Small investors may miss out on shares in AIB

Small investors are expressing a huge level of interest in buying shares in AIB, which may be privatised by the state as soon as next month.

Several stockbroking firms, many of which are advising the government on the sale, have reported a “heightened” level of calls and contacts about investing in the bank in recent weeks, according to senior market sources.

But the prospect of tens of thousands of small shareholders buying shares ...