Fourth anniversary for London's junior market
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The Alternative Investment Market (Aim) celebrates its fourth anniversary in Jun 1999, and has provided opportunities for smaller companies seeking funding. There were 319 companies quoted on Aim at the start of Jun 1999, and 414 stock flotations have been carried out in total. A total of 2.3 billion pounds sterling has been raised from flotations or stock issues carried out afterwards. Some companies are no longer on Aim, and around 50% of these have transferred to the main market. There has been an improvement in the quality of companies which have joined Aim during the four years it has been operational.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1999
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Nikkei down
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Barings began to buy Japanese future contracts following the Kobe earthquake in Jan 1995 and this was a risky move. Optimists argued that spending on rebuilding would help the economy and so the stock market, but funding reconstruction could divert cash from equity purchases. The Nikkei index fell at a time when Nick Leeson had gambled that it would rise. The traditional sale of some of the portfolios of Japanese companies, carried out prior to the end of the FY, also contributed to the fall in share prices.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1995
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London share dealing: change is in the air
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Changes in share trading methods are likely at the London Stock Exchange. Michael Lawrence has been dismissed as chief executive due to the manner in which he sought to implement change, but reforms are likely. They are also likely to involve order-driven trading for shares of larger firms. Private investors are more likely to be affected than institutional investors. A reduction in market makers will make dealing more difficult for investors.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1996
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