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13 Feb 2015 / Corporate Governance

Rolls-Royce Results and a New Director

Rolls-Royce Plc published their full year results today (13/2/2015). How does this champion of British industry and one of the FTSE mega caps (market cap £17bn) now look?…

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ShareSoc

2 Feb 2015

Beating the index – Fundsmith results and newsletter

Terry Smith has recently issued his annual newsletter to investors in his Fundsmith Equity Fund. Those who invested primarily in UK focussed index trackers last year (FTSE-AllShare down…

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Insolvency and Administration

2 Feb 2015 / Insolvency and Administration

ScS Group listing – a pre-pack phoenix relists

Upholstery and flooring retailer ScS Group Plc (SCS) joined the main market of the LSE on the 28th January.  At the placing price of 175p the market cap…

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ShareSoc

27 Jan 2015

HSS Hire and other IPOs

I am sometimes accused by my wife and colleagues of being a “wet blanket”. In other words immune to the excitement of new ventures or ideas. But when it…

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ShareSoc

23 Jan 2015

Monitise crashes to earth

Monitise made an announcement yesterday (22/1/2015) that prompted the share price to crash. It’s 14p at the time of writing when it had been over 60p earlier in…

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Corporate Governance

22 Jan 2015 / Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance at Quindell, and news on Aero Inventory

I won’t even attempt to discuss the past history of events at Quindell in this article. But recent ones suggest that it is likely to remain a controversial…

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Corporate Governance

11 Jan 2015 / Corporate Governance

Naibu suspended

On Friday (9/1/2015) the shares of Chinese clothing company Naibu (NBU) were suspended  at the request of the non-executive directors “pending clarification of its trading position”. The CFO…

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Nominee Accounts

10 Jan 2015 / Nominee Accounts

Charles Stanley loses Finance Director

Charles Stanley announced yesterday (9/1/2014) that its Finance Director James Rawlingson was “leaving with immediate effect”.  This follows the appointment of a new CEO in December after the…

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ShareSoc

8 Jan 2015

Lloyds Banking Group ECN Scandal

Lloyds Bank issued Enhanced Capital Notes (ECNs) as part of its refinancing during the banking crisis. These were taken up by many retail investors. They were convertible bonds…

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Corporate Governance

22 Dec 2014 / Corporate Governance

Ignoring the UK Corporate Governance Code

Last week there were Annual General Meetings of the Baronsmead 1 and 2 VCTs (BDV and BVT) and the British Empire Securities and General Trust (BTEM) on the…

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General News

21 Dec 2014 / General News

Law suits – Quindell, Lloyds, RBS and SIPPs

Feel misled by the Quindell board and its advisors? Then there is a new legal action being formulated by Liverpool legal firm “Your Legal Friend”. They already claim…

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ShareSoc

21 Dec 2014

Two more AIM Exits – Ludorum and Armour Group

Two more departures from AIM were recently announced – Ludorum (LUD) and Armour Group (AMR). Ludorum have been developing a market for their animated children’s TV series based…

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