London’s AIM Market Faces Risk Over Inheritance Tax Policy Change

The Times reported on Sept. 23 that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is planning big cuts to the levy, a move that would deal a blow to the AIM market for small- and medium-sized growth stocks, according to Nick Hyett of Wealth Club, a firm specializing in tax-efficient investing.

Hyett estimates that as much as 10% of the junior UK market stems from the fiscal benefits attached to owning shares in the firms that make it up. Many AIM shares are exempt from the levy as long as the buyer has held them for two years or more. The market includes firms such as tonic water-maker Fevertree Drinks Plc and legal financier Burford Capital Ltd.

While losing the tax perk would be something investors would have to take into account, it would be “stretching it” to say it would be “a catastrophe for AIM,” said Hyett, an investment manager at Wealth Club.That’s because the bulk of the shares on AIM are held by founders of companies or other investors seeking the bumper returns that can come from owning shares in companies at an early stage of their development.

“Under those circumstances it is unlikely that IHT planning was major driver for investment even in the qualifying quoted companies on London’s junior platform,” he said. “That said, it could have influenced some purchases.”

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