Welcome to APCIMS

Welcome to the world of stocks and shares. More than 12 million people in the UK currently invest directly in stocks and shares to secure their financial futures.

APCIMS is the growing association of more than 220 firms who, on more than 400 sites across the UK and Ireland, deal in stocks and shares for private investors. Together our aim is to ensure that the regulatory, tax and other changes across Europe bring real benefits to the investment community.

APCIMS members can guide you through this exciting world of finance and work to give you the very best return from your investments. We are the trade association for the private client investment managers and stockbrokers who can handle these investments for you - to provide advice, to manage portfolios or simply to give you access to the exchanges on which stocks and shares are traded.

On this website we can help you find an investment manager or stockbroker to provide the services you need, explain the jargon of the financial world and give you some idea of the wide range of APCIMS activities.

New services to members

APCIMS members can now benefit from a selection of products and services from approved suppliers, negotiated by APCIMS on your behalf.

Details are on the Members Area of this website.

New Private Investor Indices information

The new Private Investor Indices section explains why and how these indicators of investment performance were created and how they might be used. It also contains links to the latest index values on the FTSE website.

APCIMS members can also find more detailed information on how the indices are calculated in our Members Area.