AIM Advisers - Overview of AIM

Overview of AIM

Overview

The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) was established in 1995 by the LSE to provide small and medium-sized, growth-oriented companies with early access to the capital markets and feed the Main Market. While this is still somewhat true, since the middle part of the last decade, London's AIM has forged its own identity and is now complementary to the Main Market. AIM is currently home to 1,000 companies; 650 (65%) of which are British and 350 (35%) of which are foreign with 47 operating from the U.S.

AIM has no credible public-market competition for the companies it addresses. Companies listed on NASDAQ tend to be 22 times larger. Since inception in 1995, £100 billion ($125 billion) has been raised on London's AIM; £42 billion ($52 billion) in AIM IPOs and £58 billion ($73 billion) in AIM Secondary Offerings.

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AIM Advisers, Inc.
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Santa Monica, California 90403
United States of America

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About AIM Advisers

AIM Advisers, Inc. helps small and medium-sized, growth-oriented U.S. companies with international operations or aspirations complete IPOs on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

With a track record spanning 15 years as a consultant helping U.S. companies complete IPOs on London's AIM and as the CFO of a U.S.-based, AIM-listed company, I have deep knowledge of London's AIM and extensive relationships in London, most notably with the 40 Nominated Advisers and 80 Nominated Brokers who act as the market’s primary gatekeepers.