Small cap Archive

Andrew Holt discusses the legacy of the financial crisis, the ongoing threat of risk and the overlooked benefits of small caps with Miton fund manager Gervais Williams   For many, analyzing the current market outlook means looking at US President Donald Trump and a potential trade war or another variation on the geopolitical scene. For Gervais Williams, the award-winning fund manager at London-based Miton Group, it begins with quantitative easing (Q...

As the old adage goes, few things in life are free. But AJ Krick, chief financial officer at Smith-Midland, is putting that to the test by putting together an IR strategy with little or no resources. Smith-Midland will celebrate its 60th birthday in 2020. The concrete company went public in 1995 and for the first year the stock price fluctuated between $5 and $6, but by 1996 it had fallen to around $1. The stock continued to move in the $1-$2 range for most of the n...

Andrew Holt speaks to Gervais Williams, award-winning fund manager at London-based Miton Group, about the markets in 2018, the easing of QE, Brexit and why shareholders should be looking to small caps Looking back on 2018, what were the trends early in the year? The first three quarters of 2018 were dominated by the consistently strong performance of growth stocks. This trend has been in place for several years, and is related to the...

Alternative Investment Market (Aim) listed companies have significantly improved their corporate governance standards since a September 2018 rule change, according to a report by London-based accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young and small and mid-cap membership organization the Quoted Companies Alliance. The findings show improvements in transparency following a ch...