UK's elite outshone by AIM investments

Close Fund Managers has added impetus to the assertion investing in the UK's biggest companies do not offer opportunities on a par with the tiddler stocks. According to Close FM, its AIM listed stocks fund has outperformed the FTSE 100 by more than 90% over the past five years. The Close Beacon Investment Fund - which invests in AIM stocks - outperformed the FTSE 100 by 92% in the five years to 30 April 2001 and also topped the UK Smaller Companies Sector outperforming its average by 107.6%. Fund manager Andrew Buchanan, who has run the fund since its launch six years ago, said: ...