Good morning Vietnam

China is never far from the business and economic headlines but it is not the only fast-growing economy in South East Asia. In fact Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

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Compass Finance back in profit

Compass Finance floated on AIM two years ago and was expected to grow rapidly. Although the consumer loans broking business has grown, the pace of the growth has not been as fast as expected and didn’t keep pace with increases in costs. New management has come in and refined marketing which has helped Compass move back into profit in the six months to March 2006. They have also moved into new areas making Compass a more wideranging debt advisory business. More

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ILX boosts financials

Training provider ILX could double its profit through the proposed acquisition of Corporate Training Group. More

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Debtmatters
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Debtmatters balances its business through broking deal

Individual Voluntary Arrangement adviser Debtmatters is branching out into loan broking through the purchase of Loanmakers. This has prompted house broker Charles Stanley to increase its earnings forecasts by around 40%. Debtmatters is number two in the IVA market and it should start to generate cash this year. More

Who pays for Investment Research on small caps: The debate continues

DONALD STEWART believes MiFID will rewrite the rules making things much more difficult for small caps More

Choppy waters?

Is the current uncertainty in the worldwide equity markets a portent of wider things to come? CHARLES SIMPSON of Saffery Champness Corporate Finance looks at current conditions in the context of AIM… More

Editor's note
July 2006

Tax status clear as mud

Tax breaks are a great incentive to invest in AIM but like most things in life you don’t get the benefits without some pain. More

The implementation of these new rules are likely to have a serious impact on the issuance of investment research to third parties.

Donald Stewart, partner at Faegre & Benson
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