The AIM market is an increasingly popular choice for growth companies as a means of both raising capital and enabling investor liquidity.
Since its launch in 1995 to May 2007, the AIM market has:
- admitted 2,700 companies (2,300 UK and 400 international)
- raised £46.3 billion of capital (£27 billion new issue, £19.3 billion follow-on capital)
- executed share trades of £191 billion value
- accredited 79 firms to act as Nominated Advisors, or 'Nomads'
- 1,600 currently listed companies with total market capitalisation of £107 billion
In May 2007 alone, the AIM market raised £2 billion of capital and traded £12 billion of shares (£316 million per day) ...
