
VCTs have played a crucial role in the trading and liquidity of the AIM market, by facilitating investment in AIM companies. In fact, there is a category of VCT (aptly known as AIM VCT) whose primary focus is the AIM market (and the AIM companies associated with that market). AIM VCTs focus exclusively or predominantly on investing in AIM companies, with some further concentrating on certain industry sectors, such as natural resources, manufacturing and technology.
Companies listed on AIM see the AIM’s great strengths for what they are, offering low-cost, low-disclosure capital. AIM has proven particularly attractive to companies whose domestic equity capital markets are expensive and difficult to access.