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18 March 2010

Features, research & analysis

Editorial: AIM IPO picture begins to brighten 08/03/2010

Failed floats – think theme park operator Merlin Entertainments, fashion retailer New Look and travel software group Travelport – might be spoiling the party at the larger end of the London market, as private equity owners struggle to sell on their investments to peeved institutions with fingers previously burned.

Brokers' Views: Singer Capital Markets 08/03/2010

Three key healthcare picks 

Sector: Health Care Equipment & Services

Companies: Advanced Medical Solutions , Consort Medical , Optos

Brokers' Views: Gall & Eke Corporate Partners 08/03/2010

EPO offers attractive entry point

Sector: Oil & Gas Producers

Companies: Equatorial Palm Oil

Brokers' Views: Charles Stanley 08/03/2010

Two pharma buys from Franc

Sector: Health Care Equipment & Services

Companies: Antisoma , Vectura Group

Brokers' Views: Arbuthnot Securities 08/03/2010

Strong buys for theme park plays

Sector: Software & Computer Services

Companies: Clarity Commerce Solutions , Hampson Industries

AIM is primed for a 2010 resurgence 22/02/2010

Private investors have turned bullish, brokers are preparing IPOs and mergers, and certain fund managers believe that AIM offers ‘extraordinary value’. 

Tags: AIM , Mergers & acquisitions , New Issues , Undervalued

Test the gleam of gold shares 08/02/2010

Gold has been a prime beneficiary of the economic and financial turmoil of recent years, as befits its age-old role as an investment haven in troubled times.

Tags: AIM , Buy/Hold , Commodities , Full list , Speculative punts

Sector: Mining

Companies: Centamin Egypt , Randgold Resources , Petropavlovsk (was Peter Hambro Mining) , European Goldfields , Medusa Mining , Chaarat Gold , Oxus Gold

Pick of AIM by James Crux 11/02/2010

With the prognosis for 2010 still uncertain, investors would do well to stash their cash into established businesses offering dependable income – all the better if they are supported by substantial assets

Companies: Wynnstay Properties , Swallowfield , CareTech

Editorial: ORB adds options for SMEs and investors 08/02/2010

In a timely development, the London Stock Exchange’s launch of a new online retail bond market for government and corporate bonds – the Order book for Retail Bonds (ORB) – has positive implications not only for private investors but for the small and medium-sized companies they invest in too.

Tags: Fundraisings , Growth Stocks

Exploration Insights by Robert Tyerman 11/02/2010

Deals and corporate ploys are once again stealing the limelight, with minerals, gas and coal all involved

Companies: African Minerals , West African Diamonds , Petra Diamonds , African Aura Mining (formerly Mano River Resources) , Kalahari Minerals , Niger Uranium , Gemfields , Aurelian Oil & Gas

Directors’ Dealings by Jenny Lowe 11/02/2010

Prompted by an upturn in fortunes, a number of executives have put money into their companies in recent weeks

Companies: CBG , Media Corporation , Cyan , Innovise , Gooch & Housego

New Issues Examined by Oliver Haill 11/02/2010

Although levels of IPO funding fell to their lowest ever annual level in 2009, the second half proved much more active than the first and advisers are feeling much more optimistic for 2010

Companies: Max Property , Better Capital , Marwyn Capital I , Marwyn Capital II , WYG

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Avocet targets growth after setback 18/03/2010

Gold producer Avocet Mining hopes its Wega acquisition will take 2010 group output to 200,000 oz after a flat nine months.

Tags: AIM , Commodities , Mergers & acquisitions

Sector: Mining

Companies: Avocet Mining

New hope for China Evoline 18/03/2010

AIM shell China Evoline is understood to be contemplating the injection of some Chinese mining assets.

Tags: AIM , Boardroom moves , Mergers & acquisitions

Sector: Technology Hardware & Equipment

Companies: China Evoline

Interim progress at Ultimate Finance 18/03/2010

Small and medium sized company financier Ultimate Finance has increased first-half profits 36 per cent to £191,000 pre-tax.

Tags: AIM , Growth Stocks

Sector: General Financial

Companies: Ultimate Finance

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