AIM – A Decade of Achievement Hardman & Co Monthly

In the November edition of the Hardman Monthly Newsletter, Nigel Hawkins assesses the achievements of AIM – and how it has thrived, despite a challenging financial environment, in recent years.

► AIM, which was founded in 1995, now hosts 959 stocks, currently worth over £100 billion.

► Since its founding, over £100 billion has been raised by AIM-quoted stocks – with 2006 and 2007 being its best years.

► The AIM Index has risen by 31% over the last year and by over 60% during the last five years. Impressive.

► AIM now hosts eleven companies with valuations of over £1 billion each, led by top on-line clothing retailer ASOS, currently worth c£5 billion.

► Liquidity on AIM has improved remarkably in recent years – Read Keith Hiscock’s article: Liquidity – little understood, even before MIFID II.

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