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David Blackwell, the FT’s Smaller Companies Correspondent, has worked on the company news desk since the early 1990s and has followed Aim (the Alternative Investment Market) closely since its launch by the London Stock Exchange in 1995. His Small Talk column, which appears on Fridays, covers a broad range of issues affecting smaller listed companies, including those on Aim and Ofex. He has twice been Aim Journalist of the Year, and also won the award for best research at the Aim 10th birthday awards in October 2005.
In previous posts at the FT he has been Commodities Editor and worked on the International Company News Desk. - -
Regal’s fine puts focus on Aim regulation
The record £600,000 fine for numerous, serious breaches of Aim rules has turned the spotlight on to the junior market’s regulation
Kewill eyes growth with liquidity message
It is not just the companies on the junior market that suffer over lack of liquidity, all quoted companies below a certain size are affected
Don’t get too carried away about unleashing brilliance
The Aim conference agenda looks like a return to basics for the exchange, which has diverted energy to recruiting overseas companies in recent years rather than focusing on British business
Roller coaster ride to get Venue Solutions off ground
Oliver Iny is anxious to hang on to the Aim quote for Venue Solutions, where he is chief executive, convinced that, once the company is on an even keel, institutional investors will see the potential value
Indian companies seek funds at home
Indian companies with Aim quotes appear to be returning to the domestic market to raise money – however, there are only two Aim-listed business in the country
Renewable energy is stuck in the doldrums
Renewable Energy Generation is planning to sell off its Canadian wind farms for C$119m as investors and banks shun its efforts to raise funds
Soap opera-style saga may still have long way to run
A knowledge of how soap operas are put together might not be considered of much use to fund managers. But there is always an exception to be found on Aim and FDM is turning out to be such a case
Songbird Estates joins the flock raising funds at Aim
Songbird Estates has announced one of Aim’s biggest fundraisings, with a complex package to bring in more than £1bn to help repay debt
Roc Oil sends chill wind through Aim community
The London Stock Exchange dream that Aim might become the market of choice for small overseas companies is starting to fade
Plus combats Wilde’s aphorism with reward scheme
The junior stock exchange is tackling the perennial problem of illiquidity in small cap stocks with a proposal to share revenue from its data sales with its marketmakers
