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Watch out! Your money is about to get a massive shake-up. The financial watchdog has announced a bold new plan called “open finance”. It builds on open banking to give you full visibility and control of your financial assets (if you want it).
Here is what it means for investors:
Smarter apps: fintech apps could see your whole financial life in one place, but only if you agree to connect them up.
Better guidance/advice: the best apps could check your spending and ...
The Investment Company Showcase is organised by the AIC (The Association of Investment Companies), which is the professional body for managers of investment trusts. With the exception of a few REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts), which are a special case, most reputable investment trusts are members of the AIC. I think they try quite hard to connect with investors, and since Covid the Showcase has been their main event to engage with investors. This year's showcase (held on 9th October 2026) ...
SIGnet, the national network of individual investor groups, is excited to announce the launch of a new group for those who are able to meet in the Halifax / Bradford / Huddersfield area.
The group plans to meet monthly on Monday afternoons, with some flexibility based on the availability of those interested in joining. Meetings are expected to last about 2 hours, with the venue depending on the location of potential members.
The group's convener will be Tom Stanley. Tom is a friendly ...
ShareSoc asks AIM Regulation and the FCA to examine the Red Arc Minerals deal before shareholders vote
Zanaga Iron Ore Company (ZIOC) has been quoted on AIM since 2010. Its only material asset is the Zanaga Project in the Republic of Congo, a fully permitted iron ore development with a 6.9 billion tonne resource which, the Company says, "could establish Zanaga as one of the world's largest iron ore mines". For most of ZIOC's time on AIM, control of the Project sat ...
Findings from InvestorHub and ShareSoc research into UK private shareholders
Ask most people in the City how long an individual investor holds a stock and you will get an answer measured in weeks. This is a widely accepted assumption that is built into the way UK listed companies run their investor relations: one webinar a year, an annual report, a broker note, and everything else pointed at institutions.
We tested it. InvestorHub, in partnership with ShareSoc, surveyed UK individual shareholders about how long ...
Key lessons from Joel Greenblatt's investment philosophy.
A thought-provoking post recently circulated on social media, revisiting Joel Greenblatt's famous 2017 Talks at Google lecture. In it, the Gotham Capital founder and Columbia Business School professor laid bare a paradox that cuts to the very heart of the modern investment industry: the formula to beating the market can fit on a paper napkin and costs nothing to learn, yet billions of pounds continue to flow into high-fee funds that consistently underperform.
Greenblatt, whose original ...
A friend recently mentioned that she was investing using InvestEngine and asked whether I think it is a good platform. I had heard of it but was not aware of any detail so I said I would research it. I thought other investors would be interested in what I found.
What is InvestEngine?
Founded in late 2016 and launched to consumers in May 2019, InvestEngine (UK) Limited is an FCA-regulated online investment platform that focuses on exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Unlike legacy brokers (such as ...
A major feature in the Financial Times by Chris Newlands headlined 'I am still extremely angry': the Woodford collapse continues to confound investors laid bare the deep, enduring scars left by the 2019 collapse of the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF).
The article captured the profound sense of betrayal felt by over 300,000 ordinary savers. Yet, despite being the UK's leading individual investor organisation campaigning on this catastrophe from day one, ShareSoc was absent from the piece.
It is disappointing that the mainstream ...
DEMAT publishes its Step 1 implementation plan
ShareSoc comment — July 2026
The Dematerialisation Market Action Taskforce (DEMAT) has published its first report: the UK implementation plan for the withdrawal of paper share certificates. It is a significant milestone in the modernisation of UK share ownership — and one in which individual shareholders have had a real voice, with ShareSoc's Heather Benjamin sitting as a full member of the Taskforce throughout.
Where this fits in the bigger picture
The report is the product of a ...
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