Word: alternext
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...rage - witness the so-far fruitless attempts by pan-European Euronext and Deutsche Börse to take over the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Now a new craze seems to be catching on as quickly as the latest mobile ringtone: small-cap markets. Euronext last week launched Alternext, its junior, Paris-based market for small firms, just a month after the Irish Stock...
...Exchange opened its new market for growing businesses, the Irish Enterprise Exchange. Even Deutsche Börse has reportedly eyed a copycat exchange. What's the rush? Alternext is seeking to mirror the success of the LSE's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Ten years after it opened, AIM now boasts more than 1,100 listings; last year alone, more than 300 companies were quoted, twice as many as in the previous year. The attraction for cash-hungry minnows is obvious. Firms don't need to produce a trading record, and benefit from lighter regulation. But while AIM makes raising capital...
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