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Bank deleveraging has barely started

Bank deleveraging has barely started

Banks lending money to governments to help fund bank bailouts looks horribly circular

No. 6: If you don’t give it to me you’ll only lend it to someone else and look where that got us

October 2006

AIM: Aiming higher or staying put?

Graduation day might be approaching for some of the larger companies listed on London’s AIM (Alternative Investment Market) but the sheer volume of competitors means some might not make the cut.




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 AIM’s 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.

“AIM’s flexible listing...


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