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Today's most amusing press release in my in-box comes from a Chinese chef looking for funding for a chain of "luxury" restaurants in his home country.

Catherine Stanley, manager of the F&C UK Smaller Companies fund is forecasting a move by companies away from listing on Aim.

The Association of Investment Trust Companies (Aitc) has announced plans to change its name in what it says is a move that will reflect the evolving investment company universe and the Association's changing membership.

Grant Thornton Corporate Finance is predicting a slower year of activity on the Alternative Investment Market, following another record-breaking year last year.

Mattioli Woods is seeking a listing on the Alternative Investment Market by the end of November to raise cash for acquiring other advisory businesses and setting itself up to take advantage of greater client interest in pensions following A-Day.

New Star Asset Management has this morning announced it will float the limited liability firm on London's Alternative Investment Market next month.

AIM-LISTED oil companies are increasingly vulnerable to market fluctuations and local political upheaval, according to Ernst & Young's own oil index known as the Oil & Gas Eye, reports the Scotsman .

Small-cap stocks defined as the bottom 10% of the market by capitalisation value are set for another year of positive gains says ABN Amro.

People may be able to invest in residential property through their SIPPs or SSASs thanks to a new listing on the Alternative Investment Market.

Iimia and Exeter, the two southwest-based financial services groups, have agreed to a merger that will see Iimia make a paper bid resulting in a single firm - Iimia Investment Group - overseeing some £470m in funds under management with a listing on the...