Jack Rose: How to pick an AIM fund manager

Market divides opinion

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With so many businesses now providing AIM-based inheritance tax solutions, Jack Rose offers some pointers on how investors and their advisers can set about choosing between them

The Alternative Investment Market - ‘AIM' for short - is one of those markets that divides opinion. Some investors believe in the high-growth investment opportunities to be found on AIM and appreciate the generous tax benefits available. But others avoid AIM due to horror stories surrounding individual company failures and the relatively poor performance of the headline FTSE AIM All-Share index over the 21 years since its inception. So which view is correct? The short answer is that both are valid. The poor performance of AIM is well documented. Since inception, the FTSE AIM All-Share in...

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