RE: FRR and 202029 Oct 2020 12:02
tmhsdx6 no not yet, but may be significant amount here.
However as you seem a little uneducated i will explain a bit more, i am not blaming anyone.
Aim is a vehicle to finance up starting business to allow a business to attempt to get a foothold
It is high risk V high gain ... Correct?
So investors are financing a business to try to become a profitable business in a global market where failure is as likely as profit. The risk being company product, service or concept fails to make a mark on the market and fails to generate a profit. Thats excepted by all investors.
However today in aim and for last 10 years plus, we have had a new type of business, the scam.
This is where a business makes a concept or dream with little to no effort to actually get to the end game. The only plan is to pay huge wages and bonus to CEO and BOD. This includes high bonuses, sometimes in millions for poor performance. A company can lose a million in 12 months, and pay 500K to CEO with a 1m Bonus? Where does that money come from? Placings and investors. There is no incentive for a BOD to get a profit from a business as they make huge profits even if its failing. That is a scam.
Lets give some examples where i was lucky and got out with small loses.
GKP - TK fails to tell market about selling shares, until all sold. Information came to light after court case win that all was not as as thought and communicated, TK got out lining his pockets and taking all shareholders money with him. £2.40 to 10p in weeks.
MTV and their disruptive technology, was it a real business concept or fake cash cow? It may have been real once but technology overtook it whilst they were still flogging a dead horse. Bad management or scam ?
TXO This was beautiful, Oil slops recovery, had all the green environmental cards too. New tank farm in Bahamas, the amazing barge " Martha" . They also invested the company money (shareholders cash) in 2 private companies.
I did some digging,
The tank farm was a computer simulation and nothing actually built
The barge Martha was a rusty barge that was scrap metal value at best
Then the two private companies, Millions invested in them promising TXO shareholders this would benefit the company with profit sharing from the two companies. I did some digging, The BOD owned the two private companies. They both thrived as companies after TXO was closed down - shareholders basically financed their private nest egg companies.
Now if you think any of them are right then your really not that bright!
Aim needs tighter regulation with protection for investors, this includes limiting bonus for BOD of companies not in profit and can only be within a percentage of profit generated.
Limiting wages of CEO and BOD to a set amount and above only when in profit and a limit to percentage of profit.
Without better regulation the investing in AIM will dry up and ability for genuine new companies will be limited.
I do not mind a risk, research but like