Originally published January 18,
2010
The release by the London Stock Exchange of the statistics for
AIM for 2009 gives an opportunity to reflect on the difficult year
it's been for AIM and the companies trading on it, but also
shows some of its strengths, and can even, to the optimist,
indicate the possibility of a return to some semblance of
normality.
The stark news is that 293 companies
left the market last year, and only 18 joined (of which 3
transferred to AIM from the Official List). The number of new
entrants was dramatically down on 2008 (73, of which 10 were
Official List transfers) although the number of companies leaving
the market was not markedly higher (2008:252). At the year end
there were 1,293 companies on AIM, down from a maximum of 1,694 at
the end of 2007. The number of companies on AIM has not been as low
as this since 2005.
