There are signs that the tendency for smaller companies to move to an AIM listing might be reversing but the process of migrating to the stricter regulatory requirements of the main London market is not without risk. Some fund managers say that some of AIMs finest are ready to step up to the London Stock Exchange, but is this really the start of a new trend?
In 2005, 40 companies moved from the main market to AIM, whereas only a few moved the other way. Now, according to fund managers F&C, this may be about to change.
AIMs flexible listing...