Aim offers major opportunities, but advisers should tread carefully

As the Aim market hits its 10th anniversary, the index appears to have come into its own, with incre...

As the Aim market hits its 10th anniversary, the index appears to have come into its own, with increasing number of mainstream fund managers looking for opportunities. But are mainstream managers right to be holding Aim stocks when their investors believe what they are buying is a core holding? Or has Aim, and the companies listed there, finally outgrown its association with micro-cap and venture capital plays? Not quite but it has made some progress in that regard. There is no doubt the index has matured in recent years, with a larger number of established businesses choosing to list th...