(Bloomberg) -- London’s allure as a global financial center remains undimmed, at least in terms of activity on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. Listings on the bourse for smaller companies reached $1.4 billion in the first half, the highest for such a period in four years, even as the U.K. government’s Brexit planning remained mired in uncertainty.

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