, with increases in both the amount of money being invested in these instruments and in the different types of alternative investments being offered, which today include hedge funds, managed futures, private equity/debt, and other nontraditional stock and bond instruments.
		“The alternative investment products industry is at a crossroads, much like mutual funds were 20 years ago,” said Ann Bergin, managing director for Mutual Fund Services at DTCC and head of the advisory committee.
		As a first step in its needs assessment, the Steering Committee surveyed its members on a range of issues, including alternative investment products deemed to be priorities for automation, current and projected transaction volumes for various investment products, and preferred technology platforms on which solutions can be developed.
	www.dtcc.com /Publications/dtcc/may05/alternative_investments.html (584 words)

	AIM Mining Companies Deliver Substantial Growth in Investment for the Future: PricewaterhouseCoopers
		Junior Mine, a comprehensive analysis of AIM mining companies by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), shows that the junior mining industry has delivered a substantial increase in investment, financed almost entirely through successful capital raisings.
		This huge increase in investment was made possible by investor confidence in the industry.
		In the year to 31 December 2004, the AIM mining market capitalisation increased by 47% to nearly US$10 billion — much higher than the 19% growth rate for the global mining industry as a whole over the same period.
	www.pwcglobal.com /extweb/ncpressrelease.nsf/DocID/4F1DF0AFC9851552852570DD0064BB1C (615 words)

	Intention to float on the alternative investment market of the London Stock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Intention to float on the alternative investment market of the London Stock
		Intention to float on the alternative investment market of the London Stock Exchange
		Vantis also aims to exploit cross-selling opportunities with regard to, for example, Morton Thornton and CO’s insolvency services and Bradneys and MBS’ outsourcing services, which could be sold across the Group to the clients of all the founding firms and any practices acquired in future.
	www.vantisplc.com /Vantis/News/IntentiontofloatonthealternativeinvestmentmarketoftheLondonStock.htm (3150 words)

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