Guinness Asset Management Launches Guinness AIM EIS 2015 to Invest in AIM-Listed Companies that Qualify for EIS

LONDON, October 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Guinness Asset Management, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, announces that the Guinness AIM EIS 2015 is now open for investment. This is a discretionary managed service that will invest in AIM-listed companies through the tax-efficient EIS structure. It follows on from the successful launch of the Guinness AIM EIS 2014 last year.

AIM-listed companies

Guinness AIM EIS 2015 is targeting capital growth by making investments in AIM-listed companies that qualify for EIS reliefs.

Changes in 2012 allow larger companies to benefit from EIS tax reliefs. These changes include increasing the maximum number of employees from 50 to 250 and the maximum gross assets from £8 million to £16 million following an investment. As a result the number of AIM-listed companies that can benefit from EIS tax reliefs has increased. In addition, the improvement in the economic climate has seen an increased number of IPOs and new share issues by AIM-listed companies, providing an active market from which the investment manager can select investment opportunities.

AIM-listed companies have an additional attraction to EIS investors, in that there is liquidity in the shares by virtue of their listing, enabling investors to exit more readily after the EIS three year holding period.

The fund manager is targeting returns in excess of £1.30 to investors (£1.60 including 30 pence EIS Income Tax Relief) net of all fees per £1.00 invested.

Innovative Fee Structure

As with Guinness AIM EIS 2014, Guinness Asset Management will defer all its fees on this offering until they can be paid from the proceeds of investments. This is a departure from traditional fee structures for EIS offerings and enables the investment manager to invest up to 100% of an investor's subscription in EIS qualifying companies. Investors may claim EIS tax reliefs on the sums invested, so this structure helps maximize this amount for investors.

In addition, Guinness AIM EIS 2015 is structured as an approved fund, which greatly eases the administrative burden for investors. Investors will receive one EIS 5 certificate once their Subscriptions have been invested, rather than receiving multiple certificates as is the case with unapproved funds.

Strong team

Guinness AIM EIS 2015 is managed by the existing Guinness AIM investment team of Andrew Martin Smith Shane Gallwey and Hugo Vaux.

They are supported by an Investment Committee that complements the team with the experience of Tim Guinness, Edward Guinness and Lord Flight, Chairman of the EIS Association.

Exciting opportunity

Andrew Martin Smith, Lead Fund Manager, commented on Guinness AIM EIS 2015:

"We will continue to build on the success of our existing AIM EIS investments. The changes in EIS legislation allowing us to invest in a larger range of companies, coupled with the increased number of share issues from AIM-listed companies, has allowed us to select quality companies for our existing portfolio, and continues to make this an attractive area of investment for us".

For further information please contact:
Shane Gallwey / Andrew Martin Smith
Tel: [phone]
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http://www.guinnessfunds.com/EIS